Dr. Norman Prinsky

Engl. 1101

Test #1 on Ch. 35 (“Problems with Verbs”) of NMHH

1. According to NMHH, verbs (except the verb be) have how many principal forms: (a) three (b) four (c) five (d) six

2. For regular verbs, the form of the past tense is the same as: (a) the infinitive (b) the present tense (c) the past participle (d) the present participle (e) none of the aforementioned

3. The sign of the present participle is: (a) -ing (b) -ed (c) -s (d) -able

4. A good place to find a verb’s principal forms is: (a) (b) a collegiate dictionary (c) (d)

5. In the following sentence -- A problem that has ----- for many college students is what they really value -- the correct verb form would be: (a) arise (b) arose (c) arisen (d) arised

6. In the following sentence -- After taking Speech 1101, many students find that they have ----- their fear of public speaking -- the correct verb form would be: (a) beat (b) beaten (c) beating (d) beats

7. In the following sentence -- A problem with the small size of a USB flash drive is that a student several days after having left the library can wonder what had ----- of it -- the correct verb form would be: (a) become (b) became (c) becomes (d) becoming

8. In the following sentence -- The concert had ----- at nine -- the correct verb form would be: (a) begin (b) beginning (c) began (d) begun

9. In the following sentence -- Many students have ----- to work part time, which cuts into their study time -- the correct verb form would be: (a) choose (b) choosing (c) chose (d) chosen

10. In the following sentence -- Some readers had ----- the wrong inferences from their reading -- the correct verb form would be: (a) draw (b) drawing (c) drew (d) drawn

11. In the following sentence -- Too many students consider that having ----- large amounts of alcohol is a sign of being grown up or cool -- the correct verb form would be: (a) drink (b) drinking (c) drank (d) drunk

12. In the following sentence -- Many an English composition textbook has ----- good advice about correct grammar and usage -- the correct verb form would be: (a) give (b) giving (c) gave (d) given

13. In the following sentence -- Hal had ----- to class before discovering his books were back in the car -- the correct verb form would be: (a) go (b) going (c) went (d) gone

14. In the following sentence -- That picture was ----- by me with great difficulty on the wall -- the correct verb form would be: (a) hang (b) hanging (c) hanged (d) hung

15. In the following sentence -- Saddam Hussein was ----- rather suddenly in Iraq -- the correct verb form would be: (a) hang (b) hanging (c) hanged (d) hung

16. In the following sentence -- The doorbell had ----- several times before Hal woke up from his nap -- the correct verb form would be: (a) ring (b) ringing (c) rang (d) rung

17. In the following sentence -- The problem with water usage that the hydrologist ----- coming had now arrived -- the correct verb form would be: (a) see (b) seeing (c) saw (d) seen

18. In the following sentence -- Hal’s low grade on the calculus test had ----- his confidence -- the correct verb form would be: (a) shake (b) shaking (c) shook (d) shaken

19. In the following sentence -- Marian Webster knew that she shouldn’t have ----- the scarfs from the department store, but she couldn’t help herself -- the correct verb form would be: (a) steal (b) stealing (c) stole (d) stolen

20. In the following sentence -- Not many swimmers had ----- the English Channel with such publicity before Florence Chadwick’s attempt -- the correct verb form would be: (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swum

21. In the following sentence -- A problem has ----- with time demands on college students -- the correct verb form would be: (a) wear (b) wearing (c) wore (d) worn

22. In the following sentence -- Before gas or electric clothes dryers came into wide use, many a householder has ----- out the clothes by hand before hanging them on the line -- the correct verb form would be: (a) wring (b) wringing (c) wrang (d) wrung (e) wringed

23. In the following sentence -- Hal really hadn’t ----- much in high school, prior to having taken English 101 -- the correct verb form would be: (a) write (b) writing (c) wrote (d) written

24. According to NMHH, differentiating between the look-alike but different verbs lie and lay involves all of the following except which one: (a) meanings of “recline” versus “place” (b) differing principal forms (c) difference between transitive and intransitive (d) difference between active and passive

Exercise 35.2

25. 35.2 #1 - (a) correct as is (b) should be lie (c) should be laying (d) should be lying

26. 35.2 #2 - (a) correct as is (b) should be laying (c) should be lay

27. 35.2 #3 - (a) correct as is (b) should be sitting (c) should be had been sat

28. 35.2 #4 - (a) correct as is (b) should be set (c) should be had sat

29. 35.2 #5 - (a) correct as is (b) should be risen (c) should be raised

30. 35.2 #6 - (a) correct as is (b) should be raised (c) should be rising

31. Dr. Prinsky’s Essay Comment Abbreviation for the mistaken omission or use of -s, --es (NMHH 35d), or -d or -ed at the end of a verb (NMHH 35e) is: (a) ca (b) dm (c) nom (d) pt (e) tl

Exercise 35.3

32. 35.3 #1 - (a) correct as is (b) should be “be” (c) should be “being”

33. 35.3 #2a (“learn”) - (a) correct as is (b) should be “learned” (c) should be “learning”

34. 35.3 #2b (“protects”) - (a) correct as is (b) should be “protecting” (c) should be “protect”

35. 35.3 #3a (“drank”) - (a) correct as is (b) should be “drunken” (c) should be “drunk”

36. 35.3 #3b (“digged”) - (a) correct as is (b) should be “had digged” (c) should be “dug”

37. 35.3 #4a (“have developed”) - (a) correct as is (b) should be “have developing” (c) should be “develops”

38. 35.3 #4b (“keeps”) - (a) correct as is (b) should be “keep” (c) should be “be keeping”

39. 35.3 #4c (“rise”) - (a) correct as is (b) should be “rises” (c) should be “rising”

40. 35.3 #5 - (a) correct as is (b) should be “has” (c) should be “building” (c) should be “built”

41. 35.3 #6a (“have argued”) - (a) correct as is (b) should be “has argued” (c) should be “have arguing”

42. 35.3 #6b (“have an”) - (a) correct as is (b) should be “has an” (c) should be “having an”

43. 35.3 #7 - (a) correct as is (b) should be “has went” (c) should be “have gone”

44. 35.3 #8 - (a) correct as is (b) should be “increase” (c) should be “increasing”

45. 35.3 #9a (“passed”)- (a) correct as is (b) should be “pass” (c) should be “past”

46. 35.3 #9b (“deposit”) - (a) correct as is (b) should be “deposited” (c) should be “depositing”

47. 35.3 #9c (“became”) - (a) correct as is (b) should be “becoming” (c) should be “become”

48. 35.3 #10 - (a) correct as is (b) should be “fled” (c) should be “fleeing”