Verbs Exercises for Class 10
Verbs Exercises for the Class 10 / SSC. On this page, we have given several categories of questions, such as Pick out the Main Verbs and Auxiliary, Pick out the Verbs in the following sentences and state whether they are Transitive or Intransitive, Pick out the Verbs, Objects and Complements, Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the Verbs, Choose the correct words to fill in the blanks, Conjugate the following Verbs etc. Solving this exercise will be very helpful for 10th grade students.
(1) Pick out the Main Verbs and Auxiliary Verbs in the following sentences:
(1) He can run very fast
(2) The boys were shouting in the field.
(3) I may help my brother in his hours of need.
(4) We should obey our parents.
(5) Do you know how to sing?
Answers:
Given sentences |
Main verbs | Auxiliary verbs |
(1) He can run very fast. |
run |
can |
(2) The boys were shouting in the field. | shouting |
were |
(3) I may help my brother in his hours of need. |
help | may |
(4) We should obey our parents. | obey |
should |
(5) Do you know how to sing? |
know |
do |
(2) Pick out the Verbs in the following sentences and state whether they are Transitive or Intransitive. In the case of the Transitive Verbs pick out the Objects.
(1) I came home and gave a pen to my sister.
(2) Time changes everything.
(3) The man came yesterday and finished the work in one hour.
(4) The wild boy jumped into the well and hurt himself.
(5) The new pen writes well.
Answers:
Given sentences |
Verbs | Transitive Verbs | Intransitive Verbs | Objects |
(1) I came home and gave a pen to my sister. | came, gave | gave | came |
a pen, sister |
(2) Time changes everything. |
changes | changes | everything | |
(3) The man came yesterday and finished the work in one hour. | came, finished | finished | came |
the work |
(4) The wild boy jumped into the well and hurt himself. |
jumped, hurt | jumped, hurt | ||
(5) The new pen writes well. | Writes | Writes |
|
(3) Pick out the Verbs, Objects and Complements in the following sentences:
(1) The Principal wants the bad boy to be fined.
(2) The woodcutter fells the tree with an axe.
(3) She appears happy.
(4) The sky grew dark.
(5) I want to live the life of a saint.
Answers:
Given sentences |
Verbs | Objects | complements |
(1) The Principal wants the bad boy to be fined. | Wants | the bad boy |
to be fined |
(2) The woodcutter fells the tree with an axe. |
fells | the tree | |
(3) His attempt was unsuccessful. | Was |
unsuccessful |
|
(4) The sky grew dark. |
grew | dark | |
(5) I want to live the life of a saint. | want to live | the life of a saint |
|
(4) Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the Verbs given in brackets given against each sentence.
(1) I alone have ____ the burden of this family (bear)
(2) She_____ on the bed as she was tired. (lie)
(3) I _____ his challenge. (accept)
(4) He _____ a tragic death (die)
(5) I have not ____ any mistake (commit).
Answers:
(1) I alone have borne the burden of this family. (bear)
(2) She lay on the bed as she was tired. (lie)
(3) I accepted his challenge. (accept)
(4) He died a tragic death. (die)
(5) I have not committed any mistake. (commit)
(5) Choose the correct words to fill in the blanks.
(1) The boy refused to ____ to his father’s advice (hear, listen)
(2) The sisters _____ a hue and cry over the trifling problem (rise, raise)
(3) The thief _____ his escape in the confusion. (affected, effected)
(4) My mother ______me up at 6. A.M. (woke, waked)
(5) The boy ____ at his face seriously. (saw, looked)
Answers:
(1) The boy refused to listen to his father’s advice. (hear, listen)
(2) The sisters raise a hue and cry over the trifling matter. (rise, raise)
(3) The thief effected his escape in the confusion. (affected, effected)
(4) My mother woke me up at 6 a.m. (woke, waked)
(5) The boy looked at his face seriously. (saw, looked)
(6) Conjugate the following Verbs:
(1) Sleep
(2) fight
(3) cling
(4) choose
(5) saw
Answers:
Present |
Past | Past participle |
(1) Sleep | slept |
Slept |
(2) fight |
fought | Fought |
(3) cling | clung |
Clung |
(4) choose |
chose | Chosen |
(5) saw | sawed |
Sawed |