Maintaining Consistent Verb Tense

I used to be afraid that I would fall when I _______ in high places.

•  am
• was
• will be
• being

Jerome wants to be an astronaut one day, so he ________ hard in math and science.

• studied
• study
• studies
• has studied

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.4A

As we ___________, I asked Laura to join me for lunch.

• were talking
• talk
• talking
• have been talking

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1C

The alligator _________ slowly toward its prey and did not make a sound before it pounced.

• was creeping
• crept
• will creep
• creep

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1C

Traveling at speeds over 5,000 mph, the new jet aircraft __________ easily the fastest in the world!

• has been
• was
• is
• will have been

Kurt _________ if his friend knew when the soccer game started.

• will ask
• asking
• ask
• asked

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

Colvin Run Mill has a wooden water wheel and a gristmill that still _________.

• operates
• will operate
• operated
• will have operated

The tornado ________ through the little town, leaving broken buildings and creating chaos.

• torn
• tore
• tear
• will have torn

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1C

I __________ Jovan as he held the kite up to the sky.  "Do you think it will fly?" he asked.

• will watch
• watch
• watched
• have been watching

The vampire walked down the master staircase and ____________ at his next victims.

• will smile
• smile
• is smiling
• smiled

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.4A