Verb Usage

Week 4 Day 7

30 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

He didn’t _________ a friend to play with him.

  1. has
  2. have
  3. had
  4. do
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

A team of forensic experts _________ visited the murder spot.

  1. has
  2. have
  3. did
  4. does
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

Rice and fish curry _________ the favourite dish of Bengalis.

  1. are
  2. is
  3. was
  4. were
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

He _________ while swimming.

  1. drowned
  2. sank
  3. floated
  4. drown
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

He wanted to _________ an end to his life.

  1. put
  2. puts
  3. keep
  4. keeps
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

Fatness _________ the beauty of the body.

  1. mar
  2. mars
  3. increase
  4. increases
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

Wisdom as well as cleverness always _________.

  1. pay
  2. pays
  3. hurt
  4. hurts
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

Slow and steady _________ the race.

  1. wins
  2. win
  3. top
  4. tops
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

The live concert of Jagjit Singh was _________ on Television.

  1. broadcast
  2. broadcasted
  3. telecast
  4. telecasted
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

He _________ under a tree and fell asleep.

  1. laid
  2. lay
  3. stand
  4. stood
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

The armed forces _________ deployed in Kashmir Valley.

  1. was
  2. were
  3. has
  4. had
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

His spectacles _________ been lost by him.

  1. have
  2. has
  3. was
  4. is
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

Three - quarters of the hall _________ full, half-an-hour before the show began.

  1. was
  2. were
  3. is
  4. are
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

Kamudhi is one of the greatest writers that _________ ever lived.

  1. has
  2. have
  3. had
  4. was
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

When I visited him he __________________ bed-ridden for two months.

  1. was
  2. has been
  3. had been
  4. is
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

I ___________ school last year.

  1. left
  2. had left
  3. leaved
  4. was leaving
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

His uncle does not _______________ here.

  1. live
  2. lives
  3. living
  4. lived
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

There _____________ a famine in Bengal in 1982.

  1. was
  2. has been
  3. were
  4. had been
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

Edison __________________ newspapers before he became a famous inventor.

  1. sold
  2. had sold
  3. was selling
  4. had been selling
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

Peter ______________ two wickets before rain interrupted play.

  1. took
  2. has taken
  3. had taken
  4. had took
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

She _____________ the railway station before the train came.

  1. had reached
  2. has reached
  3. reached
  4. was reached
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

Akbar _________________ the Mughal power paramount in India.

  1. had made
  2. has made
  3. made
  4. would make
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

I could ____________ her if I wanted to.

  1. have married
  2. marry
  3. married
  4. be marrying
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

I ________________ him twice before he left for New York.

  1. saw
  2. have seen
  3. had seen
  4. seen
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

Peter _______________ editing this magazine for twenty five years by next January.

  1. will be
  2. will have been
  3. is
  4. would be
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

John has _______________ home.

  1. went
  2. go
  3. gone
  4. going
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

Joey, one of my friends, _________ been interested in poetry ever since he entered college.

  1. has
  2. have
  3. had
  4. was
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

I object ________ waiting. You are always late for appointments.

  1. to
  2. to being kept
  3. to keep
  4. to keeping
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

In my youth I __________________ exercise every day.

  1. had taken
  2. took
  3. was taking
  4. had been taking
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the suitable form of the verb.

You will have to catch the morning flight, so you __________ better get ready.

  1. would
  2. may
  3. should
  4. had