Hai Vu - ESL - Quiz 2 (Fables & Ancient Rome))

A ​ (a)   is an action word such as ​ (b)   . Verbs tell us the ​ ​ (c)   of a sentence. A ​ (d)   is a person, place or thing such as ​ (e)   .

• verb
• talk
• tense
• noun
• chair, beach or painter

Which types of words are describing words?

• verbs

• adjectives

• adverbs

• nouns

Answer explanation

Adjectives describe nouns.

Adverbs describe verbs.

Which kind of word describes nouns (people, places and things)?

• adverbs

• nouns

• verbs

• adjectives

Which kind of word describes verbs (action and being words)?

• adverbs

• nouns

• verbs

• adjectives

Which of these are nouns?

• shoes

• parrot

• argue

• worried

• forest

What is this?

Choose TWO.

• a statue

• a sculpture

• a pyramid

• a tomb

The Ancient Egyptians ​ (a)   the builders of the pyramids.

The pharaoh ​ (b)   the person who reigned over Egypt at the time.

• were
• was

Match the form of the verb 'to be' to the correct use.

• used with singular nouns in the present tense

• is

• used with plurals in the present tense

• were

• used with singular nouns in the past tense

• am

• used only with 'I' and in the present tense

• was

• used with plural nouns in the past tense

• are

Which two forms of the verb 'to be' would make sense here?

Ursula _____ cruising around on her boat.

• is

• was

• are

• am

• were

Which two forms of the verb 'to be' would make sense here?

The trees _____ blowing in the wind.

• is

• was

• are

• am

• were