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Verb Forms Quiz (Level A2-B1) - Grammar Practice

⏱ Time: 07:30 📝 Questions: 15 📊 Level: A2, B1 📚 Type: Grammar ⭐ XP: up to +15 (on pass)

Just finished studying Verb Forms? Lock in what you learned with 15 practice exercises. This Level A2-B1 quiz is designed as a revision companion — quick to complete, easy to retake, and packed with explanations to solidify your understanding.

⏱ You have 07:30 to answer 15 questions. The timer only starts when you click Begin.

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Question 1: My sister ___ to the gym every morning before work.

Question 1 options
'Goes' is correct because with a third-person singular subject ('my sister'), we add -s or -es to the base verb in the simple present. 'Go' lacks the required -s ending, 'going' is a present participle, and 'gone' is a past participle.
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Question 2: Look out the window! It ___ heavily right now.

Question 2 options
'Is raining' is correct because the signal phrase 'right now' shows an action happening at this precise moment, which requires the present continuous (is/am/are + present participle). 'Rains' is simple present, 'rained' is past simple, and 'has rained' is present perfect.
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Question 3: The present participle of a verb is formed by adding '-ing' to the base form.

Question 3 options
True because the present participle is always formed by adding '-ing' to the base verb (e.g., run → running, eat → eating). This is a fixed rule for all English verbs.
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Question 4: Which situation correctly uses the past simple verb form?

Question 4 options
The past simple is used to describe a completed action at a specific time in the past. It does not describe ongoing actions, habits in the present, or actions connected to now.
Q5 15

Question 5: Arrange the words to make a correct sentence:

Question 5 options
  • They
  • finished
  • their homework
  • have already

Drag items or use arrows to arrange them in the correct order.

The correct order is 'They have already finished their homework' because present perfect uses have/has + past participle, and 'already' is fixed between the auxiliary and the main verb.
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Question 6: Which sentence is grammatically correct?

Question 6 options
'She watched a film last night' is correct because the past simple of a regular verb is formed by adding -ed. 'Watchs' is not a valid form, 'has watch' omits the past participle, and 'is watched' is passive voice used incorrectly here.
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Question 7: Customer: 'Is the manager available?' Receptionist: 'I'm afraid she ___ a meeting with a client right now.'

Question 7 options
'Is having' is correct because the context 'right now' signals an action in progress at this moment, requiring the present continuous. 'Has' is simple present, 'had' is past simple, and 'have had' is present perfect — none of these show an ongoing action at this moment.
Q8 15

Question 8: Which sentence correctly uses the present perfect (not the past simple)?

Question 8 options
'I have visited Paris three times' is correct because the present perfect is used for experiences without a specific past time reference. The other options either use a specific past time marker (last year, yesterday, in 2010), which requires the past simple.
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Question 9: Put the words in the correct order:

Question 9 options
  • are
  • The children
  • playing
  • in the garden

Drag items or use arrows to arrange them in the correct order.

The correct order is 'The children are playing in the garden' because the present continuous is formed with subject + am/is/are + present participle (-ing form).
Q10 15

Question 10: By the time we arrived, the film ___.

Question 10 options
'Had already started' is correct because when one past action was completed before another past action, we use the past perfect (had + past participle). 'Already started' lacks an auxiliary verb, 'was already starting' implies an ongoing action rather than a completed one, and 'has already started' is present perfect which cannot refer to a finished past context.
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Question 11: Which statement about the base form of a verb is true?

Question 11 options
The base form is the unchanged, root form of the verb and is used after modal verbs such as can, will, must, and should. It does not change for any subject when used with a modal, and it is not the same as the past participle.
Q12 15

Question 12: Rewrite in the passive voice: 'The teacher corrected the tests.' → The tests ___ by the teacher.

Question 12 options
'Were corrected' is correct because passive voice in the past simple is formed with was/were + past participle. 'Corrected' alone omits the auxiliary, 'are corrected' uses the present tense, and 'have been corrected' is present perfect passive.
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Question 13: Match each sentence to the correct grammar label.

Question 13 options
She teaches English at a local school.
The kids are swimming in the pool.
He has broken his leg.
I walk to school every day.
Present participle (present continuous)
Past participle (present perfect)
Third-person singular present
Base form (simple present)

Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.

Each verb form has a distinct structure: base form is the root verb, third-person singular adds -s/-es, present participle adds -ing, and past participle uses -ed or an irregular form and follows 'have/has/had'.
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Question 14: For irregular verbs, the past simple and the past participle are always the same form.

Question 14 options
False because irregular verbs often have different past simple and past participle forms — for example, 'speak' becomes 'spoke' (past simple) but 'spoken' (past participle). This is a key exception that separates irregular verbs from regular ones.
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Question 15: Which sentence best expresses that an action began in the past and is still continuing now?

Question 15 options
'I have been studying English for five years' is correct because the present perfect continuous (have/has been + -ing) expresses an action that started in the past and is still ongoing. 'I studied' is past simple (finished), 'I was studying' is past continuous (finished), and 'I study' is simple present (habit, not duration).