This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Verb Usage – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Usage Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following forms of the verb "to be" is in the subjunctive mood? A) Am. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 2. You ..... bring your friends to the party. It's my birthday. A) Have to. B) Has to. C) Ought. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can. 3. Volunteers made the dangerous journey after dark, but no wolves were encountered. A) The dangerous journey was made by the volunteers after dark, but no wolves were encountered. B) The dangerous journey was made by the volunteers after dark, but they encountered no wolves. C) Volunteers made the dangerous journey after dark, but they encountered no wolves. D) Volunteers made the dangerous journey after dark, but no wolves were encountered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volunteers made the dangerous journey after dark, but they encountered no wolves. 4. You look busy Zagara, ..... I help you with those boxes? A) Can. B) Will. C) Should. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 5. What change should be made to the following sentence:Even worse, the tentacles become extra sticky when they're in contact with skin, so trying to remove it can make a sting even more severe. A) Delete so. B) Change they're to their. C) Change become to became. D) Change it to them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Change it to them. 6. Sean and Elijah have ..... the lights. A) Fixed. B) Fouxed. C) Fixted. D) Fix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed. 7. Janelle (does, do) play in the sand. A) Does. B) Do. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does. 8. (Has, Have) rabbits destroyed your garden this summer? A) Has. B) Have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 9. Which of the following verbs is in the infinitive form? A) Speak. B) To tell. C) Had called. D) Yelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To tell. 10. I was eating a fish last night. A) Saya makan seekor ikan malam semalam. B) Saya telah dimakan seekor ikan malam semalam. C) Saya sedang makan seekor ikan malam semalam. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saya sedang makan seekor ikan malam semalam. 11. My best friend (goes go) to a different school. A) Goes. B) Go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goes. 12. Read the sentence and answer the question that follows. Mrs. Marquez took her Spanish students on a trip to Mexico last summer, so they will be learning the language by native speakers. Which phrase marks an incorrect shift in mood? A) Trip to Mexico. B) By native speakers. C) So they will be learning. D) Last summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So they will be learning. 13. Oh, Today is Friday now. We ..... submit the report by Monday. A) Has to. B) Need. C) Must. D) Should to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 14. They had been practicing for weeks. A) Had been practicing. B) Been practicing. C) Had practicing. D) Practicing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been practicing. 15. I eat breakfast at 7 AM. A) Do I eating breakfast at 7 AM?. B) Did I eat breakfast at 7 AM?. C) Do I eat breakfast at 7 AM?. D) Am I eat breakfast at 7 AM?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do I eat breakfast at 7 AM?. 16. It ..... be difficult to find a parking spot during rush hour. A) Will. B) Must. C) Might. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 17. Read the sentence and complete the question that follows. A 3D printer could be used to create food, but it will not be nutritional.What type of mood shift occurs in the sentence? A) Indicative to Imperative. B) Imperative to Indicative. C) Subjunctive to Indicative. D) Indicative to Subjunctive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subjunctive to Indicative. 18. He practices piano every morning. A) Did he practiced piano every morning?. B) Is he practicing piano every morning?. C) Do he practices piano every morning?. D) Does he practice piano every morning?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Does he practice piano every morning?. 19. The teacher ..... in the classroom and the students ..... outside. A) Is-is. B) Is-are. C) Are-am. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is-are. 20. Which is the correct linking verb to be used in the sentence below?The sky ..... always clear and blue in the summer. A) Are. B) Was. C) Is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 21. Brendan is ..... his family make dinner. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. A) Help. B) Helping. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping. 22. Change the sentence below to correctly use the subjunctive mood.If I was better at dancing, I could perform on stage A) A better dancer could perform on stage. B) If I were better at dancing, I could perform on stage. C) If I become a better dancer, I will perform on stage. D) The sentence is already correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If I were better at dancing, I could perform on stage. 23. Which of the following verbs includes a verb in the conditional mood? A) Learning how to cook is an important skill for everyone. B) Cooking is something that can be learned easily by anyone. C) If I knew how to cook, I would make dinner for my mom. D) I know that learning how to cook will help me in the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If I knew how to cook, I would make dinner for my mom. 24. Which of the following sentences is NOT written in active voice? A) Many scientists are studying the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. B) Experiments were conducted by scientists on Lake Winnipeg, Canada. C) Scientists have questioned some reports about the monster. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Experiments were conducted by scientists on Lake Winnipeg, Canada. 25. What is the correct usage of 'were' in past tense? A) You was, we were, they was. B) You were, we were, they were. C) You were, we was, they were. D) You was, we was, they was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You were, we were, they were. 26. Choose the sentence in which the verb look is used as an action verb: A) He looks tired after practice. B) The sky looks gray today. C) The children look happy in the park. D) She looks at the stars every night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She looks at the stars every night. 27. The thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence A) Passive Voice. B) Active Voice. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Passive Voice. 28. He (is, are) reading about space travel. A) Is. B) Are. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 29. Melanie ..... married at 3 this afternoon. A) Has been getting. B) Gets. C) Is geting. D) Is getting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is getting. 30. Mary ..... the Math problem in 10 minutes. A) Did. B) Solved. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solved. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesVerb Usage Quiz 1Verb Usage Quiz 2Verb Usage Quiz 3Verb Usage Quiz 4Verb Usage Quiz 5Verb Usage Quiz 7Verb Usage Quiz 8Verb Usage Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books