Verb Forms Quiz

About the Test

Learner Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Exam Type: Online MCQ
Exam Code: VERBFORM7695
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.	Did you use to-----with dolls?
	play
	played
	playing
	be played
Q2.	Yesterday we had-----twenty minutes for a bus.
	wait
	to wait
	to waiting
	to waited
Q3.	I gave up-----cricket when I got a job.
	of playing
	play
	playing
	to play
Q4.	As soon as he saw me, he-----away.
	has fled
	fled
	fleed
	had fled
Q5.	He watched the boat-----down the river.
	floating
	to float
	was floating
	had floated
Q6.	Choose the correct option: Would you mind-----the door?
	open
	to open
	opening
	opened
Q7.	He has been ill-----Monday last.
	from
	for
	since
	none
Q8.	As the sun-----I decided to go out.
	shines
	has shone
	shine
	was shining
Q9.	Would you mind-----?
	opening the door
	to open the door
	opened the door
	opens the door
Q10.	It's time you-----your mistakes.
	have realized
	realized
	had realized
	realize
Q11.	It is high time we-----the place.
	leave
	have left
	are leaving
	left
Q12.	Fill in the blank: This children-park-----half an hour before sunset.
	opens
	starts
	closes
	stops
Q13.	Fill in the blank with appropriate use of tense: I couldn't mend the computer myself, so I-----at a shop.
	had it mended
	had it mend
	did it mend
	had mended
Q14.	Mother-----her hand when she was cooking dinner.
	is burning
	burnt
	will burn
	was burning
Q15.	The Parthenon is said-----erected in the Age of Pericles.
	to have become
	to have begun
	to have been
	to have had begun
Q16.	No sooner-----than the curtain rose.
	had the bells rung
	had the bells rang
	did the bells ring
	do the bells ring
Q17.	She usually-----the baby down for sleep at this time.
	lied
	lay
	lays
	lies
Q18.	The policeman asked the victim of a theft. ‘What did you-----?’
	loose
	lose
	loss
	louse
Q19.	Many a boy-----present in the meeting. Choose the appropriate option to complete the sentence.
	was
	were
	are
	have be
Q20.	Reading books-----an impressive habit.
	is
	have
	were
	are