Deck 4: Verbs: Forms and Tenses

Question 1

Which of the following terms is used to describe the time change in verb forms?

A) participle
B) tense
C) regular
D) formality

Answer 1

tense

Question 2

Which of the following is not one of the five forms of verbs?

A) the base form
B) the -s ending
C) the passive tense
D) the present participle

Answer 2

the passive tense

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of the basic categories of tenses?

A) past
B) subjunctive
C) future
D) present

Answer 3

subjunctive

Question 4

The __________ tense tells about actions that occurred in the past and that do not continue into the present.

A) present
B) future
C) past
D) participle

Question 5

The __________ tense shows anticipated action.

A) present
B) future
C) past
D) participle

Question 6

A two-part verb such as figure out has a main verb or verb phrase followed by a preposition or adverb. This type of verb is called a(n) __________.

A) compound verb
B) verbal
C) phrasal verb
D) incomplete verb

Question 7

Identify which words are the present tense verbs in the following sentence:
The weather becomes unpredictable in March; temperatures fluctuate tremendously.

A) unpredictable; tremendously
B) weather; temperatures
C) becomes; unpredictable
D) becomes; fluctuate

Question 8

Identify which pair of verb forms should go in the blanks of the following sentence:
My two laptops __________ quickly and efficiently, but my desktop never __________ properly.

A) work; functions
B) works; function
C) works; functions
D) work; function

Question 9

Identify which words are the past tense verbs in the following sentence:
The judge gave Sarah a reduced sentence because she showed remorse for her actions.

A) reduced; showed
B) gave; showed
C) gave; remorse
D) gave; reduced; actions

Question 10

Identify which word is the future tense verb in the following sentence:
The players and coaches will go straight to the locker room when they arrive at the coliseum.

A) arrive
B) go
C) they arrive
D) will go

Question 11

Identify which are the helping verbs in the following sentence:
You should think more positively; if you change your thinking, you can achieve anything.

A) should; can
B) should think; can achieve
C) think; change; achieve
D) change thinking

Question 12

Which of the following verbs are not in the past tense.

A) ran
B) choose
C) knelt
D) ate

Question 13

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence: Yesterday Frederick __________ down thirty-five hotdogs in less than two minutes.

A) gobble
B) gobbles
C) gobbled
D) gobbling

Question 14

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence: Jane __________ an interest in changing her major to forensic science.

A) express
B) are expressing
C) has expressed
D) have expressed

Question 15

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence: We __________ your work for a very long time.

A) have admired
B) admire
C) admires
D) been admiring

Question 16

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence: My poodle Fifi __________ the entire muffin by the time I got to her.

A) eat
B) had ate
C) has eat
D) had eaten

Question 17

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence:
After the police __________ for hours, they finally found the little girl asleep in her closet.

A) will search
B) had searched
C) search
D) have searched

Question 18

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence:
By the time she completes her diet and exercise regime, Lori __________ forty pounds.

A) lost
B) loses
C) will have lost
D) had lost

Question 19

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence: When a cat __________, it usually means that he or she is very content.

A) purrs
B) purr
C) purred
D) will purr

Question 20

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence:
I __________ up your order right now as we speak.

A) had finished
B) am finishing
C) finishes
D) did finish

Question 21

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence: As I __________ to St. Ives, I saw a man with seven wives.

A) went
B) am going
C) was going
D) go

Question 22

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence:
During tomorrow's class we __________ the major characters in the assigned novel.

A) discuss
B) discussed
C) have discussed
D) will be discussing

Question 23

In which of the following options are the first three forms of the irregular verb in the proper order and spelled correctly? (The proper order is base form, past tense form, and past participle with no helping verbs included.)

A) teach, teached, teached
B) teached, teach, teached
C) teach, taught, taught
D) teach, teaches, taught

Question 24

In which of the following options are the first three forms of the irregular verb in the proper order and spelled correctly? (The proper order is base form, past tense form, and past participle with no helping verbs included.)

A) draw, drew, drawn
B) draw, draws, drawed
C) draw, drawn, drew
D) draw, drew, drew

Question 25

In which of the following options are the first three forms of the irregular verb in the proper order and spelled correctly? (The proper order is base form, past tense form, and past participle with no helping verbs included.)

A) go, going, goes
B) go, went, gone
C) go, goes, went
D) go, went, went

Question 26

Identify which pair of verb forms should go in the blanks of the following sentence:
Gerry __________ her pencil on the table, picked it up again, then __________ it down once more.

A) laid; set
B) lay; sat
C) lays; sits
D) layed; setted

Question 27

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence: When I was young, I __________ to roller-skate.

A) love
B) loved
C) loving
D) had loved

Question 28

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence:
As a youngster, Danielle was very clumsy, but now she __________ poised and graceful.

A) was
B) be
C) has been
D) is

Question 29

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence: Whenever Ike ___________ someone coming his way, he smiles and says hello.

A) seen
B) saw
C) sees
D) see

Question 30

Identify which verb form should go in the blank of the following sentence: If I __________ the issue earlier, we wouldn't be in this predicament.

A) raise
B) had raised
C) rose
D) had risen

Question 31

Which of the following is not a modal?

A) may
B) should
C) will
D) do

Question 32

Verbs are the most important types of words in our language.

Question 33

We cannot form sentences without verbs.

Question 34

Irregular verbs do not change their spelling in the past tense.

Question 35

Some verbs consist of only the main verb by itself while others consist of a helping verb plus the main verb.

Question 36

To discuss an action finished earlier in time than another, we use the perfect tenses.

Question 37

The perfect tenses are formed by combining a form of have with the present participle.

Question 38

The progressive tenses express when acts are completed; the perfect tenses show ongoing action within tenses.

Question 39

The progressive tenses are formed by combining a form of be with the base form.

Question 40

The best approach to handling irregular verbs is to memorize the irregular forms and to consult a dictionary when unsure of the correct form.

Question 41

The most important irregular verb in English is to be.

Question 42

Unlike other verbs, which have five forms, the verb to be has seven forms.

Question 43

The verb tobe is used only as a linking verb, never as a helping verb.

Question 44

The present tense can be used to show action occurring right now or to show action that occurs continuously or habitually.

Question 45

The present tense can be used to express general truths, to discuss works of art, and sometimes even to refer to future events.

Question 46

There is only one present tense form: the base form used without a helping verb.

Question 47

Irregular verbs form the past tense and the past participle by adding -d/-ed to the base form.

Question 48

The present participle is formed by adding -ing to the base form.

Question 49

English verbs come in two varieties: regular and irregular.

Question 50

Most of the verbs in English are irregular.

Question 51

When you move from a subordinate close to a main clause, you should make sure that any tense changes represent a logical time relationship.