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Verbs Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He _______ bagels to the office for breakfast.

What word from the following choices best fits the blank?

a)

bring

b)

brang

c)

brung

d)

brought

2.

What best completes the sentence below?

Dominic _____until the last minute to show his bad report card to his parents because he wanted to go to the movies with his friends.

a)

had waited

b)

have waited

c)

will be waiting

d)

is going to wait

3.

What would be the past tense form of the verb 'kneel'?

a)

knelt

b)

knelts

c)

knelted

d)

kneels

4.

What best completes the sentence below?

By the time we reach Kalamazoo, we _____over 1,000 miles.

a)

will be traveling

b)

was traveling

c)

will have traveled

d)

had traveled

5.

What best completes the sentence below? Tamara her karate moves fifty times before she takes the test for her black belt tomorrow.

a)

had practice

b)

has practiced

c)

will have practiced

d)

was practicing

6.

Jason _______ his brother last night to share the good news.

What goes in the blank?

a)

will call

b)

calling

c)

called

d)

calls

7.

The dog _______ in the neighbor's yard. What goes in the blank?

a)

is running

b)

running

c)

has running

d)

is run

8.

Cecelia _______ a portrait of her mother. What goes in the blank?

a)

sketching

b)

has sketched

c)

have sketches

d)

will sketched

9.

What best completes the sentence below?

Lyrica remembered the time when she ____ to be a marine scientist.

a)

will have wanted

b)

will be wanting

c)

had wanted

d)

is going to want

10.

Which sentence uses the present participle of the word tour?

a)

I wanted to tour with the band, but I was still in school.

b)

The band toured constantly and never saw their families.

c)

Touring with the band made William feel good.

d)

The band will tour again next year, and I will be ready.

11.

Which sentence uses the past participle of the word scare?

a)

The haunted house was the biggest scare the town had to offer for Halloween.

b)

A scary group of ticket holders refused to enter the haunted house.

c)

A scared group of ticket holders refused to enter the haunted house.

d)

Scaring was easy for the workers of the haunted house, and they loved their jobs.

12.

Kendra's ripped dress made her angry enough that she didn't want to go to prom. What is the participle in this sentence?

a)

ripped

b)

enough

c)

prom

d)

angry

13.

The grinning boy made everyone in the classroom feel uneasy. What is the participle in this sentence?

a)

classroom

b)

feel

c)

grinning

d)

made

14.

What is the present participle of the word shine?

a)

shined

b)

shine

c)

shining

d)

shines

15.

Which sentence contains a gerund?

a)

Working hard on a test is the best way to get good grades.

b)

Franny was helping her dad in the garage.

c)

Walking down the street, Jamila met her friend Liam.

d)

Marko said, 'It has been raining heavily.'

16.

The frenzied chant of the fans affected Woodrow's star player, and she choked on the free-throw line. What is the participle in this sentence?

a)

chant

b)

frenzied

c)

choked

d)

affected

17.

What is the correct way to change the sentence into the active voice? All flights were canceled by the airline due to heavy rains.

a)

Due to heavy rains, all flights by the airline were canceled.

b)

Due to heavy rains, all flights were canceled by the airline.

c)

The airline canceled all flights due to heavy rains.

d)

The flights were canceled due to heavy rains by the airline.

18.

What is the present participle of the word honk?

a)

honked

b)

honks

c)

honking

d)

honk

19.

The Mighty Panther team could be out of the polo tournament if they lose this match. Which word most likely indicates that sentence is written in the conditional mood?

a)

lose

b)

could

c)

match

d)

season

20.

Jason ____ his brother last night to share the good news.

What verb goes in the blank?

a)

calls

b)

will call

c)

called

d)

calling