Verb Exercises for Class 8 CBSE With Answers – English Grammar

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Verb Exercises for Class 8 CBSE With Answers – English Grammar

Definition of Verb
A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state or an existence.
e.g.

1. Nirbhay swims in the swimming pool everyday. (Action)
2. The water is cold. (State)
3. The great pyramids are in Egypt. (Existence)
4. i think its nice. (Feeling)

Types of Verbs
Verbs are of two types

1. Main Verbs

Main Verbs
All the verbs which express action are the main verbs.
According to their usage, they are classified as transitive and intransitive verbs.

1. Transitive Verbs
   Transitive verbs are those which take an object, i.e. their action is transferred over to the object.
   e.g. Arnav reads newspaper.
2. Intransitive Verb
   Intransitive verbs are those which do not take any object, i.e. the action is limited to the subject only. The verbs, play, read, write, watch, show, cook, start etc are transitive verbs.
   e.g. The baby is crying aloud.
   Verbs like, sleep, run, cry, weep, smile, laugh, go, walk, come, tire etc are intransitive verbs.
   However, some transitive verbs can sometimes be used intransitively and vice-versa.
   Compare the following sentences to understand this

2. Helping Verbs/Auxiliaries
There are 24 auxiliaries in English language. These are further classified as primary and modals.

1. Primary Auxiliaries
   Verbs such as am, is, are, was, were, do, did, have, etc are used with other ordinary (or main) verbs to form tenses, passive voice, questions, negative sentences etc.
   e.g.
   (i) Radha does not trust Krishna.
   (ii) They have worked for a hour.
2. Modal Verbs/Modals
   Verbs will, shall, would, can, could, might etc are the modal verbs or modals. They are used with main verbs to form sentences expressing permissions, orders, obligations, requests etc.

Conjugation of Verbs
Verbs have three principal forms. Forming these three forms is called conjugation of verbs.
The three forms of verbs are

1. Present Tense (Original form)
2. Past Tense
3. Past Participle

Chapter Practice

Question 1:
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given in brackets.

1. Riddhi ……. her day with a prayer everyday.(start)
2. The Sun… brightly today. (shine)
3. Ayushman has ……… a beautiful song in the movie. (sing)
4. The temperature … a lot yesterday, (fluctuate)
5. Tears …… down his cheeks when he heard the story. (roll)
6. The officer offered to…….. the clauses so that the staff might understand them well. (reiterate)
7. We never had to ………….. Sumedha to do anything. She herself was very active and careful too. (nag)
8. The lady often …………  easily with her men-co- workers. (banter)
9. How long have you been……… this material? (prepare)
10. The car suddenly….. while we were………… to Madurai. (stop, drive)

Answer:

1. starts
2. is shining
3. sung
4. fluctuated
5. rolled
6. reiterate
7. nag
8. bantered
9. preparing
10. stopped, driving

Question 2:
In each of the following sentences, the underlined verb may be inappropriately used. Choose the correct form of the verb from the options. If the verb has been used correctly write your answer as ‘No correction required’.

1. I have scrutinising the area thoroughly. There is no mischievious thing here.
   (a) scrutinise
   (b) scrutinised
   (c) was scrutinising
   (d) was scrutinised
2. How does a butterfly gets its colour?
   (a) got
   (b) is getting
   (c) getting
   (d) get
3. She thinking it would rather sound silly than
   defensive.
   (a) think       
   (b) thought
   (c) was thought
   (d) has been thinking
4. This project has to work out very diligently.
   (a) worked
   (b) been worked
   (c) is working
   (d) working
5. Asha Bhonsle was give life Time Achievement
   Award in IFFA 2014 in Dubai.
   (a) given
   (b) gave
   (c) been given
   (d) giving
6. Everybody is waiting for the arrival of the US
   President very eagerly.
   (a) has been waiting
   (b) waited
   (c) waiting
   (d) had waited
7. India winning the match against Pakistan by 76
   runs.
   (a) has winning
   (b) had won
   (c) won
   (d) were winning
8. Their flight may taking of at around half an hour, weather permitted.
   (a) took
   (b) take
   (c) is taking
   (d) was taken
9. I think, she has deliberately switched the mobile off.
   (a) switches
   (b) switching
   (c) is switched
   (d) is switching
10. The entire audience bursting out in a hilarious laughter as she said the punchline.
    (a) burst
    (b) had burst
    (c) is bursting
    (d) were bursting

Answer:

1. (b) scrutinised
2. (d) get
3. (b) thought
4. (b) been worked
5. (a) given
6. No correction required
7. (c) won
8. (b) take
9. No correction required
10. (a) burst

Question 3:
Give the past and past participle forms of the following verbs.

1. Worry
2. Send
3. Remove
4. Shake
5. Survive
6. Walk
7. Dwell
8. Certify
9. Fly
10. Drink

Answer:

Main Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle
1. Worry	Worried	Worried
2. Send	Sent	Sent
3. Remove	Removed	Removed
4. Shake	Shook	Shaken
5. Survive	Survived	Survived
6. Walk	Walked	Walked
7. Dwell	Dwelled	Dwelled
8. Certify	Certified	Certified
9. Fly	Flew	Flown
10. Drink	Drank	Drunk

Question 4:
State whether the verbs underlined in the sentences given below have been used in their transitive or intransitive forms.

1. The ants fought the wasps.
2. Some ants fight  fiercely.
3. Ring the bell, Rama.
4. The ship sant rapidly
5. This horse never kicks.

Answer:

1. Transitive
2. Intransitive
3. Transitive
4. Intransitive
5. Intransitive

Question 5:
Underline the verbs in the sentences given below and state whether they are in the Active or Passive Voice.

1. Sita loves Savitri.
2. The wall is being built by the mason.
3. Some boys were helping the wounded man.
4. The man killed the snake.
5. The food prepared by Asha was eaten by Ram.

Answer:

1. Sita loves Savitri. (Active)
2. The wall is being built by the mason. (Passive)
3. Some boys were helping the wounded man. (Active)
4. The man killed the snake. (Active)
5. The food prepared by Asha was eaten by Ram.
   prepared (Active)
   was eaten  (Passive)

 

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