Class 5 Verbs Exercise

Question 1) Fill in the blanks with the correct verb from the brackets.
  1. The sheep is ………………… (graze/grazing) in the open  field. 

  2. They were ………….. (rides/riding) the bicycle fast.

  3. Tanu is ……………… (bored/bores) of listening to the same song  again and again. 

  4. Where are you ……………….. (go/going )? It is  time to leave for the airport.

  5. The children ……………… (learnt/learning) how to bake cookies at the workshop.

Question 2) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in brackets.
  1. The dog ……….. (bark/barks) when it is hungry.

  2. The dogs……….. (barks/barks) when they are hungry.

  3. The lions ……….. (roar/roars) when they are angry.

  4. The lion …………roar/roars) when it is angry.

  5. The teachers …………… (help/helps) us when we are confused.

  6. The teacher ………….. (help/helps) us when we are confused.

  7. The doctor…………. (treat/treats) the patients every evening.

  8. The doctors…………….. (treat/treats) the patients every evening.

  9. Salman ……………… (like/likes) to visit the museum.

  10. Salman’s friends………………. (like/likes) to visit the museum.

  11. The new green cups…………… (is/are) broken .

  12. The new green cup………. (is/are) broken.

  13. I …………….. (say/says) my prayer before going to bed.

  14. They……………. (say/says) their prayers before going to bed.

  15. The shirts Tenzing bought yesterday ………….. (was/were) good.

  16. The shirt Tenzing bought yesterday ………………..(was/were) good.

Question 3) Fill in the blanks with the suitable form of the given verbs.

One of the queens of Krishna Deva Raya ………… (send) for Tenali. She ………… (look) very serious. She ………… (narrate) her plight to him. She said, ‘The king ………… (read) his latest play to me. I ………… (listen) carefully, when suddenly I ………… (feel) the need to yawn. When I ………… (yawn), the king ………… (get) upset with me and hasn’t spoken to me since.’ Tenali ………… (think) for a moment and promised the queen that he would help her. The next day, Tenali ………… (sit) patiently in the king’s court. The king ………… (discuss) how to increase rice production in his empire. When Tenali heard about it, He ………… (get) up and ………… (show) a paddy seed to the king. He said, ‘This seed will help increase rice production. However, it should be sown by someone who has never yawned in his life.’ The king ………… (roar) in anger at Tenali’s foolish suggestion. Then he ………… (remember) how he got upset with his queen. He ………… (apologies) to her, because he ………… (understand) his mistake. 

Question 4) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given verbs. All verbs should be in the Present Tense.
  1. She ………….. dinner at p.m. (eat)

  2. Dogs …………. their tails when they are happy. (wag)

  3. Monkey …………… on trees. We can ……………. more than ten species of monkey in India. (live, find)

  4. Diksha …………… with her dolls. (play)

  5. I ……………. listening to music. (love)

  6. I ………………. enough water every day. (drink)

  7. The plan …………. good to me. (look)

  8. The horses ……………… through the fields in the morning. (run)

Question 5) Complete the following passage with suitable verbs.

The Supreme Court has (a) ______ (order) the state government to (b) ______ (demarcate) a buffer zone around each tiger reserve in the state. This measure will (c) _____ (go) a long way in (d) ______ (preserve) the endangered species. The National Tiger Conservation Authority has (e) _____ (welcome) this order as 15 tiger reserves would be (f) ______ (notify) under this order. 

Question 6) Complete the paragraph by using suitable form of verb.

Puffin ______ (live) in colonies. They pair for life and _____ (has) just one chick each year. The mother and father both _____ (take) around 43 days to hatch. Once it ______ (present be form) hatched, both parents ______ (take) turns bringing it fish to eat, until it ______ (present be form) ready to fly. 

Question 7) Fill in the blanks with correct form of verbs. 
  1. He _______ very well. ( sing)

  2. Atul and Ajay _______ to watch movies. (love)

  3. They ______ in the park. (play)

  4. My dog _______ at the strangers. (bark)

  5. This shop _______ all days in a week. (open)

  6. I _______ to Delhi today. (go)

  7. We _______ him for a party. (invite)

  8. They _______ an email. (send)

  9. We _______ others politely. (treat)

  10.  Ravi _______ to school by bus. (go)

  11. My uncle _______ from village today. (come)

  12. He _______ his work properly. (do)

Question 8) Complete the paragraph by using Present Perfect Tense form of verbs.

My old house was rather small for us. So we ______ (shift) to our new house. There are four rooms in it. My parents ______ (give) one room to my grandparents. They ______ (take) one room for themselves. They _____ (give) one room to me. My mother ______ (decorate) already my room. I ______ (settle) all the things accordingly. We all are enjoying in our new house.

Question 9) Fill in the blanks with the Past Participle form of the given verbs.
  1. Father has ……………. from work. (return)

  2. Mona has ……………… in the town for twelve years. (live)

  3. I have ………………… a letter from my cousin in Australia. (receive)

  4. I can’t see the moon in the sky. Where has it ……………….. ? (go)

  5. I saw a horror film this weekend. It has it …………………. me a lot. (scare)

  6. I have ………………. all of Enid Blyton’s books. (read)

  7. I have …………………. my work. Now I can go out with you. (complete)

  8. Dev has ………………….. quite tall recently. (grow)

Question 10) Complete the passage with simple past tense form of verbs.

I ______ (wonder) how long I had to live. I ______ (try) to examine myself. I _____ (feel) my pulse. I could not at first feel any pulse at all. Then, all of a sudden, It _____ (seem) to start off. I _____ (pull) out my watch and _____ (time) it. I ____ (make) it a hundred and forty seven to the minute. I_____ (try) to feel my heart. I could not feel my heart. It had stopped beating.