Unit 2/Coordinating Conjunctions & Verbs

Which of the following is a verb in the past perfect tense?

• has tried

• have tried

• had tried

• will have tried

Which of the following sentences contains a verb that is correctly formed in the present perfect tense.

• Cassie loves barking at other dogs.

• It is going to rain tomorrow.

• She has wanted the book for years.

• They went to the story yesterday.

Which word or phrase is a coordinating conjunction in the following sentence. I couldn’t move in the darkness, for I feared who spoke beyond my sight

• couldn't

• for

• who

• beyond

Which of these sentences from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech from August 23, 1963 uses future tense?

• Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

• Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

• With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

• And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In the following sentence, which word or phrase is a coordinating conjunction? I busied my hands, pretending to search for some lost object at the bottom of my bag, but my ears were straining to single out the sound of Lance's feet against the aluminum stairs.

• but

• to

• out

• against

Which of the following sentences correctly uses a consistent verb tense? (All verbs are the same tense.)

• I hold the door, and she walked through.

• I held the door, and she walks through.

• I held the door, and she walked through.

• I will hold the door, and she walks through.

What are the two simple tenses of verbs used in the following sentence? Last week I watched the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and next week I will watch the Mandalorian.

• present perfect (watched) and present (watch)

• past perfect (watched) and future (will watch

• past (watched) and present (watch)

• past (watched) and future (will watch)

Each answer choice lists the four principal parts of a different verb. Which of the verbs is regular?

• eat, (is) eating, ate, (has) eaten

• draw, (is) drawing, drew, (has) drawn

• begin, (is) beginning, began, (has) begun

• need, (is) needing, needed, (has) needed

Which sentence uses the past principal part, or form, of the verb forgive?

• I forgave him yesterday.

• I have forgiven him already.

• I will forgive him tomorrow.

• I am forgiving him today.

Which sentence uses the present participle principal part, or form, of the verb forgive?

• I forgave him yesterday.

• I have forgiven him already.

• I will forgive him tomorrow.

• I am forgiving him today.