20 MCQ’s for Verb Concord, Transitive and Intransitive Verb | Class 10th CBSE

🔹 1. Identify the correct sentence:

A. The dogs barks loudly.
B. The dog bark loudly.
C. The dog barks loudly.
D. The dogs barks loud.
✅ Answer: C. The dog barks loudly.
📌 Singular subject “dog” takes singular verb “barks”.

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🔹 2. Choose the correct verb: “Each of the students ___ given a prize.”

A. were
B. have
C. are
D. was
✅ Answer: D. was
📌 “Each” is singular, so we use “was”.

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🔹 3. Fill in the blank: “Either of the plans ___ acceptable.”

A. are
B. were
C. is
D. be
✅ Answer: C. is
📌 “Either” is singular, so “is” is correct.

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🔹 4. What type of verb is underlined in the sentence? “She has eaten all the cake.”

A. Transitive
B. Intransitive
C. Helping + Main Verb
D. Modal
✅ Answer: C. Helping + Main Verb
📌 “Has” = helping verb, “eaten” = main verb.

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🔹 5. Identify the transitive verb:

A. The sun rises.
B. She sleeps peacefully.
C. He bought a new car.
D. They arrived early.
✅ Answer: C. He bought a new car.
📌 “Bought” needs an object (“car”).

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🔹 6. Pick the intransitive verb:

A. She reads novels.
B. The baby cried.
C. I caught the ball.
D. He wrote a letter.
✅ Answer: B. The baby cried.
📌 “Cried” does not need an object.

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🔹 7. Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement?

A. The players runs fast.
B. The player run fast.
C. The players run fast.
D. The player run fastly.
✅ Answer: C. The players run fast.
📌 “Players” is plural, so use “run”.

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🔹 8. What type of verb is “can” in the sentence: “She can dance well”?

A. Main verb
B. Auxiliary verb
C. Modal verb
D. Linking verb
✅ Answer: C. Modal verb
📌 “Can” is a modal expressing ability.

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🔹 9. Which of these is a helping verb?

A. Eat
B. Have
C. Jump
D. Run
✅ Answer: B. Have
📌 Helping verb used to form tenses.

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🔹 10. Identify the linking verb in the sentence: “He is a doctor.”

A. He
B. is
C. a
D. doctor
✅ Answer: B. is
📌 “Is” links subject to complement.

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🔹 11. Select the correct sentence:

A. Neither of the boys are right.
B. Neither of the boys is right.
C. Neither of the boys have right.
D. Neither boys is right.
✅ Answer: B. Neither of the boys is right.
📌 “Neither” is singular, so “is” is used.

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🔹 12. What type of verb is “be” in “I will be going”

A. Main verb
B. Modal verb
C. Linking verb
D. Helping verb
✅ Answer: D. Helping verb
📌 Used to form future continuous tense.

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🔹 13. Fill in the blank: “The bouquet of roses ___ beautiful.”

A. are
B. were
C. is
D. be
✅ Answer: C. is
📌 Subject = “bouquet” (singular).

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🔹 14. Which of these verbs is transitive?

A. Sleep
B. Laugh
C. Paint
D. Arrive
✅ Answer: C. Paint
📌 Requires an object (e.g., paint a picture).

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🔹 15. Fill in the blank: “The team ___ playing well.”

A. are
B. were
C. is
D. have
✅ Answer: C. is
📌 “Team” is a collective noun treated as singular.

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🔹 16. Identify the main verb in: “They are eating lunch.”

A. are
B. eating
C. they
D. lunch
✅ Answer: B. eating
📌 “Are” is auxiliary; “eating” is main verb.

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🔹 17. Fill in the blank: “My family ___ going to the movie.”

A. are
B. is
C. were
D. be
✅ Answer: B. is
📌 “Family” is treated as singular.

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🔹 18. What type of verb is used in: “He must leave now.”

A. Main verb
B. Modal verb
C. Linking verb
D. Action verb
✅ Answer: B. Modal verb
📌 “Must” shows necessity.

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🔹 19. Which sentence is grammatically correct?

A. There is many students in the room.
B. There are many students in the room.
C. There be many students.
D. There were a student.
✅ Answer: B. There are many students in the room.
📌 “Students” = plural, so “are” is used.

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🔹 20. Which sentence uses an intransitive verb?

A. He plays cricket.
B. They opened the box.
C. She ran quickly.
D. I found my pen.
✅ Answer: C. She ran quickly.
📌 No object follows “ran”.