Complete the following sentences using appropriate form of the verb. Choose your answers from the given options.

1. She ……………….  in two films.

a) acted

b) has acted

c) had acted

d) was acted

2. The boy …………………. for being late.

a) punished

b) has punished

c) was punished

d) had punished

3. The patient …………………. before they took him to hospital.

a) died

b) had died

c) has died

4. The plants ……………………

a) have watered

b) have been watered

c) had watered

5. She ………………… to the market to buy some vegetables.

a) went

b) goes

c) was went

6. My mother ………………….. beautiful sweaters.

a) knits

b) is knitting

c) knit

7. I ……………….. all the novels written by Hemingway.

a) read

b) had read

c) have read

8. We …………………. new windows this winter.

a) get

b) are getting

c) were getting

9. Did you hear? France …………………… war on England.

a) declared

b) has declared

c) Either could be used here

10. I ………………….. an old friend of mine yesterday.

a) came across

b) come across

c) have come across

d) had come across

Answers

1. She has acted in two films.

2. The boy was punished for being late.

3. The patient had died before they took him to hospital.

4. The plants have been watered.

5. She went to the market to buy some vegetables.

6. My mother knits beautiful sweaters.

7. I have read all the novels written by Hemingway.

8. We are getting new windows this winter.

9. Did you hear? France declared / has declared war on England. (Both forms are possible in American English. In British English, the present perfect is preferred in this case.)

10. I came across an old friend of mine yesterday.