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Quiz #6 - Past Tenses


Directions: For questions 1-10, choose the correct form of the verb for each of the following sentences. When you are finished, click on the "Check My Answers Now" button to see your score. You can also compare how you did versus other students by clicking on the name of the test you just completed. REMEMBER to enter a nickname.


1. Mozart ______ more than 600 pieces of music.
	written writed write wrote


2. "How did you learn to drive?" "My father ______ me."
	was taught is teaching taught teached


3. We couldn't afford to keep our car, so we ______ it.
	saled sold selled bought


4. Paul and I played tennis yesterday. He's much better than me, so he ______ easliy.
	was win won winned lose


5. Don fell down the stairs this morning and ______ his leg.
	breaked was breaking broke broken


6. John ______ a party at a nice restaurant for his girlfriend last night.
	throwing threw through throwed


7. I want to go visit my family for Christmas but I ______ all my money and do not have enough for a roundtrip ticket!
	spent spend spented spended


8. I do not feel like Italian food tonight since I already ______ it yesterday.
	ate eaten eated was eat


9. Susan thought about telling her friend about the secret but ______ not to because some things are better left buried .
	think was decide decide decided


10. Ever since his pet hamster _______ , Toshi has not come out of his room.
	die died was dead past away

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11/20/2008 08:47 AM

Japan stabbings seen linked to pension scandal (AP)

AP - Japan placed Health Ministry officials under heavy security after two stabbings targeted former elite bureaucrats and their wives, attacks that many are linking to public outrage over a scandal that has left millions without pensions.

11/20/2008 01:49 AM

Japan-U.S. missile defense test fails off Hawaii (Reuters)

Reuters - A Japanese warship failed to shoot down a ballistic missile target in a joint test with U.S. forces Wednesday because of a glitch in the final stage of an interceptor made by Raytheon Co, a U.S. military official said.