Lesson 5 Verbs Quiz

VERBS QUIZ
QUIZ 1
Underline the preferred choice within each set of parentheses in the
following sentences.
1. When Hastings (come, comes, came) in, tell him I (want, wanted) to see
him.
2. Even though Sheila (knowed, knew) the right password, she typed it
incorrectly.
3. The presentation had not yet (began, begun) when Charles arrived.
4. What I always say is, let sleeping dogs (lay, lie).
5. The workers (lay, laid) the tile in the executive bathroom yesterday.
6. This is where the president of the board (sits, sets) during meetings.
7. Just (sit, set) the boxes down over there.
8. Do you think management will (raise, rise) prices across the board next
week?
9. A list of promotions (was, were) posted on the company intranet.
10. The supervisor of the assembly-line workers (is, are) being replaced.
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QUIZ 1
11. The committee (is, are) considering the proposal today.
12. The board and the committee (is, are) having a joint meeting on June
25.
13. Neither the board nor the committee (is, are) expected to approve the
proposal.
14. Every member of the board (is, are) going to make a statement.
15. Katten and Associates (represent, represents) clients in the
entertainment industry.
16. Five hours (is, are) all I can give you to get the project done.
17. Half of the vacant lots (is, are) already sold.
18. Half of the hall (is, are) reserved for the luncheon.
19. Mario suggested that the public relations department (send, sends) out
a news release about the merger.
20. If I (was, were) CEO, I’d fire the whole accounting staff.
VERBS QUIZ
QUIZ 2
Underline the action verbs in the sentences below. Write A-T above each
action verb that is transitive and A-I above each one that is intransitive.
(Some sentences contain more than one action verb.)
1. Many people regard polo as a sport only for the rich.
2. The game probably originated in Persia, now Iran, sometime between
the sixth and second centuries B.C.
3. It then spread to Turkey, India, Tibet, China, and Japan.
4. In the nineteenth century British army officers in India frequently played
the game.
5. James Gordon Bennett, a U.S. newspaper publisher, imported polo to
the United States from England.
6. Enthusiasts in the United States first played the sport indoors.
7. Even today some polo players prefer the indoor or arena version of the
game to the outdoor version.
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QUIZ 2
8. In indoor polo three players play on each team; teams of four play the
outdoor game.
9. In tournament play, players have handicaps.
10. Polo players ride fast and nimble horses, and they ride with a tight
knee-grip and tight reins.
11. Generally the players own a string of several polo ponies.
12. The ponies often require a year of special training.
13. The players of one team hit a rubber ball through their opponents’ goal
posts.
14. They hit from the saddle with flexible, long-handled mallets.
15. The game includes four or six periods, or chukkers, each 7 1/2 minutes
long.
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QUIZ 3
Each sentence below contains two underlined verbs. Decide which of the
two is a linking verb, and write it in the space provided.
1. In 1817 a young man who appeared adventurous arrived on a volcanic
island in the South Atlantic.
2. William Glass felt happy there, and he married a local girl, Maria.
3. In time, William and Maria had sixteen children, all of whom seemed
content with their life on the island.
4. William, who became respected on the island, stayed on Tristan da
Cunha until his death in 1853.
5. Meanwhile, many other seafaring men chose Corporal Glass’s island for
a home, since it remained a calm and peaceful place to live.
6. Some of the people who live on Tristan da Cunha today are
descendants of Glass and of the other seafaring settlers.
7. More than a hundred years after William Glass died, his island home
again was famous.
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QUIZ 3
Each sentence below contains two underlined verbs. Decide which of the
two is a linking verb, and write it in the space provided.
8. In 1961 a new volcano sounded threatening to the 264 islanders, who
broadcast an SOS.
9. They stayed calm until the H.M.S. Leopard, responding to their SOS,
arrived to carry them to England.
10. After two years in England, most of the islanders grew tired of life there
and requested transportation back to their island.
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Modal Quiz
1. Why didn’t you help him? You ___ have done it.
A) must B) can C) could D) were to E) was able to
2. A: ___ I phone you tonight? B: Yes, you ___ .
A) may / may B) must / might C) could / can’t D) shouldn’t / shouldn’t
E) have to / had to
3. But I ___ stay in England for six months, and not for a fortnight as I had
planned.
A) had to B) have to C) am able to D) can E) shall have
4. I ___ draw a circle with a pencil only, and you? -Neither can I.
A) can’t B) can C) may D) shan’t E) couldn’t
5. Last week I ___ go to town on business trip as the Ministry of Education
had asked me to come. had to B) might C) should D) could E) was able to
6. If one person is careless with a library book, then it ___ be read by others.
A) can’t B) couldn’t C) may D) can E) mightn’t
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Modal Quiz
7. After a book is written, it passes through the heads of very many
different workers. Each worker works carefully, for there ___ not be any
mistakes.
A) must B) couldn’t C) could D) might E) has to
8. He tried, but ___ persuade nobody. A) could B) couldn’t C) can D) might
E) won’t
9. People who know a foreign language ___ learn a second one easily.
A) may B) should C) mustn’t D) can E) needn’t
10. ___ I have a word with you, please? A) may B) had to C) have to D)
must E) am able to
11. At first I ___ skate well, now I ___ .
A) couldn’t / can B) may / can C) mustn’t / can D) should / shouldn’t E)
must / needn’t
12. She said they ___ go to the cinema if they liked. A) must B) may C)
can D) had to E) could
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Modal Quiz
13. What is your sister doing? - She ___ be watching TV.
A) may B) can’t C) needn’t D) has to E) could
14. I didn’t want to go there but I ___ . A) must B) might C) shall D) can’t E)
had to
15. - ___ I go there now? - No, you ___ . A) can / hadn’t to B) am / aren’t C)
must / needn’t D) might / could E) should / will
16. Where is he? - He ___ be walking in the park.
A) can’t B) is able to C) has to D) must E) ought to
17. Visitors ___ stay in the hospital after ten pm.
A) might not B) needn’t C) couldn’t D) must not E) didn’t have to
18. We had an appointment yesterday afternoon but he ___ see me.
A) might not B) cannot C) have to D) mustn’t E) wasn’t able to
19. I didn’t ___ ring her up for she did it herself.
A) had to B) could C) be to D) have to E) must
20. The rain was so sudden that everybody ___ take a shelter.
A) can B) could C) have to D) are to E) had to

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