Grammer - verbs3

VERB QUIZ - Multiple-choice exercise

1. The restaurant is very famous. You need to __________a table.

1.  rent

2. book

3. request

2. During our trip we ______________ to visit New York.

1. go

2. will go

3. are going

3. As soon as I _____________, I will call you.

1. arrive

2. will arrive

3. am arriving

4. Yesterday John spent the afternoon __________ the car.

1. to clean

2. cleaning

3. for cleaning

5. Time is precious. You shouldn't __________ it.

1. lost

2. spend

3. waste

6. The journey was very long. It _______ 6 hours.

1. lasted

2. durated

3. continued

7. Peter stopped ________ when he got married.

1. to smoke

2. smoking

3. smoke

8.We must be ready as soon as the taxi _________.

1. arrives

2. is arriving

3. will have arrived

9. I want to watch the film. Do you know what time it _________?

1. will start

2. is starting

3. starts

10. Despite ________ ill, he attended the meeting.

1. he was feeling

2. he felt

3. feeling

11. I did the wrong thing. I wish I _______________ my mother's advice.

1.  didn't take

2. would have taken

3. had taken

12.  I'd prefer ________________ smoke.

1. you do not

2.  you to not

3. if you didn't

13. He won't lend you his car unless you _________ it.

1. insure

2.  will insure

3. have insured

14. I'd rather ________ on Monday after lunch.

1. you to come

2. you came

3. you would come

15. It was the most difficult experience I __________.

1. have ever had

2. might ever had

3. had ever had

16. Although I have a good job, I regret __________ college.

1. to not finish

2. not finishing

3. I didn't finish

17. Without the money he got from his father, Tom ____________ his business.

1. wouldn't start

2. couldn't start

3. couldn't have started

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anwer: 1. book 2. are going  3. arrive  4.cleaning 5. waste  6. lasted 7. smoking  8. arrives  9.  starts 10. feeling 11. had taken 12. if you didn't  13. insure 14. you would come  15. had ever had  16. I didn't finish  17. couldn't have started