STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION EXERCISE (Skills 37-38)

LONGMAN COMPLETE COURSE FOR THE TOEFL TEST

STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

EXERCISE (Skills 37-38): Underline the verbs twice in the following sentences. Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I).

_______	1	After the old radiator had be replaced, the travellers continued their cross-country trip.
_______	2	During the lightning storm, he struck in the head by a falling tree.
_______	3	While I am on vacation, the pets should be feeds every morning and evening.
_______	4	A book being written now by a team of writers will be published in the fall.
_______	5	I found out that the real estate agent had already been leased the condominium.
_______	6	The house that Mrs. Martin has always wanted to buy has just placed on the market.
_______	7	The foundation should have been finishing by the construction workers before they left the construction site.
_______	8	We must leave that money in the checking account because the bills pay on the first of the month.
_______	9	The horses can’t be taken out now because they have been rode for the past few hours.
_______	10	It is being announced by a presidential aide that a lawyer from Virginia has been named attorney general.

ANSWER KEY

1	I	(be should be been)
2	I	(struck should be was struck)
3	I	(feeds should be fed)
4	C
5	I	(been leased should be leased)
6	I	(placed should be been placed)
7	I	(finishing should be finished)
8	I	(pay should be are paid)
9	I	(rode should be ridden)
10	C