a4esl.org

Four Simple Verbs

Make a choice by clicking on the radio button, then compare it with the correct answer hidden under the answer button.

  1. Mr. Brown ___ a teacher at our school.
    am
    is
    are

  2. Many years ago he ___ a student here.
    were
    is
    was

  3. I ___ in his English class on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
    am
    is
    are

  4. We ___ glad when we found out that he would be our teacher.
    are
    was
    were

  5. I'm sure we all ___ at class every day without fail.
    are
    is
    will be

  6. Of course we ___ to study hard if we wish to do well.
    had
    has
    will have

  7. I ___ to study hard last year too.
    had
    have
    has

  8. Last year, the course ___ many interesting topics.
    have
    had
    has

  9. Perhaps this one ___ even more interesting ones.
    have
    had
    will have

  10. There are two textbooks which we ___ to buy when we go shopping.
    have
    has
    had

  11. I ___ that on Saturday last year as well.
    did
    do
    does

  12. That is the day I usually ___ my grocery shopping when I am attending school .
    do
    does
    done

  13. Mr. Brown ___ usually assign expensive books.
    doesn't
    didn't
    don't

  14. I hope he ___ assign any this year either.
    do not
    didn't
    don't

  15. I ___ think I will need to spend a lot of my money on books.
    don't
    didn't
    doesn't

  16. I ___ to the bookstore and shopping next Saturday.
    gone
    will go
    went

  17. If I ___ early would you come with me?
    goes
    went
    gone

  18. If you wait too long to buy books, sometimes the best ones are ___ .
    went
    go
    gone

  19. She usually ___ to class by 8:15 to get a good seat.
    goes
    go
    gone

  20. I ___ with her last week.
    will go
    gone
    went

Copyright (C) 2000 by Jack Bradshaw (jack_bradshaw@hotmail.com)
This quiz is part of the
HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.