Verb Tense Review
Karin’s Knee Surgery
Choose the best verb tense to complete each sentence.
Karin ______ to the hospital the other day to have knee surgery.
- has gone
- had gone
- went
- goes
She ________ knee surgery three times before–in 1988, 1989 and 1994.
- has had
- was having
- had had
- have
While she __________ for the nurse, her flatmate Leslie called her on her cell phone.
- waited
- was waiting
- wait
- had waited
The nurse arrived and _______ her to her room.
- taked
- will take
- taking
- took
Before Karin __________ into the operating room, the nurse wrote “yes” on her right thigh, above her bad knee.
- was taken
- was taking
- is taken
- took
The doctor put her under (“put under” means to give someone drugs to make them sleep) so that she __________ them cutting her knee open.
- won’t feel
- didn’t feel
- wouldn’t feel
- would feel
Three hours later, she_________ in the recovery room.
- waked up
- wake up
- has woken up
- woke up
Leslie had to work late, so she __________ pick Karin up from the hospital.
- couldn’t
- can’t
- wasn’t able to
- didn’t could
Karin called Karl because he_______ that he would pick her up if Leslie couldn’t.
- had said
- said
- would say
- will have said
Right now, while Karin is lying in bed telling him about the operation, Karl ________ this quiz.
- types
- is typing
- typed
- type