1. A verb is a word used to:
A) Describe a noun
B) Name a person
C) Show an action or state of being
D) Modify an adjective
Answer: C) Show an action or state of being
Explanation: Verbs express action (run, eat) or state (is, seem).
2. Identify the verb in the sentence: She sings beautifully.
A) She
B) Sings
C) Beautifully
D) None
Answer: B) Sings
Explanation: “Sings” shows the action performed by “She.”
3. The base form of the verb went is:
A) Going
B) Gone
C) Goes
D) Go
Answer: D) Go
Explanation: “Went” is past tense of “go.”
4. The past participle of write is:
A) Wrote
B) Written
C) Writing
D) Writed
Answer: B) Written
Explanation: Present: write → Past: wrote → Past participle: written.
5. Which of the following is an auxiliary (helping) verb?
A) Run
B) Play
C) Have
D) Sing
Answer: C) Have
Explanation: “Have,” “be,” “do” act as auxiliary verbs to form tenses.
6. Choose the correct form: He ____ a book. (Present continuous)
A) Writes
B) Writing
C) Is writing
D) Was writing
Answer: C) Is writing
Explanation: Present continuous = is/am/are + verb-ing.
7. Identify the finite verb: He wants to go home.
A) Wants
B) To go
C) Home
D) None
Answer: A) Wants
Explanation: “Wants” changes with subject; hence finite.
8. Which sentence contains an irregular verb?
A) She walks daily.
B) He played football.
C) They went out.
D) I looked up.
Answer: C) They went out.
Explanation: “Go → went” (irregular change).
9. “Be, am, is, are, was, were” are forms of which verb?
A) Have
B) Be
C) Do
D) Shall
Answer: B) Be
Explanation: These are forms of verb “to be.”
10. Identify the transitive verb: He broke the glass.
A) He
B) Broke
C) The
D) Glass
Answer: B) Broke
Explanation: “Broke” acts upon an object “glass.”
11. Intransitive verbs:
A) Always take objects
B) Never take objects
C) Always take complements
D) None
Answer: B) Never take objects
Explanation: e.g. He sleeps. (no object)
12. The past tense of teach is:
A) Taught
B) Teached
C) Teaching
D) Teach
Answer: A) Taught
Explanation: Irregular verb form.
13. Which of the following verbs means “state of being”?
A) Jump
B) Exist
C) Fly
D) Build
Answer: B) Exist
Explanation: “Exist” shows state, not action.
14. Verb in: They have finished their work.
A) Have finished
B) Finished
C) Work
D) Their
Answer: A) Have finished
Explanation: “Have” + past participle = present perfect tense.
15. The base form of was is:
A) Were
B) Be
C) Been
D) Is
Answer: B) Be
Explanation: “Was” and “were” are forms of “be.”
16. Choose the correct form: She ____ in London last year.
A) Is
B) Was
C) Were
D) Be
Answer: B) Was
Explanation: Past tense of “is.”
17. Choose the correct sentence:
A) He is know the answer.
B) He knowing the answer.
C) He knows the answer.
D) He is knowing the answer.
Answer: C) He knows the answer.
Explanation: “Know” is a stative verb, not used in continuous tense.
18. Identify the phrasal verb: She looked after her sister.
A) Looked
B) After
C) Looked after
D) Sister
Answer: C) Looked after
Explanation: “Looked after” = took care of (phrasal verb).
19. The verb “rise” is:
A) Transitive
B) Intransitive
C) Both
D) None
Answer: B) Intransitive
Explanation: “Rise” does not take object (Sun rises).
20. The verb “raise” is:
A) Transitive
B) Intransitive
C) Auxiliary
D) None
Answer: A) Transitive
Explanation: “Raise” needs object (Raise your hand).
21. Identify the correct form: He ____ to school every day.
A) Go
B) Goes
C) Going
D) Gone
Answer: B) Goes
Explanation: For singular subject, add ‘-s’ in simple present.
22. Which is a linking verb?
A) Eat
B) Run
C) Become
D) Jump
Answer: C) Become
Explanation: Linking verbs connect subject to complement (He became angry).
