Question

1. The president said that he (found / founded) the company in 2000.
2. I believe that the cost of living (is / was) too high last year.
3. He told us that he (participated / participates) in the training.
4. Mr. Taylor told me that he (works / worked) until 10 p.m. almost every day.
5. I found that some of my colleagues (are fired / had been fired).

Answer 1

1. Founded
2. was
3. Depends on the context, if he’s saying he did it before, participated, and if he does it regularly, participates.
4. Works
5. Had been fired

Answer 2

Completing the sentences with their correct grammatical verb forms is as follows:

What are the verb forms?

Verbs have six forms or tenses, including:

• Simple present
• Present perfect
• Simple past
• Past perfect
• Future
• Future perfect.

For instance, the bolded and underlined are the correct verb tenses.

1. The president said that he (found / founded) the company in 2000.

2. I believe that the cost of living (is / was) too high last year.

3. He told us that he (participated / participates) in the training.

4. Mr. Taylor told me that he (works / worked) until 10 p.m. almost every day.

5. I found that some of my colleagues (are fired / had been fired).

Thus, the correct verb forms have been underlined and bolded above.

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