Verb and Voice Shifts
Choose the words that would correctly complete each sentence below.
1. As a child, Susan did not like basketball, but… A. she liked it now. B.she likes it
now. C. she will like it now. D. she had liked it now
2. Bill has spent all morning washing his car; … A. he is now waxing it. B. it was
waxed by him now. C. it is now being waxed. D. he was now waxing it.
3. John finds a good book and … A. sat down to read for the afternoon. B. sits down
to read for the afternoon. C. was seated to read for the afternoon. D. sitting down
to read for the afternoon.
4. The news program ends; … A. cartoons came on. B. what will come on will be
cartoons. C. cartoons come on. D. cartoons will come on.
5. We have no television, so … A. we listen to the radio. B. the radio will be listened
to. C. to the radio we listened. D. the radio will have been listened to.
6. The semester ended, and … A. Sherry moved to California. B. to California
Sherry will move. C. Sherry will move to California. D. Sherry moves to
California.
7. When the lake freezes, … A. we have all gone ice skating. B. ice skating we all
went. C. ice skating we have all gone. D. we all go ice skating.
8. The children were allowed to stay up until … A. their father had come home. B.
home came their father. C. home had come their father. D. their father comes
home.
9. Gary arrived after … A. he finished work. B. he finishes work. C. he will finish
work. D. he is finishing work.
10. The sky is light blue, and … A. the ocean was aqua green. B. aqua green was the
ocean. C. aqua green had been the ocean. D. the ocean is aqua green.
11. As the day came to an end, … A. the young couple enjoyed the bright sunset. B.
the bright sunset was enjoyed by the young couple. C. the young couple enjoy the
bright sunset. D. the young couple will enjoy the bright sunset.
12. Tom got tired of painting the fence, … A. so the job was finished by Sid. B. so
Sid finished the job. C. so Sid finishes the job. D. so the job by Sid was finished.
13. After the two sides had fought for four long years, … A. the Civil War was won
by the North. B. the North wins the Civil War. C. the North won the Civil War. D.
the North has won the Civil War.
14. We could not enjoy the movie because … A. the noise was made by so many
people in the theater. B. so many people in the theater are making noise. C. the
people in the theater made too much noise. D. the people in the theater make too
much noise.
15. Few people today believe in trolls, dragons, and elves, … A. yet ghosts are still
believed to exist by many. B. yet many still believed that ghosts exist. C. yet
many still believe that ghosts exist. D. yet many will believe that ghosts exist.
16. Mike found the right woman, … A. and he marries her. B. and he married her. C.
and he had married her. D. and she was married by him.