23. Choose the correct form: The news ____ good.
A) Are
B) Were
C) Is
D) Be
Answer: C) Is
Explanation: “News” is singular in meaning.
24. The past tense of cut is:
A) Cut
B) Cuts
C) Cutted
D) Cutting
Answer: A) Cut
Explanation: Irregular verb with same form for all tenses.
25. The third form (past participle) of begin is:
A) Began
B) Begun
C) Beginning
D) Begined
Answer: B) Begun
Explanation: Begin → began → begun.
26. The tense of the verb in the sentence “She plays the piano.” is:
A) Present continuous
B) Simple present
C) Present perfect
D) Past simple
Answer: B) Simple present
Explanation: “Plays” shows a habitual action; simple present tense.
27. Choose the correct form: He ____ his work yesterday.
A) Do
B) Did
C) Does
D) Doing
Answer: B) Did
Explanation: “Yesterday” → past time; hence “did” (past form of do).
28. Identify the tense: They have completed the task.
A) Present continuous
B) Present perfect
C) Past perfect
D) Future perfect
Answer: B) Present perfect
Explanation: “Have + past participle” → present perfect tense.
29. He was eating dinner when I arrived. expresses which tense?
A) Past perfect
B) Past continuous
C) Simple past
D) Future continuous
Answer: B) Past continuous
Explanation: “Was + verb-ing” indicates action in progress in the past.
30. Choose the correct form: By this time tomorrow, we ____ our journey.
A) Complete
B) Completed
C) Will have completed
D) Have completed
Answer: C) Will have completed
Explanation: “By this time tomorrow” → future perfect tense.
31. She is reading a novel. is an example of:
A) Present perfect
B) Present continuous
C) Present simple
D) Past continuous
Answer: B) Present continuous
Explanation: “Is + verb-ing” indicates ongoing action.
32. Identify the tense: They had left before the rain started.
A) Present perfect
B) Past perfect
C) Past continuous
D) Future perfect
Answer: B) Past perfect
Explanation: “Had + past participle” → action completed before another past event.
33. He goes to the gym every day. indicates:
A) A past habit
B) A present habit
C) A future plan
D) A continuous action
Answer: B) A present habit
Explanation: Simple present is used for regular habits.
34. Choose the correct form: She ____ in London since 2010.
A) Lives
B) Lived
C) Has lived
D) Is living
Answer: C) Has lived
Explanation: “Since 2010” → present perfect for time duration continuing to present.
35. Identify the correct sentence:
A) He don’t like sweets.
B) He doesn’t likes sweets.
C) He doesn’t like sweets.
D) He not like sweets.
Answer: C) He doesn’t like sweets.
Explanation: After “doesn’t,” use base form of verb.
36. Choose the correct tense: I was watching TV when you called me.
A) Past perfect
B) Past continuous
C) Simple past
D) Present continuous
Answer: B) Past continuous
Explanation: Ongoing past action interrupted by another action.
37. Identify the correct verb form: He ____ never seen the sea before.
A) Is
B) Was
C) Has
D) Had
Answer: D) Had
Explanation: “Before” + past reference → past perfect (“had seen”).
38. She will be waiting for you. represents:
A) Future continuous
B) Future perfect
C) Simple future
D) Present perfect
Answer: A) Future continuous
Explanation: “Will be + verb-ing” shows action continuing in future.
39. Choose correct form: By 2025, I ____ here for ten years.
A) Will work
B) Will have worked
C) Work
D) Worked
Answer: B) Will have worked
Explanation: Future perfect → completion before future time.
40. In He had finished his homework before dinner, “had finished” is:
A) Present perfect
B) Past perfect
C) Past continuous
D) Future perfect
Answer: B) Past perfect
Explanation: Action completed before another past action.
41. Identify correct verb: The sun ____ in the east.
A) Rise
B) Rises
C) Rose
D) Rising
Answer: B) Rises
Explanation: Universal truth → simple present.
