TENSES

1. The electric violinist put the speakers on full 7. In 1869, Watson and Crick discovered some­
blast and shaken up the house. thing that surprised many scientists at that
A) NOCHANGE time-DNA.
B) shook A) NOCHANGE
C) had shook B) had been surprised
D) begun to shake C) will have surprised
D) surprises
2. The incredible salary had been one of the rea-
sons I am staying at my boring job. 8. Richard Branson has invested in many suc­
A) NOCHANGE cessful startups, built a global empire worth
billions, and traveling all across the world.
B) will have been
C) was A) NOCHANGE
D) is B) travel
C) traveled
3. I like to shop at the used bookstore because D) had traveled
the people there are so friendly. It was a pop­
ular place to discover great books that can't be 9. While online tutorials make learning conve­
found elsewhere. nient and accessible, teachers hold students
A) NOCHANGE accountable in a way that promotes action and
retention.
B) is
C) had been A) NOCHANGE
D) was considered B) held
C) hadheld
4. The host presented the awards on the show D) holding
and the winners are honored to receive them.
10. At the zoo, monkeys play on the handlebars
A) NOCHANGE
B) had been and exotic birds had chirped in their elaborate
cages.
C) would have been
D) were A) NOCHANGE
B) chirp
5. When my uncle has gone to buy a new com­ C) chirped
puter, the salesman told him that he couldn't D) could have chirped
get a discount.
A) NOCHANGE 11. Acupuncture starts with needles being in­
serted at the right locations. After that initial
B) had gone
stage, the needles had been heated to strategi­
C) went
cally stimulate certain areas of the body.
D) goes
A) NOCHANGE
6. Showing us that his car has a CPS, the driver B) have been
claims that he always knows the fastest route. C) were
A) NOCHANGE D) are
B) claiming
C) having claimed
D) has claimed
12. Last year, the teacher had chosen the most dif­ 18. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for racial equal­
ficult textbook, and the class average dropped ity and led the Civil Rights Movement. He
steadily throughout the semester. called the American people to stand up for
A) NOCHANGE freedom, equality, and justice.
B) chose A) NOCHANGE
C) chooses B) called on
D) choosing C) calls on
D) calls
13. While we were on vacation, my brother and I
will quietly creep out of our hotel room to go 19. After what he said, it will be hard for him to
swimming with the sharks in the ocean. recover in the polls, let alone won the election.
A) NOCHANGE A) NOCHANGE
B) quietly creep B) winning
C) are quietly creeping C) win
D) quietly crept D) will win

14. Performing on the streets, I sing popular pop 20. During the Renaissance, the painters have
songs at the same time my partner can play experimented with different styles that com­
the guitar in the back. bined the classics with new scientific knowl­
A) NOCHANGE edge.
B) played A) NOCHANGE
C) had played B) have been experimenting
D) plays C) experiment
D) experimented
15. When I went to Texas for my cousin's wed­
ding, I drive over 200 miles to see the sites and
avoid flying on a plane.
A) NOCHANGE
B) have driven
C) drove
D) will drive

16. The residents of Colorado celebrated when

their state would become the first to legalize
marijuana.
A) NOCHANGE
B) has become
C) becoming
D) became

17. By 1999, the internet would have already dras­

tically changed the way people around the
world communicate.
A) NOCHANGE
B) had already drastically changed
C) already drastically changes
D) has already drastically changed