Sentence Structure Practice - Verbs

 1. Almost everyone fails ___ the driver's test on the first try.

a. passing

b. to have passed

c. to pass

d. in passing

2. If endangered species ___ saved, rainforests must be protected.

a. are to be

b. be

c. can be

d. will be

3. The average spoken sentence in conversational English takes 2.5 seconds ___.

a. for to complete

b. completing

c. to complete

d. by completing

4. Only twenty years ago, most doctors agreed ___ truthful with their terminally ill patients, a trend that has reversed itself in modern medical practice.

a. don't to be

b. not to be

c.we shouldn't been

d. not to been

5. William Torrey Harris was one of the first educators interested ____ a logical progression of topics in the school curriculum.

a. in establishing

b. for establishing.

c. establishing

d. to establish

Keys:

1c;2a;3c;4b;5a