Which Verb Form Is Correct? Take the Quiz!
Ready to choose the correct verb form? Start the quiz now!
This quiz helps you choose the correct verb form in real sentences. Work through the questions to spot gaps before an exam and build cleaner, more confident writing. For more practice, try the fill-in exercise or take a quick tenses quiz .
Study Outcomes
- Identify the Correct Form of a Verb -
Determine the correct form of a verb in diverse sentence contexts to reinforce your understanding of verb usage and grammatical structure.
- Apply Subject-Verb Agreement -
Use verb form practice to ensure subjects and verbs align in number and person, enhancing the clarity and accuracy of your writing.
- Choose the Correct Verb Form -
Analyze sentence cues to choose correct verb form under time pressure, improving both speed and precision in verb selection.
- Differentiate Between Similar Verb Forms -
Contrast past, past participle, and gerund forms to master correction verb form strategies for more polished prose.
- Evaluate Your Verb Form Skills -
Use real-time feedback from the verb form quiz to assess your strengths and identify areas for targeted improvement.
- Boost Writing Confidence -
Leverage structured practice to build confidence in applying the correct form of a verb across varied writing tasks.
Cheat Sheet
- Mastering Subject-Verb Agreement -
Ensure the subject and verb match in number (singular/plural) to choose the correct form of a verb, e.g., "The data are accurate" vs. "The dataset is accurate." Remember: singular subjects take "-s" verbs in present tense (Purdue OWL).
- Maintaining Tense Consistency -
Keep your verb tenses aligned throughout a sentence or paragraph by following sequence-of-tense rules, like using past perfect for events that happened before another past action ("She had finished before he arrived"; Cambridge University Press).
- Conquering Irregular Verbs -
Review common irregular verb forms in a base-past-past participle chart (e.g., go - went - gone); use the mnemonic "BSV" (become, became, become) to recall patterns and ace your verb form practice (Oxford English Grammar).
- Using Modals and Semi-modals Correctly -
Differentiate modals like can, could, must and semi-modals like need to or have to when you choose correct verb form for ability, obligation, or advice (British Council).
- Perfect vs. Progressive vs. Perfect-Progressive -
Identify whether to use have+past participle (perfect), be+ - ing (progressive), or have been+ - ing (perfect-progressive) by mapping event timing and duration in your verb form quiz (University of Manchester).
