This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Verb Patterns”.
1. Which of the following options is the verb pattern of the below sentence?
Harry was dancing.
a) Subject + Verb + Adjective
b) Subject + Verb + Object
c) Subject + Complement
d) Subject + Verb
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Explanation: The sentence, ‘Harry was dancing’ has the Subject + Verb structure. Also, the verb ‘dancing’ is an Intransitive verb as the action does not pass over from the Subject to the Object.
2. Select the interrogative clause present in the below sentence from the following options.
Please tell us where it is.
a) please
b) where
c) tell
d) where it is
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Explanation: The interrogative clause present in the given sentence is ‘where it is’. The word ‘tell’ is the verb and ‘us’ acts as a noun.
3. Which of the following sentences has the structure ‘Subject + Verb + Interrogative clause’?
a) I gifted him a pen
b) I wondered where he went
c) Where did you went yesterday?
d) How are you doing?
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Explanation: The sentence, ‘I (subject) + wondered (verb) + where he went (interrogative clause)’ has the required structure and is thus, the correct answer.
4. In the below sentence, ‘her address’ is a ________
Sunil know her address.
a) Subject
b) Complement
c) Adverb
d) Direct object
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Explanation: The direct object present in a sentence answers the question ‘what’. Therefore, ‘her address’ is a direct object.
5. Identify the structure of the sentence below.
I gave the book to my neighbor.
a) Subject + Verb +Indirect object + Direct object
b) Subject + Verb + Complement
c) Subject + Verb + Direct object + Preposition + Prepositional object
d) Subject + Verb + Preposition + Direct object
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Explanation: ‘Subject + Verb + Direct object + Preposition + Prepositional object’ is the correct answer. In the sentence, ‘the book’ is the direct object and ‘my neighbor’ is the prepositional object.
6. Any sentence requires a verb to be regarded as a complete sentence.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: Consider the example, ‘Most people in the town’. It is an incomplete sentence as it lacks a verb. If the sentence is rephrased as ‘Most people in the town like Rajnikanth’, the sentence will be complete.
7. Identify the sentence having the below mentioned verb pattern.
Subject + Verb + Subject complement.
a) He wanted to leave
b) Birds fly
c) His father is an army officer
d) You have the right to remain silent
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Explanation: The Subject complement can either be a noun, pronoun or an adjective. The phrase ‘an army officer’ is a Subject complement and is a noun.
8. Select the correct verb pattern of the below sentence.
She asked me to play the guitar.
a) Subject + Verb + Object
b) Subject + Verb + Complement
c) Subject + Verb + Pronoun + to-infinitive
d) Subject + Verb + Pronoun + Participle
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Explanation: The given sentence can be structured as She (subject) + asked (verb) + me (pronoun) + to play the guitar (to-infinitive).
9. The Prepositional object present in the below sentence is _______
The college bus was waiting for Ramesh.
a) college bus
b) waiting
c) ramesh
d) for
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Explanation: ‘Ramesh’ is the Prepositional object present in the given sentence whereas ‘for’ is the Preposition.
10. Select the sentence having the below mentioned Verb pattern.
Subject + Verb + Pronoun + Adjective.
a) I like my steak medium rare
b) Ramesh wants to establish a startup
c) He played all afternoon
d) Simon got into a big fight with his classmates
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Explanation: In the sentence, ‘I like my steak medium rare’, the phrase ‘medium rare’ is the level of cooking and hence, qualifies as an adjective.
11. ‘Walking down the stairs’ is a ___________
We saw him walking down the stairs.
a) Present Participle
b) Subject
c) Verb
d) Interrogative clause
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Explanation: ‘Walking down the stairs’ has the nature of a verb and an adjective. Thus, it is a Present Participle. ‘We’ acts as the subject and ‘saw’ is the verb in the given sentence.
12. Among the options, select the correct structure of the given sentence.
She had her house cleaned.
a) Subject + Verb + Pronoun + Past Participle
b) Subject + Verb + Pronoun + Complement
c) Subject + Verb + direct object
d) Subject + Verb + Adjective
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Explanation: Subject + Verb + Pronoun + Past Participle is the correct structure of the given sentence. The word ‘cleaned’ acts as the past participle here, because it partakes the nature of both a Verb and an Adjective.
13. The below sentence has the structure ‘Subject + Verb + Object + Complement’.
The Management appointed him as the Product head.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The given sentence has no object. Instead, it has a pronoun ‘him’. Thus, the correct pattern is ‘Subject + Verb + Pronoun + Complement’.
14. Choose the verb present in the sentence from the following options.
Raj suggested that we should go to Goa.
a) that
b) suggested
c) go
d) Raj
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Explanation: ‘Suggested’ is the verb present in the sentence and is the required answer. The clause ‘that we should go to Goa’ acts as the Object of the verb.
15. Choose the sentence having the pattern ‘Subject + Verb + Gerund’.
a) That is a stupid plan
b) Running is a good exercise
c) He loves to play cricket
d) Tharick loves swimming
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Explanation: Any verb ending with ‘ing’ makes a Gerund. The sentence, ‘Running is a good exercise’ does not have the required structure even though it has a Gerund. Hence, ‘Tharick loves swimming’ is the correct answer.
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