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Verbs Exercises

ACTION VERBS 

1. She ____ the door quietly.
   A) knows B) believes C) opens D) owns

2. The children ____ in the playground every evening.
   A) like B) run C) seem D) belong

3. He ____ the letter carefully.
   A) reads B) understands C) prefers D) owns

4. The dog ____ loudly at night.
   A) barks B) feels C) exists D) appears

5. I ____ my homework before dinner.
   A) do B) know C) think D) love

STATE (STATIVE) VERBS 

6. She ____ very happy today.
   A) runs B) feels C) jumps D) writes

7. I ____ your problem now.
   A) understand B) am understanding C) am knowing D) knowed

8. This bag ____ heavy.
   A) lifts B) carries C) feels D) pushes

9. He ____ a big house near the river.
   A) buys B) owns C) builds D) takes

10. The soup ____ delicious.
    A) tastes B) eats C) smells cooking D) boils

VERBS OF POSSESSION 

11. She ____ two cars.
    A) owns B) drives C) parks D) rides

12. I do not ____ enough money.
    A) hold B) possess C) earn D) save

13. He ____ a strong desire to win.
    A) has B) runs C) gets D) plays

14. They ____ great respect for their teacher.
    A) show B) have C) give D) make

15. This shop ____ all kinds of books.
    A) sells B) owns C) buys D) keeps

TRANSITIVE VERBS 

16. She bought ____ yesterday.
    A) quickly B) happily C) a dress D) suddenly

17. He kicked ____ hard.
    A) angrily B) the ball C) outside D) fast

18. I completed ____.
    A) carefully B) my work C) easily D) yesterday

19. They watched ____.
    A) silently B) late C) the movie D) together

20. The teacher explained ____.
    A) clearly B) loudly C) the lesson D) well

INTRANSITIVE VERBS 

21. The baby ____ peacefully.
    A) slept B) slept the bed C) slept sleep D) slept him

22. The sun ____ in the east.
    A) rises B) raises C) rises the sun D) rises it

23. He ____ suddenly.
    A) arrived B) arrived the station C) arrived him D) arrived it

24. The old man ____ slowly.
    A) walked B) walked the road C) walked him D) walked food

25. The accident ____ yesterday.
    A) happened B) happened the road C) happened it D) happened him

AUXILIARY VERBS

26. She ____ finished her work.
    A) has B) is C) does D) was

27. ____ you understand the question?
    A) Have B) Do C) Are D) Were

28. They ____ playing football now.
    A) are B) have C) do D) were

29. He ____ not attend the meeting.
    A) did B) does C) has D) is

30. We ____ been waiting for an hour.
    A) have B) are C) do D) did

GERUND (GENERAL USE)

31. ____ is good for health.
    A) Walk B) Walking C) Walked D) To walk

32. She enjoys ____.
    A) sing B) singing C) to sing D) sang

33. I like ____ books.
    A) read B) reading C) to readed D) reads

34. He stopped ____ noise.
    A) make B) making C) to make D) made

35. They love ____ together.
    A) travel B) traveling C) to traveled D) travels

GERUND AS SUBJECT 

36. ____ helps reduce stress.
    A) Exercise B) Exercising C) To exercised D) Exercises

