Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
I got to work early, and my boss ______ me to wait outside.Choices: tells / told / will tell
- The first verb, got, is in the past.
- Did the time change? No: both things happened the same morning.
- So the second verb stays in the past too.
Answer: I got to work early, and my boss told me to wait outside.
Example 2
I moved here in 2015, and now I ______ in Queens.Choices: lived / live / had lived
- The first part is in the past: in 2015.
- But the time words change: now. When the time really changes, the tense changes with it.
Answer: I moved here in 2015, and now I live in Queens.
Where this is taught: Grammar: Start Here, Part 2: Verb forms and tenses
More practice: Quiz 38, Verb tense · In your Kaplan book: Unit 1, Chapter 8, Lesson 2, “Verb Forms and Tenses”
The drill
Ten questions
How many:
In each sentence, open the drop-down and choose the words that make the sentence correct, the way the GED test asks. A few questions ask you to tap a whole sentence instead. Then press Check my answers at the bottom.In each sentence, circle the choice in the brackets that makes the sentence correct; where whole sentences are given, circle one. The answer key, with the reasoning, is on the last page.