Verb quiz

by Alexis Kitchens aca 1

1. Roads were a slushy mess on Monday along parts of the east coast. a) Transitive verb b) Intransitive verb c) Linking verb d) Auxiliary verb 2. Thousands of families and businesses had no electricity following a deadly snow and ice storm. a) Transitive verb b) Intransitive verb c) Linking verb d) Auxiliary verb 3. It seemed difficult for police to find the man suspected in a caf robbery. a) Transitive verb b) Intransitive verb c) Linking verbs d) Auxiliary verb 4. What is another name for an auxiliary verb.. a) Linking verb b) Helping verb c) Irregular verb d) Infinitive verb 5. True or false. Verbs only express physical actions and mental actions. 6. What is the helping verb of the following? Jessica is studying for her science test right now. a) Now b) Studying c) Is d) for 7. What is the helping verb of the following? Alex will be studying French nest year. a) Will b) Studying c) Be d) next 8. We had just drank our lemonade. What is the underlined verb? a) Irregular verb b) Regular verb c) Helping verb d) Linking verb 9. Which of the four past tenses describes a completed activity that started in the past and ended in the past? a) Past perfect progressive b) Past progressive tense

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c) Past perfect tense d) Simple past tense He was painting the door when a bird struck the window. Which of the four past verb tenses is this sentence in? a) past perfect tense b) past progressive tense c) past perfect progressive d) simple past tense Which of the four present tenses is used to describe actions that began in the past and is still continuing into the present? a) Simple present tense b) Present progressive tense c) Present perfect tense d) Present perfect progressive Which of the four present tenses is used to describe a continuous activity that began in the past and either continues into the present or has now finished? a) Present progressive tense b) Present perfect tense c) Present perfect progressive d) Simple present tense A horse walks into a bar, and the barman says, "why the long face?". Which of the four present tenses is this sentence in? a) Simple present tense b) Present perfect progressive c) Present progressive tense d) Present perfect tense Which of the four future tenses is used to describe an ongoing action that will occur in the future? a) Future progressive tense b) Simple future tense c) Future perfect tense d) Future perfect progressive Which of the four future tenses is used to describe an action that will have been completed at some point of the future? a) Future progressive tense b) Future perfect tense c) Future perfect progressive d) Simple future tense

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