Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

Fruit flies (become) _____ the first animal (launch) _____ into space.

• had become; launch

• had became; launched

• had became; had been launched

• become; had been launched

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Soviet cosmonaut (become) ________ the first human in space before American astronaut.

• become

• became

• had became

• had been became

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Tito (become) ________ the first space tourist after 900 hours of training in 2001.

• becomes

• became

• have become

• had became

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

She is the astronaut who (visit) ______ our school last

week.

• visit

• visited

• have visited

• had visited

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The International Space Station (ISS) is a large spacecraft which (launch) _______ in 1998.

• was launched

• launched

• have been launched

• had been launched

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The first Briton in space, (be) ______ born on May 30th 1963 in Sheffield, England.

• be

• was

• have been

• had been

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Before becoming an astronaut, Helen (work) ______ as a technical research engineer for the Mars chocolate company.

• worked

• had worked

• have worked

• work

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

In 1989, she (hear) _______ an advertisement for astronauts on the radio, and (apply) _______ for the job.

• hear, apply

• had heard, had applied

• heard, had applied

• heard, applied

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Helen (choose) ________ as one of the final four candidates out of over 13,000 other applicants.

• is choose

• have chosen

• was chosen

• had chosen

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

She (send) ______ to the Mar space station in May 1991 for eight days to conduct scientific experiments after she (complete) _______ 1 her 18 months of astronaut training in Moscow, Russia.

• sent; completed

• sent; had completed

• was sent; completed

• was sent; had completed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D