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Advanced Practice Exercises - Verb and Voice Shifts
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1
Choose the words that would correctly complete the sentence. Click on the right choice. While Rhonda unfolded the tent, . . .
A)Greg hammered the stakes into the ground.
B)Greg is hammering the stakes into the ground.
C)Greg hammers the stakes into the ground.
D)the stakes were hammered by Greg into the ground.
2
Choose the words that would correctly complete the sentence. Click on the right choice. The cashier can't find the price, . . .
A)and the customer did not know it either.
B)and the customer does not know it either.
C)and the customer will not know it either
D)and it is not known by the customer either.
3
Choose the words that would correctly complete the sentence. Click on the right choice. George decided to lead a healthier life, so . . .
A)smoking he gives up.
B)smoking was given up by him.
C)he gives up smoking.
D)he gave up smoking.
4
Choose the words that would correctly complete the sentence. Click on the right choice. The two young children sat on the park bench . . .
A)and the ducks were watched by them.
B)and watch the ducks.
C)and have watched the ducks.
D)and watched the ducks.
5
Choose the words that would correctly complete the sentence. Click on the right choice. Before my father entered the navy, he . . .
A)will be a barber.
B)is a barber.
C)is going to be a barber.
D)had been a barber.
6
Choose the words that would correctly complete the sentence. Click on the right choice. The children fell in love with the helium balloons; . . .
A)their mother had bought one for each of them.
B)one for each of them was bought by their mother.
C)their mother buys one for each of them.
D)their mother will buy one for each of them.
7
Choose the words that would correctly complete the sentence. Click on the right choice. John approached the house and . . .
A)noises were heard.
B)noises will be heard.
C)noises are heard.
D)heard noises.
8
Choose the words that would correctly complete the sentence. Click on the right choice. When the dust settled, . . .
A)Secretariat had won the Kentucky Derby.
B)the Kentucky Derby had been won by Secretariat.
C)the Kentucky Derby will be won by Secretariat.
D)Secretariat is winning the Kentucky Derby.
9
Choose the words that would correctly complete the sentence. Click on the right choice. The briquettes didn't catch fire, so . . .
A)we cook everything on the stove.
B)we cooked everything on the stove.
C)everything will be cooked on the stove.
D)everything is being cooked on the stove.
10
Choose the words that would correctly complete the sentence. Click on the right choice. By the time we finish the course, . . .
A)we wrote ten essays.
B)ten essays will have been written.
C)ten essays we will be writing.
D)we will have written ten essays.





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