Common Mistakes of Verb in Subjective Paper-Send up Exams 2022- English Part I

21| Common Mistakes of Verb in 

Subjective Paper Exam 2022

Choose the correct form of the Verb

1. She could not ____ the killer.
A) describes
B) describe
C) described
D) describing

2. Her car _____ out of gas. 
A) run
B) ran
C) runs
D) running

3. She _____ her car on the road. 
A) leaves
B) leave
C) left
D) leaving

4. The ____ worked in a Hotel Beauty Shop. 
A) womans
B) womens
C) women
D) woman

5. She _____ late in a Hotel Beauty Shop. 
A) worked
B) works
C) work
D) working

6. The poet _____ the "upper leaves" the "rich leaves". 
A) to call 
B) calling
C) calls
D) is call

7. They  _____ to earn their living. 
A) goes 
B) went
C) go
D) going

8. The poet _____ decided to visit the woodland rest of his life. 
A) is
B) have
C) has
D) are 

9. We ____ hate anyone.
A) are not
B) do not
C) is not
D) does not 

10. She ____ to push the button.
A) wanting
B) wants
C) want
D) to want 

11. Jess ____ and cried when he lost his little plough.
A) crying
B) cried 
C) is cried
D) do not cry 

12. The father ____ another plough for Jess. 
A) make
B) made
C) maked
D) making 

13. She did not ____ the killer in the dark. 
A) is not see
B) do not see
C) sees 
D) see  

14. George ____ the pocketbook to his employer. 
A) giving 
B) to give
C) gave
D) given  

15. The people ____ jokes behind him. 
A) are not make
B) does not make
C) is making
D) were making

16. She ____ from the party. 
A) was come
B) was coming 
C) is come
D) coming 

17. The Night Mail ____ letters, postal orders, & cheques. 
A) is carried
B) do carry
C) carries
D) carry  

18. She ____ that the second Man was a killer.
A) think
B) thinked
C) thought
D) thinking 

19. There lived three _____.
A) friend
B) friends
C) friend's
D) friendly 

20 . They _____ to divide the money among themselves.
A) wanted
B) wants
C) wanting
D) to wanting 

21 . They live an _____ life of poverty. 
A) object
B) objects
C) abject
D) abjects 

22 . They _____  a net in the water to catch fish. 
A) casting
B) cast
C) caste
D) to cost 

23 . The criminal ______ on bail.
A) releases
B) to release
C) were released
D) was released

24 . "The town's empty, but we _____ a native life in the hills, sir." 
A) to find
B) finding
C) found 
D) is finding 

25 . "We ____ a bit, not much." 
A) to talk
B) talks
C) talking
D) talked

26 . I beg to state that I ____ ill. 
A) were
B) was
C) are
D) being 

27 . All that _____ is not gold. 
A) glittering
B) glitter
C) glitters
D) glittered 

28 . The poet _____ in the spontaneous overflow. 
A) to describe
B) describing
C) describes
D) be describing 

29 . My _____ Friend, I want to invite you. 
A) deer
B) dear
C) Dear
D) dears 

30 . In the heat of _____ she could not see the face of the killer. 
A) lightening
B) lightenings
C) lighten
D) lightning

31 . The old man did not follow the _____ of the doctors. 
A) advise
B) advices
C) advice
D) advises

32 . Mr Hubert _____ claiming his innocence. 
A) to keep
B) kepts
C) keeping
D) kept

33 . A chill of horror _____ across her body. 
A) swepts
B) swept
C) sweep
D) sweeping

34 . Harry _____ the people to build a rocket. 
A) advised
B) adviced
C) advices
D) advising

35 . Mr Steward _____ an agent of an insurance company. 
A) may being
B) may be
C) may been
D) maybe 

36 . She did not _____ the offer of the job. 
A) except
B) accept
C) accepted 
D) accepting

37 . I ____ your kind letter yesterday. 
A) to receive
B) receiving
C) recieved
D) received

38 . It _____ pitch dark all around the road.
A) were 
B) was
C) be
D) being

39 . She _____ to leave her car on the road.
A) have
B) had 
C) are
D) be

40 . The second Man _____ the girl through the windowpane. 
A) is seen
B) have seen
C) had seen
D) are seen

41 . Norma did not _____ normal on the hearing the call from the Lenox Hill Hospital. 
A) is feeling
B) fell
C) feel
D) felt

Answers to the Worksheet 21

1(B)      2(B)   3(C)   4(D)      5(A)
6(C)     7(B)   8(C)   9(D)      10(B)

11(B)    12(B)  13(D)  14(C)   15(D)

16(B)   17(C)  18(C)  19(B)    20(A)

21(C)   22(B)  23(D)  24(C)   25(D)

26(B)   27(C)  28(C)  29(B)   30(D)

31(C)   32(D)   33(B)   34(A)  35(B)

36(B)   37(D)   38(B)   39(B) 40(C)

41(C)

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Student,

Note the mistakes and try to improve with the help of the following important verbs and nouns:

1. Woman is a singular noun
The woman took the boy home.

2. Women is a plural noun
There come many women at her Beauty Shop.

3. Man is a singular noun

4. Men is a plural noun.

5. She has not any gas in her car.

6. They have done their work.

7. She goes to college daily. (Present Tense)

8. Three friends went out on a journey.

9. She knows that the second man is a killer.

10. She thought that the second man was a killer.

11. She does not know about the killer. (Present Tense)

12. She did not know about the killer. (Past Tense)

13. She could not see him clearly. (Past Tense)

14. She can describe him well. (Present Tense)

15. Mr Steward continued persuading Norma. (Past Tense)

16. Norma was a greedy woman.

17. She could not breathe properly.

18. She left her car and started walking.

19. George told them about the strength of the acrobat.

20. She asked for help from the First Man.

21. I am writing this letter to invite you.

22. I am your loving friend.

23. "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now" is written by A. E. Housman

24. The Girl thought the Second Man to be the killer.

25 Punctuation from Lesson 3, "Dark they were, and Golden Eyed."
"The town's empty, but we found native life in the hills, sir. Dark people. Yellow eyes. The Martians. Very friendly. We talked a bit, not much."