42. Choose correct form: We ____ to the market every Sunday.
A) Go
B) Goes
C) Going
D) Gone
Answer: A) Go
Explanation: Subject “We” is plural → “go.”
43. Identify the correct sentence:
A) She have done her work.
B) She has done her work.
C) She is done her work.
D) She was done her work.
Answer: B) She has done her work.
Explanation: Singular subject → “has + past participle.”
44. Choose the correct form: He ____ not finished yet.
A) Has
B) Have
C) Had
D) Is
Answer: A) Has
Explanation: Present perfect → “has not finished.”
45. If he runs fast, he ____ catch the bus.
A) Will
B) Would
C) Should
D) Could
Answer: A) Will
Explanation: First conditional → “if + present, will + base.”
46. Identify correct verb agreement: The boy and his friends ____ playing.
A) Is
B) Was
C) Are
D) Has been
Answer: C) Are
Explanation: Compound subject (plural) → “are.”
47. Choose the correct form: Each of the students ____ a book.
A) Have
B) Has
C) Are
D) Were
Answer: B) Has
Explanation: “Each” is singular → “has.”
48. Neither the teacher nor the students ____ absent today.
A) Is
B) Are
C) Was
D) Has been
Answer: B) Are
Explanation: Closest subject (“students”) is plural → “are.”
49. Choose correct form: The number of participants ____ increasing.
A) Are
B) Is
C) Were
D) Be
Answer: B) Is
Explanation: “The number of …” → singular subject → “is.”
50. A number of players ____ injured.
A) Was
B) Is
C) Are
D) Has
Answer: C) Are
Explanation: “A number of” = “many,” so plural verb used.
51. Modal verbs are used to express:
A) Actions only
B) Possibility, necessity, or permission
C) Time and place
D) Question words
Answer: B) Possibility, necessity, or permission
Explanation: Modals like can, must, should express ability, duty, or likelihood.
52. Identify the modal verb: He can run very fast.
A) He
B) Can
C) Run
D) Fast
Answer: B) Can
Explanation: “Can” shows ability — a modal verb.
53. Choose the correct modal: You ____ obey your parents.
A) Should
B) Can
C) May
D) Might
Answer: A) Should
Explanation: “Should” expresses duty or moral obligation.
54. May is used to express:
A) Past ability
B) Permission or possibility
C) Necessity
D) Habit
Answer: B) Permission or possibility
Explanation: “May I come in?” = permission; “It may rain” = possibility.
55. Must expresses:
A) Doubt
B) Obligation or strong necessity
C) Past habit
D) Request
Answer: B) Obligation or strong necessity
Explanation: “You must wear a seatbelt.”
56. Choose correct option: He ____ be at home; I saw his car outside.
A) Can
B) Must
C) Should
D) Might
Answer: B) Must
Explanation: “Must” indicates logical certainty.
57. Can is used to express:
A) Permission, ability, or possibility
B) Only permission
C) Only ability
D) Only past habit
Answer: A) Permission, ability, or possibility
Explanation: “I can swim” (ability), “Can I go?” (permission).
58. Could is used as:
A) Present form of can
B) Past form of can
C) Future form of can
D) Continuous form
Answer: B) Past form of can
Explanation: “When I was young, I could run fast.”
59. Shall is generally used with:
A) I and We
B) He and They
C) You and They
D) All persons
Answer: A) I and We
Explanation: “I shall go,” “We shall meet” — used for future tense with first person.
60. Will expresses:
A) Past habit
B) Future intention or decision
C) Obligation
D) Necessity
Answer: B) Future intention or decision
Explanation: “I will call you tomorrow.”
61. Would is used to express:
A) Present certainty
B) Past habit or polite request
C) Obligation
D) Necessity
Answer: B) Past habit or polite request
Explanation: “He would go for a walk every evening” / “Would you help me?”
62. Should is used to:
A) Express strong obligation
B) Express mild obligation or advice
C) Express ability
D) Express past habit
Answer: B) Express mild obligation or advice
Explanation: “You should study hard.”
63. Might is used to:
A) Show possibility (less certain than “may”)
B) Show ability
C) Show permission
D) Show duty
Answer: A) Show possibility (less certain than “may”)
Explanation: “It might rain tonight.”
