Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
1Rabid dogs ............... by forest rangers in Maine last year.
Wrong!
Use the passive past form "were destroyed" because the dogs received the action.
2His racy lifestyle ............... many women.
Wrong!
Use the active past form "fascinated" because his lifestyle affected many women.
3The defeated candidate ............... up and down in a rage.
Wrong!
Use the active past form "stamped" to describe what the candidate did.
4All those in favor should ............... their hands.
Wrong!
Use "raise" because it means to lift something else, such as your hands.
5We all ............... when the judge entered the court.
Wrong!
Use "rose" because it means stood up or got up without an object.
6We ............... to stroll around the neighborhood on sunny afternoons.
Wrong!
Use "like" because it agrees with the subject "We" and shows a present preference.
7The company ............... a large range of products.
Wrong!
Use the active form "produces" because the singular subject "The company" does the producing and needs a singular present verb.
8Buying a boat ............... low on my list of priorities.
Wrong!
Use "ranks" because the gerund phrase "Buying a boat" is singular.
9His rapacious ways ............... him wealthy but friendless.
Wrong!
Use the active form "made" because his ways caused the result and did not receive the action; the plural subject "ways" cannot take "makes".
10He rarely ..............., yet he passed every exam.
Wrong!
Use "studied" because it matches the past-tense result in "he passed every exam."
11I rate that performance one of the best I ...............
Wrong!
Use "have ever seen" for life experience up to the present.
12Each flood victim ............... with a daily ration.
Wrong!
Use "was provided" because each flood victim received the ration.
Answers
- Rabid dogs were destroyed by forest rangers in Maine last year.
- His racy lifestyle fascinated many women.
- The defeated candidate stamped up and down in a rage.
- All those in favor should raise their hands.
- We all rose when the judge entered the court.
- We like to stroll around the neighborhood on sunny afternoons.
- The company produces a large range of products.
- Buying a boat ranks low on my list of priorities.
- His rapacious ways made him wealthy but friendless.
- He rarely studied, yet he passed every exam.
- I rate that performance one of the best I have ever seen.
- Each flood victim was provided with a daily ration.