Dr. Prinsky

Engl. 1101

Test #2 on Ch. 35 (“Problems with Verbs”; starting with 35f) of NMHH

1. As pointed out in NMHH, the sign of the “perfect tenses” is: (a) either -ed or -en (b) form of the verb “have” (c) the past participle (d) form of the verb “have” plus the past participle

2. As pointed out in NMHH, the sign of the “progressive tenses” is: (a) either -es or -s (b) form of the verb “be” (c) the present participle (d) form of the verb “be” plus the present participle

3. In the following sentence -- Before the Johnstown Flood occurred in 1889, people in the area expressed their concern about the safety of the dam on the Conemaugh River -- the verb “expressed”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “have expressed” (c) should be “had expressed”

4. In the following sentence -- When the Conemaugh flooded, many people in the area had lost their lives -- the verb “had lost”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “lost” (c) should be “were losing”

5. In the following sentence -- In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1889), Huck’s journey down the river was an escape from society -- the verb “was”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “is” (c) should be “was being”

Exercise 35.4

6. 35.4 #1 - the verb should be: (a) “followed” (b) “follows”

7. 35.4 #2 - the verb should be: (a) “states” (b) “stated”

8. 35.4 #3 - the verb should be: (a) “publishes” (b) “published”

9. 35.4 #4 - the verb should be: (a) “had changed” (b) “changed”

10. 35.4 #5 - the verb should be: (a) “had become” (b) “became”

11. 35.4 #6 - the verb should be: (a) “were absorbing” (b) “absorbed”

Exercise 35.5

Divide up the paragraphs as follows: (a) “For some” (b) “The Incas” (c) “Why aren’t” (d) “Ancient Egypt” (e) “It is” (f) “Anthropologists now” (g) “Scholars will” (h) “The researchers”

12. In sentence (a), the verb “are being”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “are” (c) should be “were”

13. In sentence (b), the verb “had conquered”: (a) is correct as is (b) “have conquered” should be (c) should be “were conquering”

14. In sentence (b), the verb “had” in “had sophisticated”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “has” (c) should be “having” (d) should be “were having”

15. In sentence (c), the verb “aren’t” in “aren’t they having”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “weren’t they having” (c) should be “didn’t they have”

16. In sentence (d), the complete verb “had been having”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “were having” (c) should be “had had”

17. In sentence (e), the verb “is seeming”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “seemed” (c) should be “was seeming”

18. In sentence (e), the complete verb “will have lacked”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “will be lacking” (c) should be “had lacked”

19. In sentence (f), the verb “have possessed”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “were possessing” (c) should be “possessed”

20. In sentence (g), the verb “will believe”: (a) is correct as is (b) “had believed” (c) should be “were believing” (d) should be “believe”

21. In sentence (g), the verb “used”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “will be using” (c) should be “have been using”

22. In sentence (h), the verb “call”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “will call” (c) should be “were calling” (d) should be “had called”

Exercise 35.6

23. 35.6 #1 - the infinitive or participle should be: (a) ”to circle” (b) “to have circled”

24. 35.6 #2 - the infinitive or participle should be: (a) ”to free” (b) “to have freed”

25. 35.6 #3 - the infinitive or participle should be: (a) “to free” (b)”to have freed”

26. 35.6 #4 - the infinitive or participle should be: (a) “To grasp” (b) “Grasping”

27. 35.6 #5 - the infinitive or participle should be: (a) “Completing” (b) “Having completed”

28. 35.6 #6 - the infinitive or participle should be: (a) “Covered” (b) “Having covered”

Exercise 35.7

29. 35.7 #1 - the correct verb for should be: (a) was (b) were

30. 35.7 #2 - the correct verb for should be: (a) resign (b) resigned

31. 35.7 #3 - the correct verb for should be: (a) was (b) were

Exercise 35.9

32. 35.9 #1 - the correct verb or verb phrase should be: (a) “to have confronted” (b) “to confront”

33. 35.9 #2a - the correct verb or verb phrase should be: (a) “be careful” (b) “must be careful”

34. 35.9 #2b - the correct verb or verb phrase should be: (a) “not harms” (b) “does not harm”

35. 35.9 #2c - the correct verb or verb phrase should be: (a) “having introduced” (b) “introducing”

36. 35.9 #3a - the correct verb or verb phrase should be: (a) “should aware” (b) “should be aware”

37. 35.9 #3b - the correct verb or verb phrase should be: (a) “changes” (b) “has changed”

38. 35.9 #4a - the correct verb or verb phrase should be: (a) “to be” (b) “to have been”

39. 35.9 #4b - the correct verb or verb phrase should be: (a) “to affect” (b) “affecting”

40. 35.9 #5 - the correct verb or verb phrase should be: (a) “write” (b) “will write”

41. 35.9 #6 - the correct verb or verb phrase should be: (a) “asks” (b) “asked”

42. 35.9 #7 - the correct verb or verb phrase should be: (a) “do” (b) “have done”

43. 35.9 #8 - the correct verb or verb phrase should be: (a) “get” (b) “gets”

Exercise 35.10

Divide up the paragraphs as follows: (a) “The American” (b) “We typically” (c) “How the” (d) “Anthropologists not” (e) “Many will” (f) “One group” (g) “Another group” (h) “In the” (i) “The first” (j) “Researchers later”

44. In sentence (a) the verb or verb phrase “defined”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “defines” (c) should be “is defining”

45. In sentence (b) the verb or verb phrase “thought”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “are thinking” (c) should be “think”

46. In sentence (b) the verb or verb phrase “controls”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “controlled” (c) should be “had controlled”

47. In sentence (c) the verb or verb phrase “arise”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “is . . . arising” (c) should be “did . . . arise”

48. In sentence (d) the verb or verb phrase “agreed”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “are not agreeing” (c) should be “sill not be agreeing” (d) should be “have not agreed”

49. In sentence (e) the verb or verb phrase “will be surmising”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “shall have been surmising” (c) should be “surmise”

50. In sentence (f) the verb or verb phrase “tend”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “tended” (c) should be “will be tending”

51. In sentence (g) the verb or verb phrase “believed”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “were believing” (c) should be “had been believing” (d) should be “believes”

52. In sentence (h) the verb or verb phrase “believe”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “were believing” (c) should be “had been believing” (d) should be “believed”

53. In sentence (h) the verb or verb phrase “to administering”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “to administer” (c) should be “to had been administering”

54. In sentence (i) the verb or verb phrase “was to be controlling”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “will be to control” (c) should be “was to control”

55. In sentence (j) the verb or verb phrase “founded”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “had found” (c) should be “were finding” (d) should be “found”

56. In sentence (j) the verb or verb phrase “will develop”: (a) is correct as is (b) should be “were developing” (c) should be “have been developing” (d) should be “developed”