Modals - TEST YOUR SKILLS: Fill-in-the-Blank

The Grammar HELP!  Student Handbook - Online!

In today's Grammar HELP! Student Handbook - Online! lesson we have a fill-in-the-blank quiz for you on Chapter Three, Verbs.

You can review this unit, What Is a Verb?, before you begin today's quiz.

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The following sentences are from ESL students' writing. Place each verb in the correct verb tense.  Check your answers when you are done.

          (1)  Most teenagers in the 21st century fantasize.   (2)  Some evern fantasize about war, as Adam did in the book April Morning, when he wondered what (happen) ______________________ to his mother, his grandmother, and his girlfriend Ruth if he took up arms to fight the British.  (3)  Adam wrote that he needed to fantasize or he "(lose) ______________________ his wits and senses completely."
          (4) Others fantasize about other things such as going to college, of one day becoming the President of the United States, or even just living a better life.  (5)  They (project) ______________________   themselves onto something bigger.  (6)  When I was a teenager, I (fantasize) ______________________ that one day I (be)  _______________ a big singer and (represent) ______________________ my country, Puerto Rico, in a big musical event called the OTTI.  (7) The best musical interpretation each year (win) ______________________ money and (start) ______________________ a whole new career in music.

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