Tenses of the Verb

1.   My sister has been studying French for two months now. She’s ready to come to France to practice.

• a.    Present perfect tense

• b.    Past perfect tense

• c.    Future perfect tense

• d.    Past future tense

1.   _________ are forms of the verb that are primarily used to communicate temporal information about situations.

• Adjectives
• Aspect

• Tenses
• Pronouns

1.   What kind of verbs are pronounce, swear and order?

• Modal Verbs
• Performative Verbs

• Phrasal Verbs
• Irregular Verbs

1.   Which of the following verbs shows a past tense in the sentence “He’d been coughing a lot lately, so I told him to see a doctor.”?

• told
• had been coughing

• see
• been coughing

We ____ the offer on our house, but frankly we’d hope to get more for it.

Many people _____ it very rude to show up at someone’s house empty handed.

• consider-are considering

• are considering- consider

• considers-considered

1.   I’ve written letters to the editor of our local paper to raise public awareness.

• a.    Continuative

• b. indefinite

• c. repetitive

Sorry, I’ve already had dinner. But I’d love to join you for coffee and dessert.

• a. continuative

• b. indefinite

• c. repetitive

I’ve been working with the same group of people for almost twenty-five years.

• a. continuative

• b. indefinite

• c. repetitive

1. As soon as I _________ the window, a gust of wind_________ out all the candles.

• opened, blow

• opened, blew

• was opening, blew

• was opening, blow

1.   My students _________ about the homework I gave them, so I ________ giving them less.

• a.    Complained, start

• b.    Was complaining, started

• c. were complaining, started

• d. will complain, start