Verb Tenses

SAT Level Exercises

1. Thanks to an environmental professor, certain species of catsharks in the Atlantic Ocean produced
twice the average number of young, some of which migrated south in large schools and then rose
through the food chain.

1.
A) NO CHANGE
B) rise
C) will rise
D) rises

2. In one case, an organizer for the foundation's "Evening of Enchantment" will claim that the event's
fundraising goals were unrealistic to begin with. Ellie Shaw, a spokesperson for the foundation,
declined to comment on this criticism.

2.
A) NO CHANGE
B) claimed
C) have claimed
D) claims

3. There were only a few things that can ready you for surfing in Hawaii for the first time and, if you
make it to the top of a wave, prepare you for the feeling of exhilaration.

3.
A) NO CHANGE
B) was
C) has been
D) are

4. As a child, I used to go trick-or-treating every Halloween. My brother takes me up and down our
block to visit each house.

4.
A) NO CHANGE
B) take
C) were taken
D) took
5. A tornado in the American Midwest in 2002 was recorded as traveling over 1,000 miles and picking
up several tons of debris, some of which continued to travel through the upper atmosphere until it
rained back down in places as far away as Brazil and China.

5.
A) NO CHANGE
B) rains
C) has rained
D) will rain

6. According to Tadesse, a prominent agricultural scientist, the early start to the growing season in
2014 caused early flowering in cherry trees, some of which bloomed in early March and then had
frozen when the temperatures dropped again.

6.
A) NO CHANGE
B) freeze
C) will freeze
D) froze

7. For example, a research assistant for Round Table Fables will comment that the author's choice to
remain true to the earliest texts about Arthur sometimes conflicted with popular knowledge of the
story.

7.
A) NO CHANGE
B) comment
C) commented
D) have commented

8. In 2004, Tanya left college and traveled to Europe and carefully began to craft her first draft of the
novel that made her a household name: a memoir detailing her experiences growing up abroad.

8.
A) NO CHANGE
B) beginning
C) begins
D) will begin
9. Since last summer, Tom has been saving money to attend the upcoming Olympics.

9.
A) NO CHANGE
B) saved
C) saves
D) will save

10. The novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte commences with Jane’s youth at Gateshead Hall and
concludes with her adulthood at Ferndean, one of Mr. Rochester’s cottages.

10.
A) NO CHANGE
B) commence with Jane's youth at Gateshead Hall and conclude
C) commencing with Jane's youth at Gateshead Hall and concluding
D) will commence with Jane's youth at Gateshead Hall and concludes

11. We learned that, from 1890 to 1940, a fifty-year span, the train schedule between the two cities
stays exactly the same.

11.
A) NO CHANGE
B) have stayed
C) stay
D) stayed

12. Since its founding, the group had rejected donations from organizations that oppose minimum
wage reform.

12.
A) NO CHANGE
B) will reject
C) has rejected
D) rejects
13. These actions have inspired a range of responses, as evidenced by the fact that the discontinuance
of LBC Toys' Little Miss Princess collection has received both criticism and praise.

13.
A) NO CHANGE
B) will inspire
C) have been inspiring
D) inspire

14. Louis Pasteur has discredited the biological theory of spontaneous generation in the experiment in
which he demonstrated that bacteria cannot grow without access to air.

14.
A) NO CHANGE
B) having been discredited
C) discredits
D) discredited

15. There were several new technologies doctors can use to track and fight diseases before they
become epidemics.

15.
A) NO CHANGE
B) will be
C) are
D) had been

16. In 1652 Chauncy left Plymouth and traveled to Scituate and unknowingly gave rise to a new
movement: the Puritans of Plymouth were so impressed with Chauncy that they formed a group
supporting his appointment to Harvard.

16.
A) NO CHANGE
B) giving
C) gives
D) will give
17. In 1928 Katanyan retired from writing and moved to Kazakhstan but unfortunately gave rise to
one last tragedy for the era of satirical poetry: an English art critic ridiculed Kantanyan in one of
Thompson's publications.

17.
A) NO CHANGE
B) will give
C) gives
D) give

18. There were many introductory courses that college students can choose to take if they want to
learn about subjects outside of their major and, if they haven't chosen a major, to help them settle on a
topic of study.

18.
A) NO CHANGE
B) is
C) will be
D) are

19. The book's style and structure were in keeping with the trends of Victorian literature, but its
content and controversial theme has foreshadowed Modernist ideals.

19.
A) NO CHANGE
B) will foreshadow
C) foreshadow
D) foreshadowed

20. There were numerous groups you can join to help you socialize at your new university and to help
you get involved in volunteer work.

20.
A) NO CHANGE
B) is
C) was
D) are
Chapter 6: Verb Tenses
SAT Level Exercises
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. A
6. D
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. A
11. D
12. C
13. A
14. D
15. C
16. A
17. A
18. D
19. D
20. D

Chapter 7: Punctuations
SAT Level Exercises
1. C
2. C
3. A
4. A