This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Auxiliary Verbs > Helping Verbs – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Helping Verbs Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We ..... watching tv that day A) Were not. B) Was not. C) Are not. D) Did not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were not. 2. They ..... playing football when the bell rang for the end of break. A) Are. B) Were. C) Was. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 3. I know you ..... come to the school today. A) Would. B) Have. C) Are. D) Must. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would. 4. Select the modal that shows a future action and best completes the following sentence:We ..... have a Valentine's party on Wednesday. A) Shall. B) Must. C) Could. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shall. 5. When her father came home, she ..... talking on the phone. A) Was. B) Were. C) Had. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 6. You can't come with us, but I wish you ..... A) Had. B) Could. C) Would. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could. 7. Grandpa didn't answer the phone. He ..... busy in the garden. A) Could be. B) Might have been. C) Could have been. D) Might be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Might have been. 8. I ..... doing my home work last night. A) Were. B) Was. C) Done. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 9. Choose the correct auxiliary verb to complete the sentence:'They ..... finished their homework by now.' A) Can. B) Must. C) Should have. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should have. 10. Pass me that pencil, ..... ? A) Won't you. B) Will you. C) Don't you. D) Shall you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will you. 11. Use the correct auxiliary verb to complete the sentence:Aruzhan ..... going to the party with her friends. A) Am. B) Are. C) Be. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 12. What time ..... Mike start work? A) Am. B) Does. C) Do. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does. 13. Marissa ..... unsure about the answers yesterday. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 14. Is the verb an auxiliary or a full verb?We DO the shopping once a week. A) Auxiliary. B) Full. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full. 15. I will pass my WorkKeys reading test, but my classmates who don't study ..... A) Won't. B) Don't. C) Aren't. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Won't. 16. ..... can be auxiliaries and main verbs. A) Be. B) Have. C) All are correct. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All are correct. 17. Rahel and Rara ..... not siblings. A) Am. B) Is. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are. 18. I like Mark as a friend, but he ..... talk a lot of rubbish sometimes. A) Don't. B) Does. C) Did. D) Didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does. 19. Choose the correct passive sentence. A) The cake was bake by her. B) The cake was baked by her. C) The cake was baking by her. D) She was baking by the cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cake was baked by her. 20. The man ..... watching us. A) Are. B) Do. C) Has. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 21. A:Were they living in London when he got the job overseas? B:Yes, they ..... A) Were. B) Do. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 22. They (a) not ready A) A. were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. were. 23. We are helping each other. The verb phrase is ..... A) Are. B) Are helping. C) Helping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are helping. 24. We ..... understand the book until we finished it. A) Aren't. B) Don't. C) Weren't. D) Didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't. 25. They are eating fruit and cereal. A) Helping verb. B) Main verb. C) Not a verb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main verb. 26. Is this question correct? Do you know where does he live? A) Yes, it is. B) No, it's not. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, it's not. 27. Dr. Martin ..... like for you to come tomorrow at four. A) Would. B) May. C) Can. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would. 28. ..... his brother work at this fancy company? A) Did. B) Do. C) Does. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does. 29. Choose the correct auxiliary verb to complete the sentence: "She ..... reading a book when I called her." A) Was. B) Were. C) Am. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 30. Who ..... going to help me clean the apartment? A) Is. B) Are. C) Do. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 31. Use the correct auxiliary verb to complete the sentence:Amir, Diana, and Nurgali ..... watching a movie at the cinema tonight. A) Is. B) Are. C) Have. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are. 32. Identify the Modal Auxiilary in each sentence. I may do the assignment late. A) May. B) Do. C) Late. D) Assignment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May. 33. Identify the helping verb in the following sentence.I have told you a thousand times to to call me Shirley! A) Thousand. B) Times. C) Have. D) Told. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have. 34. Bill told me that he'd spent $ 2, 000 on a birthday present ofr his girlfriend, but he ..... A) Must be joking. B) Had been joking. C) Must have been joking. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must have been joking. 35. ..... you like bike riding? A) Do. B) Does. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 36. Which auxiliary verbs can we used to be polite (educated)? A) Could, may, might, would. B) Will, would, can, and could. C) Might, may, must, and can. D) Must, should, can, and would. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could, may, might, would. 37. We ..... brush our teeth twice a day. A) Must. B) May. C) Might. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Must. 38. We can definitely win the championship game.Which word in the sentences is a modal verb? A) Can. B) We. C) Win. D) Game. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 39. Jaya has a cat. Its name ..... Mimi. A) Is. B) Am. C) Are. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is. 40. Which of the following is NOT an auxiliary verb? A) Will. B) Eat. C) Do. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eat. 41. ..... reading the paper yet? A) Have you finished. B) Were you finished. C) Are you finishing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have you finished. 42. Complete each sentence with an auxiliary verb.I like hot weather, but Ann ..... A) Doesn't. B) Not. C) Is. D) Don't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doesn't. 43. He didn't buy a ticket to the game, but he wishes he ..... A) Would. B) Had. C) Were. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 44. He's so ..... that he forgot his own birthday! A) Well-behaved. B) Tight-fisted. C) Absent-minded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absent-minded. 45. ..... she know that you are here? A) Has. B) Do. C) Does. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Does. 46. The washing machine ..... broken down. A) Will. B) Be. C) Should. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has. 47. How is the auxiliary verb can used in this sentence?When you finish the university, you can work in your own business. A) Request. B) Opportunity. C) Ability. D) Possibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Possibility. 48. ..... you decided yet? A) Do. B) Did. C) Has. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have. 49. Choose the modal auxiliary that would best complete the following sentence:Trevor told his friend Cooper, "You ..... wear a coat outside because it is freezing!" A) Can. B) Could. C) Must. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 50. Use an auxiliary verb to complete the sentence:'She ..... going to the concert.' (is/are) A) Was. B) Is. C) Be. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 51. " ..... you be so mean?" I asked Sprinkles. A) Can. B) May. C) Must. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Must. 52. What are auxiliary verbs? A) Verbs that only express action. B) Verbs that cannot be used in a sentence. C) Verbs that replace nouns in a sentence. D) Auxiliary verbs are verbs that help the main verb to express tense, mood, or voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Auxiliary verbs are verbs that help the main verb to express tense, mood, or voice. 53. He ..... (could / can) speak three languages fluently. A) Could. B) Can. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can. 54. Traffic in Lima ..... getting worse every day. A) Was. B) Is. C) Has. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 55. What is the role of modal auxiliary verbs in a sentence? A) They serve as the main verbs in a sentence. B) They are used to express the time of the main verb. C) They are used to connect clauses in a sentence. D) They help to express the mood of the main verb, indicating ability, possibility, permission, or obligation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They help to express the mood of the main verb, indicating ability, possibility, permission, or obligation. 56. ..... I have a piece of cake mom? A) May. B) Might. C) Could. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can. 57. Annie ..... not go by bus very often. A) Am. B) Does. C) Do. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does. 58. A:You never listen to me. B:I ..... to you, why would you say that? A) Am listen. B) Yes listen. C) Do listen. D) Can listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do listen. 59. I ..... run for a long distance now, but I'll be able to do it after training for some weeks. A) Can't. B) Could. C) Couldn't. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can't. 60. ..... the new hobby interesting for you? A) What. B) Is. C) Can. D) Does. 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