Deck 43: Verbs

Question 1

Fill in the blank with the correct tense of the verb.
They _______________ a picnic lunch and then listened to music in the park while they ate.

A) packed
B) packing
C) pack
D) packs

Answer 1

packed

Question 2

Fill in the blank with the correct tense of the verb.
Max _______________ over the tools on the floor.

A) stumbles
B) stumbling
C) stumbled
D) be stumbling

Answer 2

stumbled

Question 3

Fill in the blank with the correct tense of the verb.
She has _______________ out of the country.

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

Answer 3

gone

Question 4

Fill in the blank with the correct tense of the verb.
When he left, he ________________ all his money

A) take
B) took
C) taken
D) taking

Question 5

Which of the following sentences has an incorrect verb?

A) The thief stole the diamond ring.
B) Bethany has written a letter to the President of the United States.
C) I shrinked the picture to fit the frame.
D) I thought you understood how important this was to me.

Question 6

Which of the following sentences has an incorrect verb?

A) I does the laundry every weekend.
B) We are preparing flyers for the rally.
C) You have something in your hair.
D) Buddy has ripped his new pants.

Question 7

What is the past tense form of the verb to drink?

A) drinks
B) drink
C) drank
D) drunk

Question 8

What is the past participle form of the verb to ponder?

A) ponder
B) ponders
C) pondering
D) has pondered

Question 9

What is the past tense form of the verb to fix?

A) fix
B) fixed
C) fixes
D) has fixed

Question 10

What is the past participle form of the verb to cost?

A) costs
B) costed
C) has cost
D) cost

Question 11

Which one of the following sentences has a subject and verb that do not agree?

A) He arrive at 4:45 p.m.
B) Macaroni and cheese is an easy dish to make.
C) Here are the files from storage that you requested.
D) Neither the principal nor the students want the school's colors to change.

Question 12

Which one of the following sentences has a subject and verb that do not agree?

A) Her attitude needs improving.
B) Each want their own tent.
C) Wanda and Jenny play the piano.
D) The team get vaccinations today.

Question 13

Which one of the following verbs would correctly complete this sentence?
The dogs _______________ their food.

A) want
B) wants
C) wanting
D) have wanted

Question 14

Which one of the following verbs would correctly complete this sentence?
This engine has _______________ well for the past five years.

A) ran
B) runned
C) run
D) running

Question 15

Which one of the following is a plural subject?

A) brother
B) civilizations
C) bow and arrow
D) McDonalds

Question 16

Which one of the following is a plural verb?

A) climbs
B) works
C) eats
D) watch

Question 17

Which one of the following sentences is in passive voice?

A) Someone took money from the register.
B) The window was left open by someone.
C) The actor didn't accept the part.
D) During the earthquake, the china fell to the floor.

Question 18

Which one of the following sentences is in passive voice?

A) We thought about our plans for the future.
B) A secret admirer left flowers on my doorstep.
C) Our wedding was announced by a reporter.
D) The speaker droned on and on.

Question 19

Which one of the following sentences uses inconsistent verb tenses?

A) Don't sit on the bench while the paint is wet.
B) If you thought the answer was A, then you were correct.
C) First edit your work, and then save it to a disc.
D) We opened the bottle of wine and toast the newest member of the firm.

Question 20

Which one of the following sentences uses inconsistent verb tenses?

A) I'm hungry, and I'm tired.
B) The workers will install the new system next week, and then they needed to make sure it works.
C) When you open the door, look surprised.
D) He laughed so hard that he fell out of his chair.

Question 21

What is the difference between regular and irregular verbs?

Question 22

What is the difference between active and passive voice?

Question 23

Choose the correct verb form in the parentheses to complete the following sentence.
We (be learning, are learning) first-aid and (need, needs) volunteers to act as patients.

Question 24

Choose the correct verb form in the parentheses to complete the following sentence.
You (did, done) very well on the written portion of the exam but (perform, performed) poorly on the oral.

Question 25

Choose the correct verb form in the parentheses to complete the following sentence.
I (sat, set) by the baby while she (lay, laid) quietly in her crib.