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Verb Usage (Gap fills)

Description: Verb Usage
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Tags: Verb Usage (Gapfills) Forms of the verb Subject and Verb Agreement
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Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

In the evening, I will be ______ to a friend's birthday party.

  1. gone

  2. going

  3. go

  4. have gone


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In the case of future continuous tense, 'will/shall be + participle form of the verb' is used. Hence, option 2.

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

A team of forensic experts _________ visited the murder spot.

  1. has

  2. have

  3. did

  4. does


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The subject is singular, i.e. 'a team'. Hence, the singular helping-verb 'has' is correct.

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

The live concert of Jagjit Singh was _________ on television.

  1. to be broadcasted

  2. broadcast

  3. telecast

  4. telecasted


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Past tense of telecast is telecast. While the past tense of broadcast is broadcasted. Hence, option (3) is correct.  

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

Rice and fish curry _________ the favorite dish of Bengalis.

  1. are

  2. is

  3. was

  4. were


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Rice and fish curry' is considered as a single item. Hence, the singular verb 'is' will be used.

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

Fatness _________ the beauty of the body.

  1. mar

  2. mars

  3. increase

  4. increases


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Fatness is a singular subject, so 's/es' will be used with the verb. Between option 2 and 4, option 2 is more pluasible. Hence, option 2 is the correct answer.

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

His spectacles _________ been lost by him.

  1. have

  2. has

  3. was

  4. is


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Spectacles' is a plural noun. Hence, the verb must be 'have'.

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

He _________ under a tree and fell asleep.

  1. laid

  2. lay

  3. stand

  4. stood


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The past tense of lay (put something down gently or carefully) is laid. The past tense of lie ( be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface) is lay. Here, "fell" suggests that it is the sentence of the past tense, so option 2 'lay' is the correct answer.  

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

The armed forces _________ deployed in Kashmir Valley.

  1. was

  2. were

  3. has

  4. had


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The subject is 'armed forces'. Hence, the verb should also be plural. 

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

He wanted to _________ an end to his life.

  1. put

  2. puts

  3. keep

  4. keeps


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Only 1st form of the verb is used in an infinite verb (that which follows to) without 's/es'. So, option 1 is the correct answer.

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

Slow and steady _________ the race.

  1. wins

  2. win

  3. top

  4. tops


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is an adage that is used to refer to any singular subject. A verb form in the present simple (singualar) is to be used here.

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

He _________ while saving the small boy.

  1. drowned

  2. sank

  3. float

  4. drown


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The missing verb must be in past tense as we use 's/es' with verb in the present tense after singular subject. Between option 1 and option 2, the correct usage is 'drowned'. Sank is not used for people.

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

Three quarters of the hall _________ full, half-an-hour before the show began.

  1. was

  2. were

  3. is

  4. are


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of past indefinite tense. Here, 'three-quarters' is taken as a single identity. Hence, a singular auxilary (past) is needed. Thus, option 1.

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

Joey, one of my friends, _________ been interested in poetry.

  1. has

  2. have

  3. is

  4. was


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The subject is 'Joey'. Hence, a singular verb is used.

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb from and fill in the blank.

Wisdom as well as cleverness always _________.

  1. pay

  2. pays

  3. hurt

  4. hurts


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The phrase introduced by as well as or along with will modify the earlier word (wisdom in this case) nd the verb used will be according to the first noun. 'Hurts' conveys an implausible meaning so 'pays' is the correct answer. 

Directions: Select the most appropriate verb form and fill in the blank.

Kamudhi is one of the greatest writers that _________ ever lived.

  1. has

  2. have

  3. was

  4. is


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The verb has to refer to the 'greatest writers' not Kamudhi. Kamudhi is one of the greatest writers.  Here, 'that' refers to 'greatest writers', so a plural verb form shall be used. Hence, option 2 is correct.

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