Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) English Grammar: Verb Tense
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Here is a short practice quiz based on the questions that are usually asked in the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) English exam. So, you are also preparing for the final exam; then, you should take this trivia right now. With over 15 questions, you can have an idea of the topical pattern of the exam.
- 1.By the time Lydia books the flight to Poland, she has called her grandmother about the visit.
- A.
Has called
- B.
Will has called
- C.
Calls
- D.
Will have called
- E.
Called
- 2.Too busy for her own good, Nadine was negligent about drinking enough water.
- A.
Was negligent
- B.
Was neglecting
- C.
Neglected
- D.
To neglect
- E.
Was to neglect
- 3.
- A.
His to sing
- B.
Him singing
- C.
His singing
- D.
His to be singing
- E.
Him being singing
- 4.The secretary apologized to the prime minister to being late to the meeting:
- A.
To being
- B.
To be
- C.
For to be
- D.
For being
- E.
For the being of
- 5.
- A.
Man's standing
- B.
Man being standing
- C.
Man to stand
- D.
Man to be standing
- E.
Man standing
- 6.During the nineteenth century, Charles Dickens has become one of the most famous British novelist.
- A.
Has become
- B.
Became
- C.
Becomes
- D.
Had become
- E.
Would became
- 7.Since the rise of his designs, such as Falling Water, to world-reknown, Frank Lloyd Wright has become an icon of modern architecture.
- A.
Has become
- B.
Became
- C.
Becomes
- D.
Had become
- E.
Would become
- 8.The professor tells her students, who promise they would study quietly for three hours, that she won't give extra assignments.
- A.
Would study
- B.
Studied
- C.
Study
- D.
Have studied
- E.
Will study
- 9.When he penned Richard III in the early 1590s, Shakespeare did not know that he will become the greatest English dramatist.
- A.
Will become
- B.
Would become
- C.
Became
- D.
Had become
- E.
Would became
- 10.My little brother has grew two inches during the past year:
- A.
Has grew
- B.
Had grew
- C.
Has grown
- D.
Grown
- E.
Had been growing
- 11.When Margaret checked the pie, she noticed that father has taken a slice.
- A.
Checked, has taken
- B.
Had checked, took
- C.
Checked, took
- D.
Checked, had taken
- E.
Had checked, had taken
- 12.
- A.
Have adjourned; have been made
- B.
Adjourned; have been made
- C.
Adjourned; had been made
- D.
Adjourns; were
- E.
Was adjourned, have been made
- 13.She requests that he arrive home, illreguardless of the traffic, by 5pm.
- A.
Arrive
- B.
Has arrived
- C.
Arrives
- D.
Has arrived
- E.
Would have arrived
- 14.Despite many people's beliefs today, scientists have been publishing strong evidence for global warming.
- A.
Have been publishing
- B.
Were publishing
- C.
Published
- D.
Have published
- E.
Had published
- 15.The tree grew well since spring, but the city council is cutting it down anyway.
- A.
Grew
- B.
Has grown
- C.
Has been growing
- D.
Grows
- E.
Had been growing
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