This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Verb Usage – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verb Usage Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Logan was ..... around Europe this summer. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. A) Traveled. B) Traveling. C) Travel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traveling. 2. Which tense uses-ed/-d A) Future Progressive. B) Present. C) Past Progressive. D) Past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Past. 3. ..... he a good soccer player? A) Am. B) Are. C) Is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 4. Which response corrects the usage error in the sentence below? Sam turned quickly as the car horn was blaring behind him. A) Sam was turning quickly as the car horn blared behind him. B) Sam turned quickly as the car horn is blaring behind him. C) Sam will turn quickly as the car horn blares behind him. D) Sam turned quickly as the car horn blared behind him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sam turned quickly as the car horn blared behind him. 5. Which sentence contains a shift in verb mood? A) You should apply sunscreen at least fifteen minutes before you enter the water. B) Walk four blocks west, then turn right and walk three blocks north to the destination. C) Animals that hibernate lower their body temperatures, become inactive, and burrow into dark spaces. D) Assemble the puzzle by placing the corner pieces, and then you should find the edges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assemble the puzzle by placing the corner pieces, and then you should find the edges. 6. Sam and Charlie were ..... the soccer ball around at recess. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. A) Kicking. B) Kick. C) Kicked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kicking. 7. IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S) Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing. A) Acting. B) Keeping. C) Coughing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. She ..... pass the exam, based on her preparation. A) Would. B) Will. C) Shall. D) Ought to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will. 9. We swim in the pool during summer. A) Do we swims in the pool during summer?. B) Are we swimming in the pool during summer?. C) Do we swim in the pool during summer?. D) Did we swim in the pool during summer?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do we swim in the pool during summer?. 10. The animals ..... a hole near the tent. A) Dug. B) Digs. C) Digging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dug. 11. There ..... many people in my English now? A) Is. B) Am. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 12. Read the sentence and answer the question that follows. Jesus signs up to play both football and soccer but then he was told he can only pick one sport. Which phrase corrects the incorrect shift in verb mood? A) Jesus signed up. B) Played both football and soccer. C) He is telling. D) Only picked one sport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jesus signed up. 13. Choose the sentence that BEST matches the description. Which sentence shows an action that started in the past and continued over time? A) I am finishing my work again. B) I have finished my work. C) I have been finishing my work. D) I am finishing my work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I have been finishing my work. 14. The car ..... in the garage. A) Am. B) Is. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 15. Identify the verb aspect used in each sentence. The students have been studying all afternoon. A) Progressive. B) Perfect. C) Perfect Progressive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perfect Progressive. 16. Harry read a book about space. He likes learning about space. A) Correct verb use. B) Incorrect verb shift. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect verb shift. 17. (A) Are you hungry?(B) Yes, I ..... A) Is. B) Am. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am. 18. A verb in the interrogative mood ..... A) Commands someone to do something. B) Is part of a question. C) Is a statement of fact. D) Is based on some condition of something else happening first. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is part of a question. 19. Identify the linking verb in the sentence:'Rani is a talented musician.' A) Is. B) She. C) Talented. D) Musician. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 20. Select the correct verb to complete the sentence: "The cat ..... on the mat." A) Sat. B) Sit. C) Sitting. D) Sits. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sits. 21. This is the lung disease zone so you ..... smoke in this building. A) Can. B) Must. C) Could. D) Cannot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cannot. 22. Faisal is training for a marathon and wants to improve his running skills. Which of the following is an action verb that describes what he is doing? A) Swim. B) Run. C) Fly. D) Jump. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run. 23. IDENTIFY THE GERUND(S) We're going to see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. A) Changing. B) See. C) Guard. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Changing. 24. Choose the correct form of the verb 'to be' for the following sentence:She ..... not at home yesterday. A) Be. B) Is. C) Am. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 25. Rugby was discovered by Walter Camp, and he invented a new sport called football. A) Rugby was discovered by Walter Camp, and he invented a new sport. B) Walter Camp discovered rugby, and he invented a new sport called football. C) Rugby was discovered by Walter Camp, and a new sport was invented by him called football. D) Walter Camp discovered rugby, and a new sport was invented by him called football. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walter Camp discovered rugby, and he invented a new sport called football. 26. Which word is the verb in this sentence?The man asks his kids to sit down. A) Asks. B) Kids. C) Down. D) Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asks. 27. I was so hungry, I ..... my entire sandwich. A) Gobbled. B) Tasted. C) Ate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gobbled. 28. All of the corn ..... dried up. A) Has. B) Have. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has. 29. (A) How old ..... you?(B) I ..... thirty years old. A) Am, is. B) Are. are. C) Are, am. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are, am. 30. The dogs ..... brown. A) Am. B) Is. C) Are. D) None of the above. 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