Grammar: Verb Forms 1

Fill in each blank with the correct form of the verb.

Example: The U.S. (have/has) 50 states.
Answer: has

1. Americans __________ (speak/speaks) English.

2. The president __________ (live/lives) in Washington, D.C.

3. The president and his family __________ (live/lives) in the White House.

4. Alaska and Hawaii __________ (have/has) a small population.

5. California __________ (have/has) a large population.

6. The president __________ (serve/serves) for four years.

7. Everyone __________ (pay/pays) taxes.

8. The state of Nevada __________ (get/gets) money from gambling.

9. We __________ (pay/pays) sales tax on the things we buy

10. Sometimes Congress __________ (change/changes) the laws.

I 1. A new president usually __________ (say/says), "I won't raise taxes."

Elbaum, S. (1996). Grammar in Context, Book 2, 2nd ed.