8th Grade Language Usage
Verbs 1
Name
Write the verb or verb phrase in each sentence.
Question #1:
Comets have been studied for many years.
Question #2:
Ancient Romans saw comets as part of the atmosphere.
Question #3:
Even Isaac Newton has followed the progress of comets
through space.
Question #4:
Halley's Comet is named after the astronomer Edmund
Halley.
Question #11:
The nucleus of a comet could be as large as 60 miles
wide.
Question #12:
Some nuclei can be as large as 350 feet wide.
Question #13:
The nucleus of a comet is surrounded by gases and ice.
Question #14:
The glow around the comet's nucleus is called its
"coma."
Question #15:
Does the coma make the comet fuzzy?
Question #5:
According to Halley's research, comets do not stop
moving.
Question #6:
Halley predicted his comet's return 76 years after its
appearance in 1680.
Question #7:
The comet was named after Halley upon its
reappearance in 1756.
Question #8:
Halley's Comet has been called the brightest of all
comets.
Question #16:
Honore Flaugergues first saw his comet in March of
1811.
Question #17:
The Great Comet of 1843 caused a panic among the
British people.
Question #18:
The Great Comet of 1843 was considered the end of
time by many frightened people.
Question #19:
The Chinese had observed Halley's Comet as early as
240 B.C.
Question #9:
Today comets are observed by many scientists.
Question #20:
Halley's Comet was last seen in February of 1986.
Question #10:
The "nucleus" of a comet is the name for its largest part.
Question #21:
Many people, like me, are fascinated by comets.
8th Grade Language Usage
Verbs 1
Answer Key
1. have been studied
2. saw
3. has followed
4. is named
5. do stop
6. predicted
7. was named
8. has been called
9. are observed
10. is
11. could be
12. can be
13. is surrounded
14. is called
15. Does make
16. saw
17. caused
18. was considered
19. had observed
20. was seen
21. are fascinated