Verbs and Tenses Quiz

Grade 2 · English · Quiz

Test your knowledge of action verbs and present, past, and future tenses.

Questions

Which sentence is in the past tense?
1. She will sing.
2. She sings.
3. She sang.
4. She is singing.
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Answer: She sang.
'Sang' is the past tense of 'sing,' showing the action already happened.
The past tense of 'go' is ___.
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Answer: went
'Go' is irregular — its past tense is 'went,' not 'goed.'
'Played' is the past tense of 'play.'
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Answer: True
'Play' is a regular verb, so adding -ed gives the correct past tense: played.
Which word is a verb?
1. tree
2. quickly
3. beautiful
4. sleep
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Answer: sleep
'Sleep' is an action — something you do. That makes it a verb.
To show future tense, add the word ___ before the verb.
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Answer: will
Future tense is formed by putting 'will' in front of the base verb.
The past tense of 'eat' is 'eated.'
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Answer: False
'Eat' is irregular. Its past tense is 'ate,' not 'eated.'
Which sentence uses future tense?
1. They played outside.
2. They play outside.
3. They will play outside.
4. They played and ran.
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Answer: They will play outside.
'Will play' uses 'will' + verb, which is the future tense form.
The past tense of 'run' is ___.
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Answer: ran
'Run' is an irregular verb — its past tense is 'ran.'
A verb always shows action.
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Answer: False
Some verbs like 'is,' 'am,' and 'are' are linking verbs — they describe a state of being, not an action.
What tense is the verb in this sentence: 'The bird flies south'?
1. past
2. present
3. future
4. none
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Answer: present
'Flies' tells what the bird does right now — that is present tense.

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