Question 1

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. The remarkable find thrilled scientists, who named the baby mammoth "Lyuba" after the reindeer hunter's wife and plannied a series of experiments to learn more about this extinct species from the Ice Age.

Accepted Answer

The word "plannied" is not proper past tense. The correct past tense of "plan" is "planned."

Question 2

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. Zoological scientists traveled to Siberia and tooked the discovery to the Russian Academy of Science's Zoological Institute where experts carefully preserved the mammoth in a special refrigerator.

Accepted Answer

The incorrect past tense verb is "tooked." The correct past tense of the verb "take" is "took."

Question 3

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Huge brown pelicans
____ on the posts of the dock.

Accepted Answer

"Lounged" is the correct past tense form of the verb "lounge". "Loungied" is not a correct past tense form.

Question 4

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. At first, the hunter thinked the body was a reindeer, but when he excavated the carcass and realized it was actually a mammoth, he called local authorities right away.

Accepted Answer

The correct past tense form of "think" is "thought," not "thinked."

Question 5

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. Despite such challenges, on March 13, 2012, a Siberian research institute with access to mammoth remains signed an agreement with one of the world's most controversial geneticists, Hwang Woo-Suk of South Korea. They sayed that they would clone a mammoth together.

Accepted Answer

The incorrect past tense verb is "sayed," which should be "said."

Question 6

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. People
____ going early here, too.

Accepted Answer

"Got" is the correct past tense form of the verb "get". "Getted" is not a proper form of the verb in standard English.

Question 7

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. It
____ only 6 a.m.

Accepted Answer

The correct past tense verb for this sentence is "was", which is the past tense of "is". "Be" is not the correct past tense form and would not make sense in this sentence.

Question 8

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. While scientists continued their work of building a genetic map of the extinct species, Lyuba's remains toured museums worldwide where visitors seed the most perfectly preserved prehistoric animal ever found.

Accepted Answer

"Seed" is the incorrect past tense verb. The correct past tense verb is "saw." Therefore, the correct sentence should be "where visitors saw the most perfectly preserved prehistoric animal ever found."

Question 9

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. In May 2007, a Russian reindeer herder named Yuri Khudi finded the remains of a woolly mammoth calf that roamed the snowy Arctic over 40,000 years ago.

Accepted Answer

The past tense of "find" is "found", not "finded". The correct sentence should be "a Russian reindeer herder named Yuri Khudi found the remains of a woolly mammoth calf that roamed the snowy Arctic over 40,000 years ago."

Question 10

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. When experts studyed the near-perfect remains, their findings revealed that Lyuba nursed its mother's milk but also swallowed bits of mammoth dung, just as baby elephants do today to build up healthy bacteria in their intestines.

Accepted Answer

The correct past tense form of "study" is "studied." Therefore, "studyed" is incorrect. The other verbs, "revealed," "nursed," and "swallowed," are all in the correct past tense form.

Question 11

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. In the cabin of a docked craft, a slender white-haired man and a woman in a terry cloth robe ____the morning newspaper.

Accepted Answer

"Read" is the simple past tense form of the verb "to read." "Readed" is an incorrect form of the past tense.

Question 12

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Joggers
____ advantage of the early morning cool air; they
____ along the well-marked trails in their multicolored sweatsuits.

Accepted Answer

The correct past tense for "take" is "took" and the correct past tense for "run" is "ran." Therefore, option A is the correct choice. Option B contains incorrect past tense verbs ("taked" and "runned").

Question 13

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. In the movie Jurassic Park , scientists cloned dinosaurs that then escaped and threatened the safety of their keepers; this story leaded people to wonder if such a thing could happen with Lyuba, but that isn't likely.

Accepted Answer

The verb "leaded" is incorrect in this sentence. The correct past tense form of the verb "lead" is "led."

Question 14

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. As a morning breeze gusted inland off the bay, buzzards, terns, and gulls
____ the air currents overhead.

Accepted Answer

The correct past tense verb is "rode," as it agrees with the subject-verb agreement and the action of birds flying in the air currents. The verb "rided" is not a proper past tense form of "ride."

