Verb Tense

  

GT Ch 7—Present Tense Verbs Name: ______________________
EAPP 0900 Score: _______ /  30

Write a sentence using each phrase and the correct verb tense. Connect your sentences to the topic in Aaron Bady’s article “Public Universities Should Be Free.”  Explain which verb tense you used and the reason why.

EX:  Always
Sentence:  Politicians always debate how to fund higher education. 

Verb Tense: __Simple Present ___ Reason: __Habitual/Repeated Action_______

1. Right now

Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________

Verb Tense: _____________________________ Reason: ________________________________________

2. ….have never……

Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________

Verb Tense: _____________________________ Reason: ________________________________________

3. …until December.

Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________

Verb Tense: _____________________________ Reason: ________________________________________

4. Aaron Bady

Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________

Verb Tense: _____________________________ Reason: ________________________________________

5. …for one year.

Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________

Verb Tense: _____________________________ Reason: ________________________________________

6. …..has recently…..

Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________

Verb Tense: _____________________________ Reason: ________________________________________

7. As soon as…..

Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________

Verb Tense: _____________________________ Reason: ________________________________________

 

8. ……since 2002. 

Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________

Verb Tense: _____________________________ Reason: ________________________________________

9. believe

Sentence: _______________________________________________________________________________

Verb Tense: _____________________________ Reason: ________________________________________