Exam 30: Past Tense

For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. In May 2007, a Russian reindeer herder named Yuri Khudi finded the remains of a woolly mammoth calf that roamed the snowy Arctic over 40,000 years ago.

In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Select the letter of the correct past tense verb. Withered leaves ____ down the deserted streets.

In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Select the letter of the correct past tense verb. Michele ____ several cartons of books to the pickup truck.

In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Choose the correct past tense verb. Select the letter of the correct answer. In 1992, Barack Obama ____ Michelle Robinson.

For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. While scientists continued their work of building a genetic map of the extinct species, Lyuba's remains toured museums worldwide where visitors seed the most perfectly preserved prehistoric animal ever found.

For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. Despite such challenges, on March 13, 2012, a Siberian research institute with access to mammoth remains signed an agreement with one of the world's most controversial geneticists, Hwang Woo-Suk of South Korea. They sayed that they would clone a mammoth together.

For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. When experts studyed the near-perfect remains, their findings revealed that Lyuba nursed its mother's milk but also swallowed bits of mammoth dung, just as baby elephants do today to build up healthy bacteria in their intestines.

In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Choose the correct past tense verb. Select the letter of the correct answer. After he ____ the pie, Chris wondered how many grams of fat it contained.

In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Choose the correct past tense verb. Select the letter of the correct answer. As a young man, Stuart ____ the clarinet, piano, and drums.

In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Choose the correct past tense verb. Select the letter of the correct answer. Amanda ____ rewarding work at Sports Illustrated .

In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Select the letter of the correct past tense verb. Neither woman ____ her own earplugs to the meet.

The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Fishing parties and canoeists ____off in their boats as they headed south into the bay or paddled northwest into the canals of the Everglades.

For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. In the movie Jurassic Park , scientists cloned dinosaurs that then escaped and threatened the safety of their keepers; this story leaded people to wonder if such a thing could happen with Lyuba, but that isn't likely.

In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Select the letter of the correct past tense verb. The disappointed contestant ____ reluctantly to his feet.

The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Huge brown pelicans ____ on the posts of the dock.

The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Joggers ____ advantage of the early morning cool air; they ____ along the well-marked trails in their multicolored sweatsuits.

In each of the following sentences, a blank space appears where the verb should be. Select the letter of the correct past tense verb. T.J. ____ that he would graduate with honors.

The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. A few hardy souls ____ by diving from the dock into the still, cold lagoon water.

For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. At first, the hunter thinked the body was a reindeer, but when he excavated the carcass and realized it was actually a mammoth, he called local authorities right away.

The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. In the cabin of a docked craft, a slender white-haired man and a woman in a terry cloth robe ____the morning newspaper.