64. Ought to expresses:
A) Compulsion
B) Moral duty or correctness
C) Physical ability
D) Future time
Answer: B) Moral duty or correctness
Explanation: “You ought to help the poor.”
65. Need not indicates:
A) Necessity
B) Lack of necessity
C) Possibility
D) Past ability
Answer: B) Lack of necessity
Explanation: “You need not come early” = not necessary.
66. Identify the auxiliary verb: They are going to school.
A) They
B) Are
C) Going
D) School
Answer: B) Are
Explanation: “Are” helps form present continuous tense.
67. Identify the main verb: He has eaten his lunch.
A) Has
B) Eaten
C) His
D) Lunch
Answer: B) Eaten
Explanation: “Eaten” shows main action; “has” is auxiliary.
68. Which of the following is a primary auxiliary verb?
A) Must
B) Can
C) Do
D) Should
Answer: C) Do
Explanation: “Be,” “have,” “do” are primary auxiliaries.
69. Identify the correct auxiliary: She ____ not finished her work.
A) Have
B) Has
C) Had
D) Is
Answer: B) Has
Explanation: “She” = singular subject → “has not finished.”
70. Non-finite verbs do not:
A) Change with subject or tense
B) Express an action
C) Act as a noun or adjective
D) Exist without subject
Answer: A) Change with subject or tense
Explanation: Infinitives, participles, and gerunds are non-finite.
71. Identify the infinitive: He likes to play cricket.
A) Likes
B) To play
C) Cricket
D) He
Answer: B) To play
Explanation: “To + verb” = infinitive.
72. Identify the gerund: Swimming is a good exercise.
A) Swimming
B) Exercise
C) Good
D) Is
Answer: A) Swimming
Explanation: Gerund = verb + -ing acting as a noun.
73. Identify the participle: The crying baby needs milk.
A) Crying
B) Needs
C) Milk
D) Baby
Answer: A) Crying
Explanation: “Crying” is a participle describing “baby.”
74. Choose the correct infinitive: He came here ____ meet me.
A) For meet
B) To meet
C) For to meet
D) Meeting
Answer: B) To meet
Explanation: Purpose infinitive → “to meet.”
75. Identify the non-finite verb in the sentence: To err is human.
A) To err
B) Is
C) Human
D) None
Answer: A) To err
Explanation: “To err” is infinitive form acting as subject.
76. Choose the correct sentence:
A) He did not went there.
B) He did not go there.
C) He did not goes there.
D) He did not gone there.
Answer: B) He did not go there.
Explanation: After “did,” we always use the base form of the verb.
77. Choose the correct form:
A) She has ate her lunch.
B) She has eaten her lunch.
C) She eaten her lunch.
D) She has eating her lunch.
Answer: B) She has eaten her lunch.
Explanation: Present perfect tense → has/have + past participle (“eaten”).
78. Identify the correct sentence:
A) He is sleeping when I called him.
B) He was sleeping when I called him.
C) He slept when I call him.
D) He is slept when I call.
Answer: B) He was sleeping when I called him.
Explanation: Both verbs should be in past form for past event context.
79. Choose the correct sentence:
A) He has been working since morning.
B) He had been working since morning.
C) He have been working since morning.
D) He is working since morning.
Answer: A) He has been working since morning.
Explanation: Present perfect continuous → has/have been + verb-ing.
80. Correct the error: He is knowing the answer.
A) He knew the answer.
B) He knows the answer.
C) He was knowing the answer.
D) He had knowing the answer.
Answer: B) He knows the answer.
Explanation: “Know” is a stative verb, not used in continuous form.
81. Choose the correct verb form: If I ____ you, I would apologize.
A) Was
B) Were
C) Am
D) Be
Answer: B) Were
Explanation: Subjunctive mood — “If I were” is correct for hypothetical situations.
82. Identify the error: He did nothing but cry.
A) Did
B) Nothing
C) Cry
D) No error
Answer: D) No error
Explanation: After “did nothing but,” we use base verb form → “cry.”
