Lesson 40 Test
Read the following paragraph, and decide whether each numbered, underlined verb is written in the present tense or in the past tense. Fish, flowers, and landscapes (1.) are the subjects of paintings by Joseph Abebe, a California painter. Abebe (2.) experimented with color and light in many of his works. (3.) Examine his paintings. They (4.) have very bright colors. In the painting Joseph and Reuben, which he (5.) painted in 1984; Abebe (6.) used a strong contrast between darkness and light. This technique (7.) is different from that in his other paintings. It (8.) gives the painting the look of a snapshot.