Choose the correct verb form for each of the following.

EXAMPLE: I_______now.
a. work
b. am working
c. work

The correct answer is B. The time expression NOW indicates that the verb needs to be in the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE.

1. Barnes N' Noble usually ________ many of Maya Angelou’s books these days.

   1.   ?    sells
   2.   ?    is selling
   3.   ?    sold

2. I __________ for one of her books this week.

   1.   ?    look
   2.   ?    am looking
   3.   ?    looked

3. In 1944, Ms. Angelou ________ a cable car in San Francisco.

   1.   ?    drives
   2.   ?    is driving
   3.   ?    drove

4. Tosh Angelos __________ Maya’s first husband. She is not married now.

   1.   ?    is
   2.   ?    is being
   3.   ?    was

5. They __________ married in 1952.

   1.   ?    are
   2.   ?    are being
   3.   ?    were

6. Maya Angelou frequently _________ on television shows in the past.

   1.   ?    appears
   2.   ?    is appearing
   3.   ?    appeared

7. She ________ her poem “On the Pulse of the Morning” during the 1993 presidential inauguration.

   1.   ?    recites
   2.   ?    is reciting
   3.   ?    recited

8. Ms. Angelou _________ a film right now.

   1.   ?    directs
   2.   ?    is directing
   3.   ?    directed

9. She __________ “Down in the Delta” seven years ago.

   1.   ?    directs
   2.   ?    is directing
   3.   ?    directed

10. Even today, many people ___________ Maya Angelou’s writing!

    1.   ?    enjoy
    2.   ?    are enjoying
    3.   ?    enjoyed