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QuizMultiple Choice

Simple Sentences: Sentence Parts, Verb Tense, and Verb Voice

Question 2 • Common Core ELA 9 - ELA3009 A-IC

Read the sentence.Tomorrow night when we take the ghost tour of the city, I ________ in my boots, hoping we don’t actually see anything too spooky!

Answer
A
quake
B
quaking
C
have quaked
D
will be quaking

Explanation

The sentence describes an action that will be in progress tomorrow night, so it needs the future progressive tense: “will be” plus the -ing form of the verb. The correct phrase is “will be quaking,” so the sentence says Tom will be trembling during the ghost tour.

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