Choose the correct answer for each question in this exercise.
Verb Tense Shifts #1--Accompanying Reading Text
#1 My most embarrassing moment OCCURRED just last month when I meet with an old friend whom I have not seen in years. #2 We greet each other and begin to chat, and I tell her that I have been reading her daughter's columns in the newspaper. #3 I have congratulated her on her daughter's talent and tell her that she must be very proud to see her offspring's name in print. #4 My friend looks puzzled for a minute; then she laughs and tells me that the writer I praise so highly isn't her daughter. #5 My friend had divorced long ago; her former husband remarries, and the columnist is her ex-husband's new wife.
Sentence #1: is MEET the correct tense? If not, what is the correct tense?
MEET
MET
HAD MET
HAVE MET
Sentence #1: is HAVE NOT SEEN the correct tense? If not, what is the correct tense?
HAD NOT SEEN
NOT SEEN
NOT SAW
HAVE NOT SEEN
Sentence #2: is GREET the correct tense? If not, what is the correct tense?
HAD GREETED
GREET
HAVE GREETED
GREETED
Sentence #2: Is BEGIN the correct tense? If not, what is the correct tense?
BEGAN
BEGIN
HAD BEGUN
ARE BEGINNING
Sentence #2: is TELL the correct tense? If not, what is the correct tense?
HAD TOLD
WILL TELL
TOLD
TELL
Sentence #2: is HAVE BEEN READING the correct tense? If not, what is the correct tense?
HAVE BEEN READING
HAD READ
READ
HAVE READ
Sentence #3: is HAVE CONGRATULATED the correct tense? If not, what is the correct tense?
HAD CONGRATULATED
CONGRATULATED
HAVE CONGRATULATED
CONGRATULATE
Sentence #3: is TELL the correct tense? If not, what is the correct tense?
TOLD
HAVE TOLD
HAD TOLD
TELL
Sentence #4: is LOOKS the correct tense? If not, what is the correct tense?
HAD LOOKED
WAS LOOKING
LOOKS
LOOKED
Sentence #4: is LAUGHS the correct tense? If not, what is the correct tense?
LAUGHS
WAS LAUGHING
LAUGHED
HAD LAUGHED
Sentence #4: is TELLS the correct tense? If not, what is the correct tense?
TOLD
HAVE TOLD
HAD TOLD
TELLS
Sentence #4: is PRAISE the correct tense? If not, what is the correct tense?
HAD PRAISED
PRAISE
PRAISED
WAS PRAISING
Sentence #5: is REMARRIES the correct tense? If not, what is the correct tense?