Verb Tense Agreement Test Prep

  1. Last year, $\underset{\text{A}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{graphic designer}}}}$ Nickolay Lamm $\underset{\text{B}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{has created}}}}$ some concept images of "Normal Barbie," a doll with average human proportions, $\underset{\text{C}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{that became}}}}$  very popular around $\underset{\text{D}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{the Internet.}}}}$ $\underset{\text{E}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{No error.}}}}$


     
  2. Because my parents were Korean War refugees, $\underset{\text{A}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{plunked}}}}$ in the middle of the midwestern United States, in my childhood I $\underset{\text{B}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{have}}}}$ zero relatives: $\underset{\text{C}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{no cousins, }}}}$  no aunts or uncles, no grandparents, and thus I was not regularly exposed to the $\underset{\text{D}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{cycle of life.}}}}$ $\underset{\text{E}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{No error.}}}}$


     
  3. I realize now that I have fulfilled $\underset{\text{A}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{my childhood}}}}$ dream of $\underset{\text{B}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{becoming a writer,}}}}$ despite everyone $\underset{\text{C}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{telling}}}}$  me it could not $\underset{\text{D}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{be done.}}}}$ $\underset{\text{E}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{No error.}}}}$


     
  4. Imagine you are deep $\underset{\text{A}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{under}}}}$ water, watching brightly colored schools of fish $\underset{\text{B}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{swimming}}}}$ by, when suddenly you see a dark, ominous figure $\underset{\text{C}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{emerge}}}}$  in the distance, and you $\underset{\text{D}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{could not}}}}$call for help.  $\underset{\text{E}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{No error.}}}}$


     
  5. It $\underset{\text{A}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{was}}}}$ amazing that Ms. Zuiki will give extra credit points to $\underset{\text{B}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{students}}}}$ who demonstrate, through $\underset{\text{C}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{an additional project,}}}}$  that they have $\underset{\text{D}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{mastered}}}}$ the material.  $\underset{\text{E}}{\operatorname{\underline{\text{No error.}}}}$


     
  6. The period right before the American Revolution was a time of great controversy; although the young colonists were worried about their young nation and feared fighting the British, it $\underline{\text{is a heady era for the young nation.}}$
    1. is a heady era for the young nation.
    2. was a heady era for the young nation.
    3. were a heady era for the young nation.
    4. are a heady era for the young nation.
    5. will be a heady era for the young nation. 
       
  7. Don't rush to judge your relationship; $\underline{\text{you will know that you have found the person that you are meant to spend your entire life with}}$  only after you have lived through great trials and great joys and your love has survived.
    1. You will know that you have found the person that you are meant to spend your entire life with <
    2. You knew that you have found the person that you are meant to spend your entire life with
    3. You did know that you have found the person that you are meant to spend your entire life with
    4. You couldn't know that you have found the person that you are meant to spend your entire life with
    5. You know that you have found the person that you are meant to spent your entire life with
  8. Although there is a great deal of physical evidence that supports the theory of natural selection, $\underline{\text{in the more than a century since Darwin proposed it, countless scientists and philosophers will oppose it.}}$ 
    1. in the more than a century since Darwin proposed it, countless scientists and philosophers will oppose it.
    2. in the more than a century since Darwin proposed it, countless scientists and philosophers oppose it.
    3. in the more than a century since Darwin proposed it, countless scientists and philosophers opposed it.
    4. in the more than a century since Darwin proposed it, countless scientists and philosophers have opposed it.
    5. in the more than a century since Darwin proposed it, countless scientists and philosophers will always oppose it.
  9. I want to become the type of person who, once she determines the path she wants to take and the goals she wants to reach,  $\underline{\text{never wavered from that course of action.}}$  
    1. never wavered from that course of action.
    2. never have wavered from that course of action.
    3. never will wavered from that course of action.
    4. never wavers from that course of action.
    5. never wavered off of that course of action.
  10. $\underline{\text{When the Ukrainian president is on the verge of entering a trade pact with Western Europe,}}$  Putin, the Russian President, bullied him into pulling out and, instead, entering an extended agreement with Russia.
    1. When the Ukrainian president is on the verge of entering a trade pact with Western Europe,
    2. When the Ukrainian president is on the verge of entering a trade pact with Western Europe;
    3. When the Ukrainian president was on the verge of entering a trade pact with Western Europe,
    4. When the Ukrainian president was on the verge of entering a trade pact with Western Europe;
    5. When the Ukrainian president will beon the verge of entering a trade pact with Western Europe,

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