83. Fill in the blank: She ____ to school before 8 a.m.
A) Go
B) Went
C) Goes
D) Going
Answer: C) Goes
Explanation: Habitual action → simple present tense.
84. Choose the correct form: He has been ill ____ two days.
A) Since
B) From
C) For
D) By
Answer: C) For
Explanation: “For” is used with duration of time; “since” with starting point.
85. Choose the correct verb: Neither of the boys ____ absent.
A) Are
B) Were
C) Is
D) Be
Answer: C) Is
Explanation: “Neither” is singular → use “is.”
86. Identify the correct sentence:
A) I am agree with you.
B) I agree with you.
C) I am agreed with you.
D) I am agreeing with you.
Answer: B) I agree with you.
Explanation: “Agree” is a stative verb; it doesn’t take continuous forms.
87. Choose the correct option: She ____ her homework before going out.
A) Finish
B) Finishes
C) Finished
D) Had finished
Answer: D) Had finished
Explanation: Past perfect tense is used when one past action happened before another.
88. Identify the correct sentence:
A) He is married with a doctor.
B) He is married to a doctor.
C) He married with a doctor.
D) He married to a doctor.
Answer: B) He is married to a doctor.
Explanation: Correct preposition with “married” is “to.”
89. Choose the correct form: He ____ breakfast yet.
A) Didn’t had
B) Hasn’t had
C) Hasn’t have
D) Don’t had
Answer: B) Hasn’t had
Explanation: “Hasn’t + past participle” → present perfect negative.
90. Choose the correct sentence:
A) She is good in dancing.
B) She is good on dancing.
C) She is good at dancing.
D) She is good for dancing.
Answer: C) She is good at dancing.
Explanation: Correct preposition after “good” for skills is “at.”
91. She suggested me to go there. — find the error.
A) Suggested
B) Me
C) To go
D) No error
Answer: B) Me
Explanation: “Suggest” is not followed by object pronoun; correct: She suggested that I go there.
92. Choose the correct sentence:
A) He prevented me to go.
B) He prevented me from going.
C) He prevented to go.
D) He prevented going.
Answer: B) He prevented me from going.
Explanation: “Prevent” is followed by “from + gerund.”
93. Choose the correct form: I wish I ____ rich.
A) Am
B) Were
C) Was
D) Be
Answer: B) Were
Explanation: Subjunctive mood for unreal condition → “I wish I were.”
94. Correct the error: He is senior than me.
A) He is senior to me.
B) He is more senior than me.
C) He is senior from me.
D) He is senior as me.
Answer: A) He is senior to me.
Explanation: Adjectives like “senior, junior, superior” take “to,” not “than.”
95. Choose correct form: She has been teaching here ____ 2015.
A) Since
B) For
C) From
D) By
Answer: A) Since
Explanation: “Since” + starting point in time.
96. Identify the error: She told that she was tired.
A) Told
B) That
C) Was
D) No error
Answer: A) Told
Explanation: “Told” needs an object. Correct: She said that she was tired OR She told me that she was tired.
97. Choose correct form: He insisted on ____ there.
A) Go
B) To go
C) Going
D) Gone
Answer: C) Going
Explanation: “Insist on” takes a gerund (verb + ing).
98. Correct the error: He has returned back from Delhi.
A) Remove “back”
B) Add “again”
C) Change “has” to “had”
D) Replace “from” with “to”
Answer: A) Remove “back”
Explanation: “Return” already implies “back,” so “returned back” is redundant.
99. Identify the correct usage:
A) He has gone yesterday.
B) He went yesterday.
C) He goes yesterday.
D) He gone yesterday.
Answer: B) He went yesterday.
Explanation: “Yesterday” → simple past; not with “has gone.”
100. Choose the grammatically correct sentence:
A) The teacher with his students were late.
B) The teacher with his students are late.
C) The teacher with his students was late.
D) The teacher and his students was late.
Answer: C) The teacher with his students was late.
Explanation: “With his students” is a phrase; main subject = singular “teacher.”