QUIZ NO. 1: VERB ASPECTS AND TENSES 9. The horses [to gallop] across the plains.

Name: ____________________________________________ a. gallop

b. are galloping
Grade and Section: ____________________ Score: ________
c. will gallop
A. Choose the simple form of the missing verb. Encircle the
10. I [to feel] good today.
letter of your answer.
a. will feel
1. The DJ ______ the turntable.
b. feel
a. was spinning c. am feeling
b. spun
C. Choose the perfect form of the underlined verb. Encircle
c. had spun
the letter of your answer.
2. Yin ______ the cats were wearing tuxedos.
11. I ate only a mango that morning.
a. imagined
a. had eaten
b. had imagined
b. ate
c. was imagining
c. was eating
3. The ant ______ up the hill.
12. Anju thought the cake looked dreadful, but she ate it
a. clambered anyhow.
b. was clambering
a. was thinking
c. had clambered
b. had thought
4. Tom ______ the kitchen floor. c. thought

a. mopped 13. The spies snuck into the compound.

b. was mopping
a. were sneaking
c. had mopped
b. had snuck
5. In the future, robots ______ my homework. c. snuck

a. will do 14. Olivier made the announcement over the loudspeaker,

b. will be doing but nobody was listening.
c. will have done
a. made
B. Choose the progressive form of the verb [in brackets]. b. had made
Encircle the letter of your answer. c. was making

6. He [to depart] tomorrow 15. Beatriz exhausted all her options.

a. departs a. had exhausted

b. will depart b. exhausted
c. is departing c. was exhausting

7. You [to be] mean. D. Determine whether the underlined verb or verb phrase is
in the simple, progressive, or perfect aspect. Write S if it is
a. were simple; P if progressive; and PA if it’s in the perfect aspect.
b. are being
c. are ______ 16. The pandas munched on bamboo.

8. Amit [to resist] the urge to eat that cookie. ______ 17. Iman covered her nose to avoid the fumes.

a. is resisting ______ 18. Once she had washed the car, Melanie moved on
b. resisted to her other chores.
c. resists
______ 19. I had just checked into the hotel when the lemurs
escaped.

______ 20. The tornado is touching down as we speak!

ANSWER KEY:

1. B
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. A
12. B
13. B
14. B
15. A
16. S
17. S
18. PA
19. PA
20. P