Verb Tense Review

Next week when there _________ a full moon, the ocean tides will be higher.

• is being

• will be

• is

• will have been

While I ________ TV last night, a mouse ran across the floor.

• have watched

• was watching

• watched

• have been watching

Fish were among the earliest forms of life. Fish ______ on earth for ages and ages.

• existed

• are existing

• exist

• have existed

The phone ________ constantly since Jake announced his candidacy for president this morning.

• has been ringing

• rang

• had rung

• had been ringing

The earth ______ on the sun for its heat and light.

• depended

• depending

• was depending

• depends

I don't feel good. I ____ home from work tomorrow.

• am staying

• will have stayed

• stay

• stayed

Paul, could you please turn off the stove? The potatoes ______ for at least 30 minutes.

• are boiling

• have been boiling

• boiling

• were boiling

On July 20th, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong _____ down onto the moon. He was the first person to set foot on another celestial body.

• was stepping

• has stepped

• stepped

• has been stepping

If coastal erosion continues to take place at the present rate, in another fifty years this beach _________ anymore.

• doesn't exist

• isn't going to exist

• isn't existing

• won't be existing

Hilliard High School's football team ______ a championship until last season when the new coach led them to win first place in their league.

• has never won

• is never winning

• had never been winning

• had never won