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Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

On February 27, 1995, the City Fire Department responded to a blaze that ______________ at the Icarus Publishing Co. warehouse.

  1. breaks out

  2. will break out

  3. had broken out

  4. is breaking out


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The sentence requires a verb in the past tense.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

On November 4, suspects Gary Talerino and Jennifer O'Brien were arrested on a charge of vandalism that ______________ at the local high school.

  1. occurs

  2. will occur

  3. is occurring

  4. occurred


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The sentence requires a verb in the past tense.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

I am trying to become more skilled at weaving before winter _________.

  1. arrived

  2. will have arrived

  3. will arrive

  4. arrives


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The appropriate tense for this verb is the present tense.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

While trying to ______________ his pet iguana from a tree, Travis Stevens fell and broke his ankle.

  1. be rescuing

  2. have rescued

  3. rescue

  4. rescuing


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The infinitive form of the verb, rescue, goes with to in the sentence.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

______________ the gun down carefully.

  1. Put

  2. Putted

  3. Been putting

  4. To put


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is a command; the subject of the sentence is understood (You put).

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

I ______________ the speech you gave last Thursday night, but I was down with flu.

  1. will have heard

  2. would hear

  3. might hear

  4. would have heard


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The conditional tense, would have heard, is the only one that logically fits with the second clause of the sentence.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

The people who bought this old lamp at the auction ___________ foolish.

  1. was

  2. were

  3. is

  4. has been


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is the only choice that is in agreement with the plural subject people.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

The main problem with Jim was that he ______________ too many parking tickets.

  1. has

  2. had

  3. will have

  4. was


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The verb was agrees with its subject, problem, and is in the past tense.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

There ______________ three different ways to make perfect pie crust.

  1. is

  2. are

  3. was

  4. being


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The verb are agrees with the plural noun ways.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

The noise from all the airplanes ______________ louder in the afternoon.

  1. gets

  2. get

  3. have gotten

  4. are getting


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The singular verb gets agrees with the singular noun noise.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

On Wednesday, Jamal and Jennifer were called to the principal's office and were praised for helping a student who ______________ on the icy sidewalk.

  1. falls

  2. would fall

  3. had fallen

  4. has fallen


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Since the action takes places in the past, the only correct choice is the past perfect had fallen.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

In many popular movies today, the heroes are ______________ armed than the villains.

  1. more heavily

  2. more heavy

  3. heavier

  4. more heavier


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The missing phrase modifies the verb are armed, so you need a comparative form of the adverb heavily.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

That fine circus elephant now belongs to my sister and ______________.

  1. I

  2. me

  3. mine

  4. myself


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The correct form of the pronoun is me (objective case).

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

If you don't stop playing ______________ video games, your mind will become warped.

  1. that

  2. those

  3. them

  4. this


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The pronoun agrees in number with the noun to which it refers.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

The person ______________ made these delicious candied figs has my vote.

  1. that

  2. whom

  3. who

  4. whose


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The correct pronoun is who, because it refers to a person, and it is the subject form of who (not the object form, whom), 'who' is doing something i.e. making candied figs.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

The little boy ______________ himself down on the floor and threw a tantrum.

  1. flings

  2. flinged

  3. flung

  4. fling


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The correct verb form is the past tense flung.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

We have ______________ more of these strange pods since those people moved in next door.

  1. saw

  2. been seeing

  3. been seen

  4. see


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The verbal form been seeing fits with the verb have.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

George and Michael left ______________ backpacks at school.

  1. his

  2. their

  3. there

  4. its


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The antecedent, George and Michael, is plural, so the plural pronoun their is the correct choice.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

If you steal ______________ artichoke from Petra's garden, you'll be sorry.

  1. them

  2. those

  3. that

  4. these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The pronoun that agrees in number with the noun to which it refers, artichoke.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

The cake I made last week tasted ______________ than the one I made today.

  1. best

  2. more better

  3. better

  4. more good


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The comparison is between two things, so choice a can be ruled out. Choices b and d are incorrect forms.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

We arranged the flowers and placed ______________ in the center of the table.

  1. it

  2. this

  3. them

  4. that


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The pronoun them agrees with the plural noun flowers.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

After winning the yo-yo contest, Lydia skipped ______________ down the street.

  1. happy

  2. happiest

  3. more happily

  4. happily


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The sentence requires an adverb, so a and b (adjectives) can be ruled out. Because the sentence makes no comparison, choice c is also incorrect.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

The person ______________ made these delicious candied figs has my vote.

  1. that

  2. whom

  3. who

  4. whose


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The correct pronoun is who, because when it refers to the subject of the sentence we use 'who' and when we refer to the object of the sentence 'whom' is used.  

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

Of the three brothers, Andre is the ______________.

  1. taller

  2. tallest

  3. more tall

  4. most tallest


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

There are more than two things being compared, so choices a and c can be ruled out. Choice d is an improper form.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

My parents approved of ______________ taking guitar lessons.

  1. my

  2. me

  3. I

  4. mine


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The possessive case is used before the word taking, because it functions like a noun in this sentence.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

Riding the Tornado at the amusement park was ______________ than I thought it would be.

  1. more terrifying

  2. more terrifyingly

  3. terrifying

  4. most terrifying


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The sentence requires an adjective, so choice b (an adverb) can be ruled out. Since the comparison is one value over another, more terrifying is the best choice.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

This year our company sold ______________ magazine subscriptions than ever before.

  1. less

  2. lesser

  3. few

  4. fewer


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Use fewer with nouns that can be counted.

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