Home of English Grammar

Free Guide (Updated for 2023)

  • Home
  • Download Lessons
  • Grammar Rules
  • Online Exercises
  • Online Tools
    • Grammar Checker
    • Word Counter
  • Guides
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Exercises / Verbs Exercise

Verbs Exercise

October 18, 2022 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. I ………………………. an interesting book yesterday.

Correct! Wrong!

Use the simple past to talk about finished events when we say when something happened.

2. He ……………………… a lot.

Correct! Wrong!

When there is no time reference, use the present perfect to talk about finished events.

3. She told me that she ………………………. be late.

Correct! Wrong!

When the main verb is in the past tense, use a past tense auxiliary in the subordinate clause.

4. He ………………………… his wife’s murder.

Correct! Wrong!

To avenge is to inflict harm in return for something bad happened to you.

5. Can you ………………………. this knot?

Correct! Wrong!

We tie and untie knots.

6. Where did you …………………………. the paper I gave you a few minutes ago?

Correct! Wrong!

When you put something, you are placing it there temporarily.

7. ‘Are you an Asian?’ ‘No, …………………………..’

Correct! Wrong!

8. …………………….. adult person has a vote.

Correct! Wrong!

9. She went to London with the objective ………………………… a better job.

Correct! Wrong!

10. She did nothing but …………………………

Correct! Wrong!

Use the bare infinitive after but.

11. The thief ………………………….. away before I opened the door.

Correct! Wrong!

The simple past or the past perfect can be used here; however, the past perfect is preferred.

12. Janet and I …………………………. playing in the garden.

Correct! Wrong!

When we connect two singular nouns with and, the verb should be plural.

Answers

  1. I read an interesting book yesterday.
  2. He has traveled a lot.
  3. She told me that she might be late.
  4. He avenged his wife’s murder.
  5. Can you untie this knot?
  6. Where did you put the paper I gave you a few minutes ago?
  7. ‘Are you an Asian?’ ‘No, I am not.’
  8. Each / Every adult person has a vote.
  9. She went to London with the objective of finding a better job.
  10. She did nothing but cry.
  11. The thief ran / had run away before I opened the door.
  12. Janet and I were playing in the garden.
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • WhatsApp
1,191,253 
606,318 

Check Your Grammar

GrammarCheck.net - Try online
Hint → Bookmark GrammarCheck for future use.

Latest Exercises

  • Conjunctions Quiz March 30, 2023
  • Gerund vs. Infinitive March 29, 2023
  • Prepositions Quiz March 28, 2023
  • Mixed Grammar Exercise March 26, 2023
  • General Grammar Exercise | Conjunctions March 24, 2023
  • Vocabulary Exercise March 22, 2023
  • Mixed Grammar Exercise March 21, 2023
  • Conjunctions Exercise March 20, 2023
  • Question Tags Exercise March 19, 2023

Topics

  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Business Writing
  • Commas
  • Conjunctions
  • Creative Writing
  • Difference
  • Essay Writing
  • Exercises
  • Learning
  • Lessons
  • Nouns
  • Prepositions
  • Pronouns
  • Proofreading
  • Punctuation
  • Quiz
  • Spelling
  • Style Guide
  • Teaching
  • Terms
  • Verbs
  • Words
  • Writing

Quiz

  • Can you correct these 14 basic grammar mistakes?
  • What kind of writer are you?

Copyright © 2023 · EnglishGrammar.org
Disclaimer · Privacy Policy · Sitemap