Correct Forms of Verbs

15 MCQs • Important verb forms and tense practice based on Unit 9, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.

MCQs

15 questions · 15 min · 15 marks

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Sample questions

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  1. Question 1

    The speaker ___ at a point where two roads diverged.

    • Astand
    • Bstands
    • Cstanding
    • Dstood
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    Answer: D

    The poem uses the past tense to describe the speaker's experience: 'long I stood'.

  2. Question 2

    The two roads ___ in a yellow wood.

    • Adiverge
    • Bdiverged
    • Cdiverging
    • Ddiverges
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    Answer: B

    The poem describes the roads diverging in the past.

  3. Question 3

    The speaker ___ sorry that he could not travel both roads.

    • Afeel
    • Bfeels
    • Cfelt
    • Dfeeling
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    Answer: C

    The poem uses 'sorry' to describe the speaker's feeling during his past experience.

  4. Question 4

    The speaker ___ down one road as far as he could.

    • Alook
    • Blooked
    • Clooking
    • Dlooks
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    Answer: B

    'Looked' is the past-tense form used in the poem's description.

  5. Question 5

    The speaker ___ the other road after considering both.

    • Atake
    • Btakes
    • Ctook
    • Dtaking
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    Answer: C

    The poem says, 'Then took the other'.

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