CHAPTER 15 / ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR SKILLS 561
Concept Review 13: Irregular Verbs
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb:
1.We would have __________ (to ride) even further if we had had the time.2.Until now, that issue hasn’t __________ (to arise).3.Before we won last week’s game, we hadn’t __________ (to beat) the Cougars in ten years.4.I would not have __________ (to drink) the punch if I had known that it had liquor in it.5.We searched everywhere, but our friends had __________ (to go) out for the evening.6.Had I never __________ (to know) about video games, I would have __________ (to get) perfect grades last
semester.7.At last night’s concert, the band __________ (to sing) all of its greatest hits.8.The Donnellys have __________ (to run) their corner store for over 20 years.9.They had hardly __________ (to speak) about the incident until that night.10.I can’t believe you put my wool sweater in the dryer and __ (to shrink) it.
11.His batting average has really __ (to sink) ever since his injury.
12.She had __ (to speak) for so long that the other speakers didn’t have time to finish their presentations.
13.It seems as if the tulips __ (to spring) out of the ground overnight.
14.We should have __ (to take) that shortcut to work.
15.If we had jumped over that fence, the polar bear would have __ (to tear) us to shreds.
16.I promise you that by next month I will have __ (to write) the first four chapters of the book.