37. ____ late is a bad habit.
    A) Sleep B) Sleeping C) Slept D) To slept

38. ____ regularly improves health.
    A) Walk B) Walking C) Walked D) Walks

39. ____ books increases knowledge.
    A) Read B) Reading C) Reads D) To readed

40. ____ junk food harms health.
    A) Eat B) Eating C) Ate D) Eats

GERUND AS OBJECT 

41. She enjoys ____.
    A) dance B) dancing C) to dance D) danced

42. He avoided ____.
    A) meet B) meeting C) to meet D) met

43. They suggested ____.
    A) wait B) waiting C) to wait D) waited

44. I finished ____.
    A) study B) studying C) to study D) studied

45. She dislikes ____.
    A) lie B) lying C) to lie D) lied

GERUND AFTER PREPOSITIONS

46. He is good at ____.
    A) sing B) singing C) to sing D) sang

47. She is afraid of ____.
    A) fail B) failing C) to fail D) failed

48. They are interested in ____.
    A) learn B) learning C) to learn D) learned

49. I apologized for ____.
    A) be late B) being late C) to be late D) was late

50. He left without ____.
    A) say B) saying C) to say D) said

GERUND AFTER CERTAIN VERBS 

51. She admitted ____.
    A) steal B) stealing C) to steal D) stole

52. He denied ____.
    A) cheat B) cheating C) to cheat D) cheated

53. We postponed ____.
    A) travel B) traveling C) to travel D) traveled

54. She suggested ____.
    A) go B) going C) to go D) went

55. They avoided ____.
    A) argue B) arguing C) to argue D) argued

GERUND AS COMPLEMENT

56. Her hobby is ____.
    A) paint B) painting C) to paint D) painted

57. His job is ____.
    A) teach B) teaching C) to teach D) taught

58. My favorite activity is ____.
    A) swim B) swimming C) to swim D) swam

59. Their aim is ____.
    A) help B) helping C) to helping D) helped

60. The problem is ____.
    A) find B) finding C) to finding D) found

GERUND IN COMPOUND NOUNS

61. I bought a ____ machine.
    A) wash B) washing C) to wash D) washed

62. He is in the ____ room.
    A) wait B) waiting C) to wait D) waited

63. She uses a ____ board.
    A) write B) writing C) to write D) written

64. The ____ area is crowded.
    A) park B) parking C) to park D) parked

65. There is a ____ pool nearby.
    A) swim B) swimming C) to swim D) swam

INFINITIVE VERB 

66. I want ____ English.
    A) learn B) learning C) to learn D) learned

67. She decided ____ early.
    A) leave B) leaving C) to leave D) left

68. They plan ____ abroad.
    A) go B) going C) to go D) went

69. He hopes ____ the exam.
    A) pass B) passing C) to pass D) passed

70. We agreed ____ together.
    A) work B) working C) to work D) worked

BARE INFINITIVE 

71. She made him ____ sorry.
    A) feel B) to feel C) feeling D) felt

72. I saw her ____ away.
    A) go B) to go C) going D) gone

73. Let me ____ this.
    A) do B) to do C) doing D) done

74. He helped me ____ the box.
    A) lift B) to lift C) lifting D) lifted

75. We heard him ____ loudly.
    A) shout B) to shout C) shouting D) shouted

INFINITIVE AS SUBJECT 

76. ____ is easy.
    A) Learn B) Learning C) To learn D) Learned

77. ____ English fluently takes time.
    A) Speak B) Speaking C) To speak D) Spoken

78. ____ mistakes is human.
    A) Make B) Making C) To make D) Made

79. ____ the truth is important.
    A) Tell B) Telling C) To tell D) Told

80. ____ healthy is necessary.
    A) Stay B) Staying C) To stay D) Stayed

INFINITIVE AS OBJECT 

81. She wants ____ a teacher.
    A) become B) becoming C) to become D) became

82. He refused ____.
    A) help B) helping C) to help D) helped

83. I promised ____.
    A) come B) coming C) to come D) came

84. They decided ____.
    A) wait B) waiting C) to wait D) waited

85. We expect ____ soon.
    A) arrive B) arriving C) to arrive D) arrived

INFINITIVE TO SHOW PURPOSE 

86. He went to the market ____ vegetables.
    A) buy B) buying C) to buy D) bought

87. She studies hard ____ success.
    A) achieve B) achieving C) to achieve D) achieved

88. He spoke loudly ____ attention.
    A) get B) getting C) to get D) got

89. I exercise daily ____ fit.
    A) stay B) staying C) to stay D) stayed

90. They met ____ discuss plans.
    A) discuss B) discussing C) to discuss D) discussed

INFINITIVE AFTER ADJECTIVES

91. She is happy ____ you.
    A) see B) seeing C) to see D) saw

92. He is eager ____.
    A) learn B) learning C) to learn D) learned

93. I am ready ____.
    A) help B) helping C) to help D) helped

94. They are proud ____.
    A) win B) winning C) to win D) won

95. She was sad ____.
    A) leave B) leaving C) to leave D) left

INFINITIVE AFTER QUESTION WORDS 

96. I don’t know ____ start.
    A) when B) when to C) when to start D) when starting

97. She explained ____ solve it.
    A) how B) how to C) how to solve D) how solving

98. He showed me ____ do.
    A) what B) what to C) what to do D) what doing

99. They discussed ____ go.
    A) where B) where to C) where to go D) where going

100. I learned ____ use this app.
     A) how B) how to C) how to use D) how using

INFINITIVE IN PASSIVE FORM 

101. The work is ____ today.
     A) complete B) completed C) to complete D) to be completed

102. This rule is ____ strictly.
     A) follow B) followed C) to follow D) to be followed

103. The form is ____ carefully.
     A) fill B) filled C) to fill D) to be filled

104. The meeting is ____ tomorrow.
     A) hold B) held C) to hold D) to be held

105. The door needs ____.
     A) repair B) repaired C) to repair D) to be repaired

PARTICIPIAL VERB 

106. ____ tired, he went to bed.
     A) Be B) Being C) Been D) Was

107. ____ the work, she left.
     A) Finish B) Finishing C) Finished D) To finish

108. ____ by the noise, he woke up.
     A) Disturb B) Disturbing C) Disturbed D) Disturbs

109. ____ hard, he succeeded.
     A) Work B) Working C) Worked D) To work

110. ____ the rules, he was punished.
     A) Break B) Breaking C) Broken D) To break

