Verbs And Verb Usage
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This quiz will test your use of verbs and verb phrases while testing your knowledge of the many forms of verbs.
- 1.What is the verb phrase in the following sentence?A rain forest is divided into four levels.
- A.
Rain
- B.
Rain forest
- C.
Is
- D.
Divided
- E.
Is divided
- 2.What is the verb in the following sentence?Our Lady Queen of Martyrs is a Catholic school.
- A.
Of
- B.
Is
- C.
A
- D.
School
- 3.What is the verb phrase in the following sentence?Should Olivia go to the dance with Melinda?
- A.
Should
- B.
Go
- C.
Dance
- D.
Should go
- E.
Go dance
- 4.What is the correct way to use the irregular verb?I ___________ you at the grocery store on Sunday.
- A.
Seen
- B.
Saw
- C.
See
- 5.What is the correct way to use the helping verb?They __________ going to see that movie, but they changed their minds.
- A.
Are
- B.
Were
- C.
Was
- D.
Is
- E.
Am
- 6.Select the correct troublesome verb.My family ___________ animals on a farm for personal use.
- A.
Raises
- B.
Rises
- 7.Is the word in bold a noun or a verb?How the internet works is a fascinating question for many people.
- A.
Noun
- B.
Verb
- 8.Is the word in bold a noun or a verb?Evelyn loves to do that dance in the mirror.
- A.
Noun
- B.
Verb
- 9.Is the word in bold a noun or a verb?Joe answered that question very well.
- A.
Noun
- B.
Verb
- 10.Is the word in bold a noun or a verb?You know the answer to the question!
- A.
Noun
- B.
Verb
- 11.Sidney Poitier built the church with bricks. Built is a transitive verb, true or false?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Because of the nuns, he found the strength to finish the job.Found is a transitive verb, true or false?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.His helpers fell into the hole after building the church. Fell is a transitive verb, true or false?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Give is a linking verb, true or false
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.An action verb links the subject to the predicate, true or false?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.A transitive verb expresses an action that passes from a doer to a receiver, true or false?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.Monica will go with Melinda.Georgia is short and fat.Which sentence above contains a linking verb?
- A.
Monica will go with Melinda.
- B.
Timmy is short and fat.
- 18.Shawn was the boy in the blue sweater.Bill went to Lauderdale Middle.Which sentence above contains a linking verb?
- A.
Shawn was the boy in the blue sweater.
- B.
Bill went to Sunrise Middle School.
- 19.Teresa went to the clinic.However, Julie appears sick.Which sentence above contains a linking verb?
- A.
Teresa went to the clinic.
- B.
However, Julie appears sick.
- 20.Which verb is in progressive tense?inventinventedinventing
- A.
Invent
- B.
Invented
- C.
Inventing
- 21.Which verb is in past tense?Go WentGoing
- A.
Go
- B.
Went
- C.
Going
- 22.The shoes in the closet _______ worn out.Select the correct verb for the sentence above.
- A.
Is
- B.
Are
- 23.The box under the stairs _________ to be removed.Select the correct verb for the sentence above.
- A.
Need
- B.
Needs
- 24.Which sentence is in active voice?
- A.
DaVinci painted the Mona Lisa.
- B.
The Mona Lisa was painted by DaVinci.
- 25.Which sentence is in passive voice?
- A.
The investment plans were drawn by the finance committee.
- B.
However, the development department drew the layout for the plan.
- 26.What is the correct verb usage for the sentence below?Please be seated; the curtain is
- A.
Raising
- B.
Rising
- 27.Students need several materials for school.What tense is the verb?
- A.
Past
- B.
Present
- C.
Future
- 28.Some verbs can be transitive or intransitive, depending on their use in a sentence, true or false?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 29.Select the correct "troublesome" verb. Where did the girls ________ the tickets for the game?
- A.
Lay
- B.
Lie
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