Verbal Ability - Auxiliary Verbs Online Quiz


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Questions and Answers

Q 1 - … you realize your mistake?

A - Do

B - Does

C - Have

D - Has

Answer : A

Explanation

“Do” is also used to ask questions about the occurrence or non-occurrence of any action in the present. “Do” is used by “I, you, we, they” and plural nouns, while “Does” is used by “he, she, it” and other singular nouns. For negative questions, “not” is used with “do” or “does”. The structure is — “Do/Does” + noun/pronoun + “verb”.

Q 2 - Where ... Satish stay nowadays?

A - Do

B - Does

C - Have

D - Has

Answer : B

Explanation

“Do/does” is also used to ask questions about the occurrence or non-occurrence of any action in the present. “Do” is used by “I, you, we, they” and plural nouns, while “Does” is used by “he, she, it” and other singular nouns. For negative questions, “not” is used with “do” or “does”. The structure is — “Do/Does” + noun/pronoun + “verb”.

Q 3 - I ... busy when you called me.

A - am

B - was

C - were

D - is

Answer : B

Explanation

When we use auxiliary verbs for actions that happened in the past time, we use “was” for “I, he, she, it”, and “were” for “we, you, they” and nouns respectively.

Q 4 - I ... celebrating my promotion today.

A - is

B - am

C - are

D - were

Answer : B

Explanation

When we use auxiliary verbs for actions that happen in the present time, we use “am” for “I”, “are” for “we, you, they” and “is” for “he, she, it” and nouns respectively.

Q 5 - We ... walking to our home now.

A - is

B - am

C - are

D - were

Answer : C

Explanation

When we use auxiliary verbs for actions that happen in the present time, we use “am” for “I”, “are” for “we, you, they” and “is” for “he, she, it” and nouns respectively.

Q 6 - My neighbors/help/not/me with the dishes last night.

A - Did

B - Does

C - Do

D - Has

Answer : A

Explanation

“Did” is also used to deny the happening of any action in the past time. “Did” is used with “I, we, you, he, she, it, they” and plural/singular nouns. The structure is — Noun/pronoun + “Did” + “not”.

Q 7 - Rahul/know/him/not.

A - Do

B - Does

C - Have

D - Has

Answer : B

Explanation

“Do/Does” is also used to deny the occurrence of any action in the present time. “Do” is used with “I, we, you, they” and plural nouns while “Does” is used with “he, she, it” and singular nouns. The structure is — Noun/pronoun + “Do/Does” + “not”.

Q 8 - … he/go/to sleep/already?

A - Do

B - Does

C - Have

D - Has

Answer : D

Explanation

“Have/has” are also used as auxiliary verbs when the main verb represents an action that ended in the past and there is discussion in the present on that action.

Q 9 - … /he/help her always?

A - Did

B - Do

C - Does

D - Has

Answer : C

Explanation

“Do/does” is also used to ask questions about the occurrence or non-occurrence of any action happening in the present. “Do” is used by “I, you, we, they” and plural nouns, while “Does” is used by “he, she, it” and other singular nouns. For negative questions, “not” is used with “do” or “does”. The structure is — “Do/Does” + noun/pronoun + “verb”.

Q 10 - … I/hurt/you when I hit you?

A - Did

B - Do

C - Does

D - Has

Answer : A

Explanation

“Did” is used to ask questions about the occurrence or non-occurrence of any action happening in the past. “Did” is used with “I, we, you, he, she, it, they”. For negative questions, “not” is used after “did”. The structure is — “Did” + noun/pronoun + “verb”.

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