How Good Are You at Conjugating Verbs?

Take This Quiz to Find Out

Verb conjugation refers to how a verb changes from one form to another in order to show a different person, tense, number, aspect, or mood. Verbs are critical to understanding what and when something is happening to or via a subject or object in a sentence. It’s vital to know what’s happening in a sentence. And it’s just as important to know who is doing what when we’re communicating, as well as when they’re doing it, and how they’re doing it. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to communicate with one another very efficiently.

Before you take the quiz below, here’s a quick refresher on what to consider when conjugating verbs.

When we communicate, we indicate who is doing what by indicating the person and number of a verb. Do you remember seeing this chart of the irregular verb “to be” in grammar school?

When we’re trying to indicate when something is happening, we indicate the tense of the verb. Here are the tenses of the verb “sort”:

It’s probably been a while since you’ve seen charts like those. But now that you’ve had a quick refresher, take this quiz to see how adept you are at conjugating verbs. In each question, please select the phrase that correctly completes the sentence. In some instances, there are two phrases needed to complete the sentence. 

You’ll get your results right away on the same screen, and the correct answers will be highlighted. Be sure to share your scores with everyone else in the comments below. No gloating (or snickering) allowed!