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Ch. 3b (Les. 22-24)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are helping verbs also called?

a)

Conjunctions

b)

Auxiliaries

c)

Prepositions

d)

Adjectives

2.

What do helping verbs add to the main verb in a sentence?

a)

A new subject

b)

A new object

c)

Special meaning or emphasis

d)

A new tense

3.

What forms the complete verb in a sentence?

a)

The subject and the main verb

b)

The helping verb and the main verb

c)

The object and the main verb

d)

The adverb and the main verb

4.

Which of the following is an example of a state-of-being verb?

a)

Run

b)

Jump

c)

Is

d)

Write

5.

What does the word "may" usually mean?

a)

To have the ability to

b)

To be allowed or permitted to

c)

To express a wish

d)

To indicate a future action

6.

Which of the following sentences uses "shall" to indicate a formal statement?

a)

I shall attend the concert tonight.

b)

Shall I find you a seat?

c)

You will meet us afterwards, right?

d)

Jordan will accompany me.

7.

Which of the following is NOT a helping verb?

a)

Have

b)

Should

c)

Can

d)

Run

8.

What are the four basic forms of verbs called?

a)

Regular verbs

b)

Irregular verbs

c)

Principal parts

d)

Helping verbs

9.

How is the present participle of a verb formed?

a)

By adding -ed to the present form of the verb

b)

By adding -ing to the present form of the verb

c)

By adding -s to the present form of the verb

d)

By adding -d to the present form of the verb

10.

Which helping verb is used to form the past participle?

a)

Do

b)

Be

c)

Have

d)

Will

11.

How do regular verbs form their past and past participle?

a)

By adding -ing to the present form

b)

By adding -s to the present form

c)

By adding -d or -ed to the present form

d)

By changing the entire word

12.

Which of the following is an example of an irregular verb?

a)

Climb

b)

Hope

c)

Begin

d)

Walk

13.

What is the past form of the verb "take"?

(a)  

14.

What is the past participle form of the verb "choose"?

(a)  

15.

What is the past form of the verb "set"?

(a)  

16.

Which verb means "to recline" and is an intransitive verb?

a)

Lay

b)

Lie

c)

Set

d)

Sit

17.

Which verb means "to put or place" and is a transitive verb?

a)

Lie

b)

Sit

c)

Lay

d)

Set

18.

Which verb means "to be in a seated position" and is an intransitive verb?

a)

Lay

b)

Sit

c)

Set

d)

Lie

19.

Which verb means "to put or place" and requires a direct object?

a)

Sit

b)

Lie

c)

Set

d)

Lay

20.

Which sentence correctly uses the verb "lie"?

a)

Every afternoon I lay my backpack on my bed.

b)

I have been laying it on my bed all year.

c)

Yesterday, I lay on the couch instead.

d)

Mom was surprised that I had laid my backpack down neatly.

21.

Which sentence correctly uses the verb "set"?

a)

I sit at my desk to do my homework.

b)

He will be setting them there tomorrow.

c)

Last week I sat at a new desk to use the computer.

d)

I had lain there for only ten minutes before I fell asleep.

22.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of rise/raise.

The muffins (a)   quickly.

23.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of rise/raise.

Alayna (a)   a trophhy in the lst three games she has won.

24.

What is the past tense of the verb "rise"?

a)

Rised

b)

Rose

c)

Risen

d)

Raising

25.

What is the past participle form of the verb "raise"?

a)

Raised

b)

Rose

c)

Risen

d)

Raising