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Grammar Quiz: Verb Tenses and Forms 2

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What tense is the verb "eats?"

a)

infinitive

b)

Past

c)

Present

d)

Future

2.

What is the infinitive of the verb "are?"

a)

to being

b)

to are

c)

to be

d)

was

3.

What form of the verb is "eaten?"

a)

Present

b)

Present Participle

c)

Past

d)

Past Participle

4.

What is the present participle of the verb "swim?"

a)

swims

b)

swimming

c)

swam

d)

swum

5.

What tense is the verb phrase "will be striving?"

a)

past

b)

present

c)

future

6.

What is the 3rd person singular present of the verb "to drink?"

a)

drink

b)

drinks

c)

drinking

d)

drank

7.

Which of the following verb phrases correctly uses the past participle?

a)

having did

b)

had took

c)

have became

d)

has spoken

8.

What is the past tense of the verb "to fall?"

a)

fallen

b)

falling

c)

fell

d)

fells

9.

What is the past participle of the verb "to fly?"

a)

flew

b)

flied

c)

flown

d)

flies

10.

What is the tense of the verb phrase "has broken?"

a)

past

b)

present

c)

future

11.

What is the tense of the verb "harangued?"

a)

past

b)

present

c)

future

12.

What form is the verb "to forbid?"

a)

infinitive

b)

present participle

c)

past

d)

past participle

13.

What form is the verb "given?"

a)

present

b)

present participle

c)

past

d)

past participle

14.

What is the present participle of the verb " to choose?"

a)

chose

b)

choosing

c)

chose

d)

chosen

15.

What is the 1st person plural past tense form of the verb "to be?"

a)

are

b)

been

c)

was

d)

were

16.

Which of the following demonstrates correct parallel structure?

a)

Because Hamilton always loved to read, he hated losing in any debate.

b)

President Washington was forced to address multiple fronts during his nascent presidency: establishing defenses against outside powers, reconcile the imbalanced war-debt across the states, and provide a source of income for the fledgling government.

c)

I could never understand why Jefferson would fight for the individual rights of British colonists, and Madison would fight for the rights of states under the Constitution, but only Hamilton was fighting for the rights of slaves.

d)

Hamilton needed to assist General Washington in the North because of the incompetence of the Continental Congress, while his dear friend John Laurens fought to end slavery in the South.

17.

Which of the following is grammatically incorrect?

a)

Despite he numerous responsibilities, Hamilton found time to write the Federalist papers, to practice law, and to draft a new economic system.

b)

Though both abolitionists to a degree, Thomas Jefferson fought to postpone the debate on slavery until 1808 while Benjamin Franklin wanted to end slavery in the 1790s.

c)

Following the war, Eliza stayed with Hamilton in New York while Angelica had gone with Mr. Church to England.

d)

With Jefferson and Madison staunchly against his banking system, Hamilton had to both downplay the threat to the agricultural states and advocate the interests of the industrial north.