This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Verb Conjugation”.
1. What is the conjugation of the verb Love in the given sentence?
She is being loved.
a) Simple Present
b) Present Continuous
c) Simple Past
d) Present Perfect
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Explanation: The root verb, that is Love is being supported by the “is being”. Hence, “is being loved” is the present continuous conjugation of Love, in the passive voice.
2. Fill in the blank, such that the sentence is in simple present tense.
You ___ loved.
a) are
b) is
c) have
d) were
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Explanation: The correct sentence is: You are loved. Using “were” is also grammatically correct, but the question asks for simple present tense. Using “is” is grammatically wrong. Hence, “are” is the right answer.
3. Choose the correct conjugation of the word Love in the following sentence.
They shall be loved.
a) Simple Future – Active Voice
b) Simple Future – Passive Voice
c) Future Perfect – Active Voice
d) Future Perfect – Passive Voice
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Explanation: The sentence in question doesn’t use “have” or “have been”, so it isn’t in Perfect tense. The sentence is in Simple Future tense. The sentence uses “be”, so the voice is passive and not active.
4. What are the two verb conjugations of the word Love given in the following pair of sentences (in order)?
I have always loved going to the beach. But I don’t love how sandy my toes get.
a) Simple Past, Simple Present
b) Past Perfect, Simple Present
c) Present Perfect, Simple Present
d) Simple Present, Simple Present
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Explanation: The present perfect tense of love is “have loved”; and the simple present tense of love is “love”. Hence, the verb conjugation, in the order of sentences is: Present Perfect, Simple Present.
5. What is the verb conjugation of the word love used in the given sentence?
They had been loving the services offered by the new salon, but it suddenly shut down.
a) Past Perfect Continuous
b) Past Continuous
c) Present Continuous
d) Present Perfect Continuous
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Explanation: The words supporting the verb love are “had been”, which means it is a form of past perfect. And the word love takes the forming loving, that is, continuous tense. Hence the conjugation is Past Perfect Continuous.
6. The following sentence is in simple past tense, active voice.
They were loved.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: This sentence is in simple past tense, but passive voice, not active. The active voice would be: They loved…
7. Which of the following options uses the simple future conjugation of the word love?
a) She should have loved her experience, but she didn’t.
b) One thing is for sure, I will always love you.
c) I will continue loving my hometown no matter what.
d) Deployment
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Explanation: In the active voice of any simple tense, the root verb doesn’t change its form. In this case, the word remained as “love”. “Will love” is simple future in active voice. So, the correct answer is: One thing is for sure, I will always love you.
8. Fill in the blanks with simple future tense.
You _________ math if you put your mind to it.
a) loving
b) will be loving
c) love
d) will love
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Explanation: The simple future conjugation of the word love is “will love”. Hence, the correct answer is: You will love math if you put your mind to it.
9. Convert this sentence to past perfect, passive voice.
The mother loves her child.
a) The mother is loving her child.
b) The child has always been loved by the mother.
c) The mother has loved the child.
d) The child is being loved by the mother.
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Explanation: While converting from active voice to passive voice, the main subject is acted upon by the verb, instead of it performing whatever action is implied by the verb. So in passive voice, the main subject would be the child. The past perfect conjugation of love is “has been loved”. So the correct answer is: The child has always been loved by the mother.
10. In the sentence: The boy loved his little dog; the main subject is performing the action that the verb is referring to.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The statement is true. In active voice, the main subject performs the action that the verb refers to. In this sentence, the main subject is the boy, and the boy loves his dog. The passive voice would be when the main subject is the one that is acted upon by the verb. In this case, the passive voice would be: The dog is loved by the little boy.
More English Grammar Exercises on Verb Conjugation:
- Verb Conjugation Exercises (Set 2)
- Verb Conjugation Exercises (Set 3)
- Verb Conjugation Exercises (Set 4)
- Verb Conjugation Exercises (Set 5)
- Verb Conjugation Exercises (Set 6)
- Verb Conjugation Exercises (Set 7)
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