Correct Forms of Verbs

15 MCQs • Important verb forms and grammar practice based on Unit 7, Time by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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15 questions · 15 min · 15 marks

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  1. Question 1

    Shelley ___ time as a vast and powerful force.

    • Aportray
    • Bportrays
    • Cportraying
    • Dhave portrayed
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    Answer: B

    The singular subject 'Shelley' takes 'portrays' in the present simple tense.

  2. Question 2

    The poem ___ time to an unfathomable sea.

    • Acompare
    • Bcompares
    • Ccomparing
    • Dhave compared
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    Answer: B

    The singular subject 'the poem' takes 'compares'.

  3. Question 3

    Time ___ the limits of mortality in the poem.

    • Aclasp
    • Bclasps
    • Cclasping
    • Dhave clasped
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    Answer: B

    The singular subject 'time' takes 'clasps'.

  4. Question 4

    Shelley uses imagery ___ the power of time.

    • Ashow
    • Bshowing
    • Cto show
    • Dshowed
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    Answer: C

    The infinitive 'to show' expresses purpose.

  5. Question 5

    The waves of time ___ years in the poem's metaphor.

    • Arepresent
    • Brepresents
    • Crepresenting
    • Dhas represented
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    Answer: A

    The plural subject 'waves' takes 'represent'.

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