Verb Test - 22

The correct answer is Option B.

The correct option is C. 'Should' is used for giving advice about something you think is wrong or unacceptable. Rest of the options are not used in this context. Thus A, B and D are wrong. 

The correct option is C. 'Used to' is used for something that happened but doesn't happen anymore. Here the sentence speaks about the past tense. Thus option C is correct. Rest of the options are not used for those actions which happened in past and doesn't happen anymore. 

Modal verbs help determine the mood of a sentence, to indicate obligation, permission, possibility and so on. In the given sentence, "can" indicates the ability to do something; here, Joe has the ability to solve a problem. Hence it's a modal verb and option B is correct. "Joe" is a proper noun and names a specific person, "solve" is a verb that refers to the action of finding an answer to something, and "problem" is a noun that refers to an unpleasant situation that requires to be dealt with. These words do not determine the mood of the sentence, two of them are nouns and one is a verb that simply refers to an action. Hence they're not modal verbs and options A, C and D are incorrect.

Modal verbs help determine the mood of a sentence, to indicate obligation, permission, possibility and so on. The underlined modal verb "may" indicates a possibility of the person "she" joining "us" for dinner, which is true. The sentence does indicate a possibility, but, 'may' isn't the correct modal, because it's used in direct speech. 'She said, "I may join you all for dinner"' is in the direct speech, whereas the given sentence is in indirect speech. 'Might' is used as past tense of 'may' in indirect speech (while changing the speech from direct to indirect, the tense is changed to past tense), hence option A is incorrect and C is correct. 'Can' indicates ability, like in 'She can speak English very well', here it's not very suitable because the sentence requires a modal that explains that the person "she" may or may not join in; 'could' is used as past tense of 'can' in the indirect speech. Since the sentence does not focus on ability, but possibility, options B and D are incorrect.

'Sit' is the base form of the verb, its past form is 'sat' and its past participle is 'sat'. Sit is an irregular verb as its past and past participle form is not formed with the addition of -ed at the end of the base form of the verb.
Therefore, option B 'sit' and option C 'sat' are incorrect.
Option A will also be incorrect as 'shut' is an irregular verb as its past and past participle form is not formed with the addition of -ed at the end of the base form of the verb.
The correct option is D, 'seated' as it is the past and past participle form of the base verb 'seat'. It's a regular verb because we've simply added an -ed  to form the past and past participle form of the base verb 'seat'.

'Walk' is the base form of the verb, its past form is 'walked' and its past participle form is 'walked'. 'Walk' is a regular verb as its past and past participle form is formed by the addition of -ed at the end of the base form of the verb. 
Therefore, option A 'walk', is incorrect.
Option B 'laugh' and option C 'paint' are also incorrect as their past and past participle form is formed by simply adding -ed at the end of the base verb. Hence, they are both regular verbs.
The correct option is option D 'cut', as its past and past participle form is cut. It is an irregular verb as its past and past participle form is not formed with the addition of -ed at the end of the base form of the verb.

'Bid' is the base form of the verb, its past form is 'bade' and its past participle is 'bidden'. Bid is an irregular verb as its past and its past participle form is not formed with the addition of -ed at the end of the base form of the verb.
Therefore, option A 'bid', option B 'bade' and option C 'bidden' are incorrect.
The correct option is option D, 'bang' as its past and past participle form is 'banged'. It's a regular verb because we've simply added an -ed to form the past and past participle form of the base verb 'bang'.