Verb Correction -Self-assessment Test No 2

Choose the correct option of the following:

Verb Corrections for Part 2


Subject-verb agreement is a very important English rule to study for any competitive exam. There are four options (A, B, C, D), and only one of them is grammatically correct. 

1. Most children look forward to  _____ their parents at gate. 


 ANSWER= (B)   
Explanation:  'Look forward to + gerund'     

2. They didn't  ____ , so they left earlier. 


 ANSWER= (C)   
Explanation: Past Indefinite Tense 
  
3. We had planned to  ____ your brother at the party, he  ____ there.  




ANSWER= (C)  
Explanation:   Planned to meet your brother, but he didn't show up there.    

4. We suggested that he ____ the meeting yesterday.   





 ANSWER= (A)  
Explanantion:    Subjunctive verb + without the use of 'should'   

5. Mrs. Jones's class was so monotonous today, we  ____ a few minutes.  





 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:   'couldn't help + gerund     

6. I suggest that you ____ early to park your car because the facility is very competitive. 





 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:   Subjunctive verb + without the use of 'should' 

7. If you feel the situation critically, you could presume is to _____ than before.  





 ANSWER= (D) 
Explanation:   'adjectives' modify the the sense verbs 

8. He bends over to the experiment apparatus and carefully ___ the litmus strips there for the two samples.  





 ANSWER= (A)  
Explanantion:   'transitive verb 'lay' is correct here   

9. I saw that they were ____ the flowers on the graves.  





 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:  Transitive verb 'lay' is used here. 

10. Unnerved by the feeling of being somewhere she clearly ____, she began to open the drawers until she found a pair of shears.  





 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:  'didn't belong' -Simple past tense is used here  
  

11. Weather conditions are at an all-time high uncertain level and with the start of this year, the trend sees ____. 





 ANSWER= (C)  
Explanation:  After 'seem' and 'appear' , infinitive is usually used     

12. While the two pills resemble _____ in size and colour, I find it hard to distinguish them. 





 ANSWER= (C)  
Explanation:  'each other' is used for two nouns

13. When she got home she ____ herself into the getting 'getting ready' process. . 





 ANSWER= (D)  
Explanation:  'fling, flung, flung, flinging'  

14. Breathing through the nose rather than the mouth ____ keep the mouth _____ by saliva





 ANSWER= (C)  
Explanation:  'causative verb 'help' and past participle, washed' some' is used.  

15. Not only they will paint the outside of the house, but also the inside. 



 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:  'verb inversion' with 'not only'  

16. Brain scientists have not found and  ____ a copy of any data in the brain.  





 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:  'mentioning of two verbs' take their separate 'helping verbs'

17. Asif would rather Kashif ____ indoors in such pleasant weather.  



 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:  'would rather + noun/ pronoun + Past Tense 

18. The parliamentarian ____ from his bed in the morning, unaware of the fact that he had lost the election.  




 ANSWER= (C)  
Explanation:   'rise, rose, risen, rising'      

19. He knows ____ a throat inspection.  




 ANSWER= (B)  
Explanation:   'how' is used as a conjunction with 'know'.   

20. Kate forbade her friend to venture into politics.  




 ANSWER= (D)  
Explanation:   'forbade' is not followed by 'not'  

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