ACT Chapter 14: Verb Tense

ACT Chapter 14: Verb Tense

By EMMA MASSENGALE

Multiple Choice

1.  But we had agreed beforehand to take the train to the shore.

• A.  NO CHANGE

• B.  had to of agreed

•   C.  have agree

•   D.  agreed that

Multiple Choice

2.  By the time I learned that scuba diving had begun in the 1600s with   deep underwater exploration, I am developing a habit of looking for a place to dive in every costal town.

•   F.  NO CHANGE

• G.  have developed

•   H.  had developed

• J.  have been developing

Multiple Choice

3.  I was on a boat across the harbor from Rhode Island last weekend,  sitting on a hard bench between my parents.

• A.  NO CHANGE

•   B.  is

•   C.  will be

•   D.  would have been sitting

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4.  The drapes and curtains are bright pink, and the tile on the walls has   been painted to match, although later it was covered with a more   neutral varnish.

• F.  NO CHANGE

• G.  have been

•   H.  were

•   J.  are

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5.  Flowers hang on the walls, and ivy vines had sprawled everywhere.

• A.  NO CHANGE

• B.  sprawl

•   C.  sprawled

•   D.  could have sprawled

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6.  After the last monologue performance, constructive criticism had been given to the actors in private, highlighting areas that need improvement  and praising what was done well. Each actor then has  another two  days to perfect his or her final audition piece.

•   F.  NO CHANGE

•   G.  has been

•   H.  was

•   J.  is

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7.  When her friends found her two hours later—still reading on the   couch—Jill was prepared to remind them that she often loses track of   time.

• A.  NO CHANGE

•   B.  has been preparing

• C.  will be prepared

•   D.  is prepared

Multiple Choice

1. By 2075, the United States Census Bureau predicts the population will of doubled.

• A. NO CHANGE

• B. had doubled

• C. doubled

• D. will have doubled

Multiple Choice

2. The imprisonment and eventual release of those early protestors transformed what people thought of privileged rights for the few. It had made a strong case for the settlers' right to freedom of assembly.

• F. NO CHANGE

• G. made

• H. makes for

• J. makes

Multiple Choice

3. Before they created a simpler code of language, Russian spies had been using complicated cryptographs to send messages to one another for decades.

• A. NO CHANGE

• B. have

• C. are

• D. will have