Question 15

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Several folks
____ their eggs and
____ their coffee in the waterfront coffee shop.

Accepted Answer

A is the correct choice. "Ate" is the past tense form of "eat" and "drank" is the past tense form of "drink." "Eated" and "drinked" are not proper past tense forms.

Question 16

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. As temperatures rose and falled over thousands of years, the fluctuations damaged Lyuba's cells and rendered her specimen useless for cloning.

Accepted Answer

The incorrect past tense verb is "falled" which should be changed to "fell".

Question 17

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. The day
____ early at Flamingo in Everglades National Park.

Accepted Answer

"Began" is the simple past tense of the verb "begin." "Beginned" is not a correct past tense form of the verb.

Question 18

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. When the media first reported Lyuba's discovery, many people questioned whether cloning the mammoth would be the next step and be concerned about the consequences of resurrecting an extinct species that would have no natural environment and might harbor unknown diseases.

Accepted Answer

The verb "be" should be changed to "were" to agree with the subject "many people." The correct sentence would be "many people were concerned about the consequences of resurrecting an extinct species that would have no natural environment and might harbor unknown diseases."

Question 19

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. In contrast, white egrets
____ motionless in the tall grass near the water.

Accepted Answer

"Stood" is the correct past tense verb for "egrets" as it indicates a completed action in the past. "Standed" is not a valid verb form.

Question 20

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Wings outstretched, they
____ beautiful patterns in the sky.

Accepted Answer

"Made" is the past tense of the verb "make." "Maked" is not a correct past tense verb form.

Quiz 30: Past Tense

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Huge brown pelicans ____ on the posts of the dock.

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. At first, the hunter thinked the body was a reindeer, but when he excavated the carcass and realized it was actually a mammoth, he called local authorities right away.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. People ____ going early here, too.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. It ____ only 6 a.m.

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. In May 2007, a Russian reindeer herder named Yuri Khudi finded the remains of a woolly mammoth calf that roamed the snowy Arctic over 40,000 years ago.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. In the cabin of a docked craft, a slender white-haired man and a woman in a terry cloth robe ____the morning newspaper.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Joggers advantage of the early morning cool air; they along the well-marked trails in their multicolored sweatsuits.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. As a morning breeze gusted inland off the bay, buzzards, terns, and gulls ____ the air currents overhead.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Several folks their eggs and their coffee in the waterfront coffee shop.

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. As temperatures rose and falled over thousands of years, the fluctuations damaged Lyuba's cells and rendered her specimen useless for cloning.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. The day ____ early at Flamingo in Everglades National Park.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. In contrast, white egrets ____ motionless in the tall grass near the water.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Wings outstretched, they ____ beautiful patterns in the sky.

Quiz 30: Past Tense

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Huge brown pelicans ____ on the posts of the dock.

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. At first, the hunter thinked the body was a reindeer, but when he excavated the carcass and realized it was actually a mammoth, he called local authorities right away.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. People ____ going early here, too.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. It ____ only 6 a.m.

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. In May 2007, a Russian reindeer herder named Yuri Khudi finded the remains of a woolly mammoth calf that roamed the snowy Arctic over 40,000 years ago.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. In the cabin of a docked craft, a slender white-haired man and a woman in a terry cloth robe ____the morning newspaper.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Joggers ____ advantage of the early morning cool air; they ____ along the well-marked trails in their multicolored sweatsuits.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. As a morning breeze gusted inland off the bay, buzzards, terns, and gulls ____ the air currents overhead.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Several folks ____ their eggs and ____ their coffee in the waterfront coffee shop.

Instructions: For the following sentences, select the letter of the incorrect past tense verb in each group. As temperatures rose and falled over thousands of years, the fluctuations damaged Lyuba's cells and rendered her specimen useless for cloning.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. The day ____ early at Flamingo in Everglades National Park.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. In contrast, white egrets ____ motionless in the tall grass near the water.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Wings outstretched, they ____ beautiful patterns in the sky.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Joggers advantage of the early morning cool air; they along the well-marked trails in their multicolored sweatsuits.

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. Select the correct past tense verb for each blank. Several folks their eggs and their coffee in the waterfront coffee shop.