SEE Grammar Practice 5

Choose and copy the best answer for the numbered blanks below.

As the sun …(a)… (set / sets / setting / had set) over the horizon, Sarah and her friends …(b)… (gathers / gather / gathered / had gathered) around the campfire. They …(c)… (has / have / had / having) been hiking all day and were now exhausted. Sarah …(d)… (suggest / suggests / suggested / suggesting) roasting marshmallows for a late-night snack. Everyone …(e)… (agrees / agree / agreed / agreeing) enthusiastically.

While they were roasting marshmallows, they heard a rustling sound in the bushes nearby. Sarah …(f)… (is / was / are / were) the first to notice it. She …(g)… (asks / asked / asking / ask) her friends if they …(h)… (hears / hear / heard / hearing) it too. They all …(i)… (listen / listened / listening / listens) carefully and realized it …(j)… (is / was / were / has been) just a small animal.

As the storm …(k)… (approaches / approached / approaching / approach) from the west, the sky (l) (darkens / darkened / darken / darkening) rapidly. Sarah …(m)… (feels / felt / feeling / feel) a sense of urgency and quickly …(n)… (gathers / gather / gathered / gathering) her belongings. She …(o)… (realizes / realize / realized / realizing) she …(p)… (forgot / forget / forgotten / forgetting) her raincoat at the campsite. Without hesitation, she …(q)… (runs / run / ran / running) back to retrieve it.

Meanwhile, her friends …(r)… (waits / wait / waiting / waited) anxiously at the shelter. They …(s)… (hope / hoped / hoping / hopes) Sarah …(t)… (return / returns / returned / returning) safely before the storm hits.

a) Tense: sets
b) Subject-Verb Agreement: gathered
c) Verb: had
d) Modal Verbs: suggested
e) Subject-Verb Agreement: agreed
f) Tense: was
g) Verb: asked
h) Subject-Verb Agreement: hear
i) Verb: listened
j) Tense: was
k) Tense: approaches
l) Tense: darkens
m) Verb: feels
n) Verb: gathers
o) Verb: realizes
p) Verb: forgot
q) Verb: runs
r) Subject-Verb Agreement: waits
s) Verb: hope
t) Verb: returns