Tom ______ the kitchen floor. Choose the simple form of the missing verb.

• had mopped

• mopped

• was mopping

Yin ______ the cats were wearing tuxedos. Choose the simple form of the missing verb.

• was imagining

• imagined

• had imagined

Grapes ______ raisins if you dry them. Choose the simple form of the missing verb.

• become

• have become

• are becoming

Choose the simple form of the missing verb.

Once upon a time, dinosaurs ______ the earth.

• roamed

• were roaming

• had roamed

Choose the progressive form of the verb [in brackets].

You [to be] mean.

• are being

• are

• were

Is the underlined verb using the simple or progressive aspect?

Sloan is investigating a mystery!

• progressive

• simple

Is the underlined verb using the simple or progressive aspect?

Donovan cooed at the audience.

• progressive

• simple

Is the underlined verb using the simple or progressive aspect?

The fish were twitching in the net.

• simple

• progressive

Choose the perfect form of the underlined verb!

“By the time I turned twelve,” said Hester’s grandma, “I was eating nothing but corn and ham.”

• was eating

• had eaten

• eat

Is the underlined verb or verb phrase in the simple, progressive, or perfect aspect?

The package should have arrived by now!

• simple

• perfect

• progressive