Exploring Writing 2nd Edition by John Langan

Exercise 58

Cross out the incorrect verb form in each of the following sentences. Then write the correct form of the verb in the space provided.
EXAMPLE
flown After it had flew into the picture window, the dazed bird huddled on the ground.
________ 1. As graduation neared, Michelle worried about the practicality of the major she'd chose.
________ 2. Before we could find seats, the theater darkened and the opening credits begun to roll.
________ 3. To be polite, I drunk the slightly sour wine that my grandfather poured from his carefully hoarded supply.
________ 4. With a thunderous crack, the telephone pole breaked in half from the impact of the speeding car.
________ 5. The inexperienced nurse shrunk from touching the patient's raw, burned skin.
________ 6. After a day on the noisy construction site, Sam's ears rung for hours with a steady hum.
________ 7. Sheila had forgot to write her social security number on the test form, so the computer rejected her answer sheet.
________ 8. If I had went to work ten minutes earlier, I would have avoided being caught in the gigantic traffic jam.
________ 9. After the bicycle hit a patch of soft sand, the rider was throwed into the thorny bushes along the roadside.
________ 10. Prehistoric people blowed paint over their outstretched hands to stencil their handprints on cave walls.