Posts Tagged ‘verbs’

Verbs Exercise III

November 15th, 2009 in English Quiz

Fill in the blanks with a verb in agreement with its subject.

1.    No news ————– good news.

a)    Is
b)    Are
c)    Has
d)    Have

Verbs Exercise – II

November 15th, 2009 in English Quiz

Fill in the blanks with suitable object complements chosen from the list given below. Note that each question can have more than one correct answer. Similarly, the same answer can be used more than once.
Leader, healthy, asleep, long, dead, innocent, honest, ill, fool, Christopher, mad, intelligent, guilty, dishonest, fool, useful, unwise, green, famous, important, conscientious, impracticable, empty, wrong, high

1.    We found him ——————–

Verbs of Incomplete Predication

November 14th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English

Intransitive verbs do not have objects:

The baby cried.
She slept.

In the example sentences given above the intransitive verbs cried and slept have no objects, but the sentences still make complete sense.

More on Verbs: Mood

November 14th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English

The word mood is derived from the Latin word ‘modus’ which means mode or manner. Hence the mood of a verb shows the mode or manner in which the action expressed by the verb takes place.

Strong and Weak Verbs

November 9th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Quiz

Verbs forming their past tense by adding ‘ed’, ‘d’ or ‘t’ to the present tense (with or without any change in the vowel inside) are known as weak verbs.

Common Errors in the Use of Verbs – Part II

October 29th, 2009 in Common Mistakes, ESL

Incorrect: He has stole my pen.
Correct: He has stolen my pen.
Incorrect: John has often beat me at tennis.
Correct: John has often beaten me at tennis.

Common Errors in the Use of Verbs – Part I

October 29th, 2009 in Common Mistakes, ESL

Incorrect: He told her that he will come.
Correct: He told her that he would come.