Verb Quiz

About the Test

Learner Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Exam Type: Online MCQ
Exam Code: VERB1635
Number of Questions: 20
Full Marks: 20

This quiz tests what you learned on the Verbs page. Some of the questions are easier, some are more difficult. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answer! Don’t use any books or websites to help you – the idea is to find your natural level!

Select the correct answer

Q1.	A swimming snake bit him in the leg. Here 'swimming' is-----.
	a participle
	a verbal noun
	a gerund
	an infinite
Q2.	'It has stopped raining'. Here ‘raining’ is a-----.
	participle
	gerund
	infinitive
	present continuous
Q3.	Honey tastes sweet. What is expressed by the verb 'taste'?
	state of emotion
	state of being
	state of perceiving
	event
Q4.	Look at the flying bird. The word 'flying' in sentence is a-----.
	gerund
	verbal noun
	gerundial infinitive
	participle
Q5.	I have no objection to walking. Here ‘walking’ is-----.
	an infinitive
	a gerund
	a participle
	a morpheme
Q6.	I am in class twelve. Here 'am' is-----.
	cognate verb
	auxiliary verb
	principal verb
	factitive verb
Q7.	I loved to play chess when I was at college. Here 'to play' is a/an -----:
	participle
	gerund
	noun
	infinitive
Q8.	There is no credit in earning money illegally. Here ‘earning’ is a-----.
	present participle
	verb
	gerund
	present continuous
Q9.	Jane turned down the chance to work abroad. Here ‘turned down’ is a/an-----.
	phrasal verb
	linking verb
	regular verb
	irregular verb
Q10.	Which of the following is a strong verb?
	Run
	Walk
	Call
	Jog
Q11.	My favourite activity is reading. Here ‘reading’ is a/an-----.
	Gerund
	Verbal noun
	Present Participle
	Continuous tense
Q12.	Going there he found his friend absent. Here 'going' is a-----.
	gerund
	present participle
	noun
	past participle
Q13.	Which one is an example of an intransitive verb?
	They painted their fences green.
	My family moved to another city.
	We believed the boy.
	He gave the papers to the lawyer.
Q14.	'He writes a letter'. In this sentence 'write' is a/an-----.
	Intransitive verb
	Factitive verb
	Transitive verb
	Auxiliary verb
Q15.	'I while away my pastime with novels.’ Here 'while' is a/an -----:
	adverb
	verb
	conjunction
	adjective
Q16.	The boy reads a book. What kind of verb 'reads' in the sentence is?
	Helping verb
	Auxiliary verb
	Transitive verb
	Intransitive verb
Q17.	He went mad. This verb is-----:
	transitive
	intransitive
	linking
	stative
Q18.	Mother loves me. Here ‘love’ is an example of-----.
	Transitive verb
	Auxiliary verb
	Intransitive verb
	Causative verbs
Q19.	To ride well requires practices. ‘To ride’ is-----phrase.
	an adjective
	a noun
	a prepositional
	an adverbial
Q20.	Which of the following can be a verb also?
	mansion
	bastion
	man
	attention