PRESENT PARTICIPLE 

111. The ____ boy is my friend.
     A) run B) running C) ran D) runs

112. She saw a ____ bird.
     A) fly B) flying C) flown D) flies

113. The ____ water was cold.
     A) flow B) flowing C) flowed D) flows

114. We heard ____ music.
     A) play B) playing C) played D) plays

115. He sat ____ quietly.
     A) think B) thinking C) thought D) thinks

PAST PARTICIPLE 

116. The ____ window was repaired.
     A) break B) breaking C) broken D) breaks

117. A ____ man helped us.
     A) tire B) tiring C) tired D) tires

118. The ____ food was tasty.
     A) cook B) cooking C) cooked D) cooks

119. The ____ letter arrived late.
     A) send B) sending C) sent D) sends

120. A ____ decision was made.
     A) consider B) considering C) considered D) considers

PERFECT PARTICIPLE

121. ____ the work, he rested.
     A) Finish B) Finishing C) Having finished D) Finished

122. ____ dinner, she went out.
     A) Eat B) Eating C) Having eaten D) Eaten

123. ____ the news, he cried.
     A) Hear B) Hearing C) Having heard D) Heard

124. ____ the exam, they celebrated.
     A) Pass B) Passing C) Having passed D) Passed

125. ____ the book, I returned it.
     A) Read B) Reading C) Having read D) Reads

ANSWER KEY WITH EXPLANATION

1.C Action verbs show physical action. 2.B Running is an action. 3.A Reading is an action. 4.A Barking is an action. 5.A Doing is an action.
6.B Feel is a stative verb. 7.A Understand is stative and not used in continuous. 8.C Feel describes state. 9.B Own shows possession. 10.A Taste is stative.
11.A Own indicates possession. 12.B Possess shows ownership. 13.A Have expresses possession. 14.B Have shows abstract possession. 15.B Own means possession.
16.C Transitive verbs need an object. 17.B Object required. 18.B Object present. 19.C Object used. 20.C Lesson is the object.
21.A Intransitive verbs don’t need objects. 22.A Rise is intransitive. 23.A Arrive is intransitive. 24.A Walk can be intransitive. 25.A Happen is intransitive.
26.A Has is auxiliary. 27.B Do forms questions. 28.A Are shows continuous. 29.A Did forms past negative. 30.A Have forms perfect tense.
31.B Gerund as noun. 32.B Enjoy + gerund. 33.B Like + gerund. 34.B Stop + gerund. 35.B Love + gerund.
36.B Gerund as subject. 37.B Same pattern. 38.B Gerund subject. 39.B Reading as subject. 40.B Eating as subject.
41.B Gerund as object. 42.B Avoid + gerund. 43.B Suggest + gerund. 44.B Finish + gerund. 45.B Dislike + gerund.
46.B Preposition + gerund. 47.B Same rule. 48.B Same rule. 49.B Being is gerund. 50.B Without + gerund.
51.B Admit + gerund. 52.B Deny + gerund. 53.B Postpone + gerund. 54.B Suggest + gerund. 55.B Avoid + gerund.
56.B Gerund as complement. 57.B Same structure. 58.B Gerund complement. 59.B Correct complement. 60.B Gerund complement.
61.B Compound noun. 62.B Waiting room. 63.B Writing board. 64.B Parking area. 65.B Swimming pool.
66.C Infinitive. 67.C Decide + infinitive. 68.C Plan + infinitive. 69.C Hope + infinitive. 70.C Agree + infinitive.
71.A Bare infinitive after make. 72.A Bare infinitive after see. 73.A Let + bare infinitive. 74.A Help + bare infinitive. 75.A Hear + bare infinitive.
76.C Infinitive as subject. 77.C Same use. 78.C Same. 79.C Same. 80.C Same.
81.C Infinitive as object. 82.C Refuse + infinitive. 83.C Promise + infinitive. 84.C Decide + infinitive. 85.C Expect + infinitive.
86.C Purpose. 87.C Purpose. 88.C Purpose. 89.C Purpose. 90.C Purpose.
91.C Adjective + infinitive. 92.C Same rule. 93.C Same. 94.C Same. 95.C Same.
96.C Question word + infinitive. 97.C Same. 98.C Same. 99.C Same. 100.C Same.
101.D Passive infinitive. 102.D Same. 103.D Same. 104.D Same. 105.D Same.
106.B Present participle clause. 107.C Past participle clause. 108.C Past participle. 109.B Present participle. 110.C Past participle.
111.B Present participle adjective. 112.B Same. 113.B Same. 114.B Same. 115.B Same.
116.C Past participle adjective. 117.C Same. 118.C Same. 119.C Same. 120.C Same.
121.C Perfect participle. 122.C Same. 123.C Same. 124.C Same. 125.C Same.