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II.
GRAMMAR
AND
SENTENCES:
Verbs-Tense,
Kind,
Voice,
and
Mood-'
(Study 13, Kinds of Verbs, and 14, Using Verbs Correctly)
Write T if the verb is transitive.
Write I if it is intransitive.
Write L if it is linking.
Example: The house looked decrepit.
L
1. Jenny kissed me when we met.
1.
2. His laughter sounded bitter.
2.
3. Lay your wet coat by the furnace.
3.
4. The window opened onto the bay.
4.
5. The island lies not far off the mainland.
5.
6. The last express has already left.
6.
7. Place the keys on my dresser.
7.
8. The childhood playmates remained
9. In early autumn children prepare
10. The plane arrived
friends for life.
8.
for Halloween.
9.
ten minutes late.
10.
11. The snow piled up into tall, crusty drifts.
11.
12. The boys created valentines for their teachers, friends, and family.
12.
13. My friend seemed nervous.
13.
14. The new class ended abruptly.
14.
15. Women have been instrumental in maintaining the social structure of the American Protestant
churches.
15.
Rewrite each boldfaced verb in the tense or form given in parentheses.
Example: Now we live in Hamilton Hall. (present perfect)
For the past year we have livea in Hamitton Hall.
1. Packing material from the box clutters the floor. (past)
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2. The CIA appointed Choi its chief agent in Asia. (present perfect)
3. The CIA appointed Choi its chief agent in Asia. (past perfect)
4. The Red Sox will win the pennant by next fall. (future perfect)
5. The Everglades will die without relief from pollution. (conditional)
6. The Everglades will die without relief from pollution. (past conditional)
7. The Piffle Company seeks a new vice-president. (present progressive)
8. The Piffle Company seeks a new vice-president. (past emphatic)
9. The Piffle Company seeks a new vice-president. (present perfect)
10. The Piffle Company seeks a new vice-president. (present perfect progressive)
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S E N TEN C E S:- Ve r h a Is
(Study 14D, Distinguish a Verbal from a Verb)
Identify each boldfaced verbal by writing
inf for infinitive
ger for gerund
pres part for present participle
past part for past participle
past part
Example: The outnumbered soldiers surrendered.
1. Do you like to watch football?
1.
2. Our car just missed the leaping deer.
2.
3. The President's first job was to restore the economy for all Americans.
3.
4. Our laughing distracted him.
4.
5. I submitted a typed application.
5.
6. Encouraged by their initial weight loss, Cecilia and Roy continued their diets.
6.
7. He was eager to start an exercise program.
7.
8. By surveying the chapter, he knew what he needed to learn.
8.
9. Seeing us, she smiled.
9.
10. She enjoys driving sports cars.
10.
11. The movie Titanic, seen on a small TV screen, is much less impressive.
11.
12. Examining the report, the consumer decided not to invest.
12.
13. Frightened, he became cautious.
13.
14. The purpose of the cookbook is to reduce the threat of cancer through a healthful diet.
14.
15. Reducing carbon dioxide emissions was a top priority in a recent bill.
15.
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Complete each sentence with a verbal or verbal phrase of your own. Then in the blank at the right, tell how
it is used (use the abbreviations in parentheses):
object of preposition (obj prep)
subject (subj)
adjective (adj)
subject complement (subj comp)
adverb (adv)
direct object (dir obj)
Examples:
adj
Faced with the evidence, the suspect admitted the crime.
The suspect was accused of absconding with company funds.
obj prep
(Collaborative option: Students work in pairs, alternating: one writes the word or phrase, the other identifies its use.)
1. ______________
2.
-'-
is no way to greet the day.
Binoy likes
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3. The
crowd rose to its feet.
1.
_
2.
_
3.
_
4.
_
5.
_
6.
_
7.
_
8.
_
9.
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4. The driver got out and opened the hood [for what purpose?]
5. Professor Zullo's obsession is
6. I earned an A in her course by
_
7. The huge motor home,
________
---,
_
, lumbered up the mountain road.
8. As a last resort the officials tried
_
9. My ambition since childhood has been
_
10. Oddly,
_
10.
has never been one of my goals.
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13. GRAMMAR
Class
AND
Date
SENTENCES:
(Study 14, Using Verbs Correctly,
_
Verbs
and 15, Avoiding Verb Errors)
In each blank, write the correct form of the verb in parentheses (some answers may require more than one
word).
Examples:
(prefer) We have always preferred vanilla.
(see) Yesterday all of us saw the rainbow.
l.
(use) The young man had never
a microwave.
2.
(begin) He found the instruction book and
3.
(cross) They were
4.
(blow) Trees of all sizes were
5.
(try) If I had found the courage, I would
6.
(drink) Drivers who had
7.
(fly) By the time I reach Hawaii, I shall
nonstop.
8.
(freeze) If they had not brought heavy clothing, they would
on the hike.
9.
(possess) The Tsar's court felt that Rasputin
to read it.
the busy street in the wrong place.
down in the storm.
skydiving.
alcoholic beverages were detained by the police.
for thirteen hours
a strange power over them.
10. (choose) The district has always
11. (bring) Sidney
_
a Republican for Congress.
his guitar to school last year.
12. (forbid) Yesterday the resident assistant
13. (lead) Firefighters
Sidney to play it after 9 p.m.
the children to safety when the smoke became too dense.
14. (lay) When their chores were finished, the weary farmers
the fence and rested.
15. (pay) The company had always
their pitchforks against
its employees well.
16. (ring) The pizza deliverer walked up to the door and
17. (rise) We are late; the sun has
18. (see) I
the bell.
already.
him running around the corner.
19. (shine) Before the interview Rod _________
his old shoes.
20.
(shine) Rod polished his car until it ________
brightly.
2l.
(break) The rebels had _________
22.
(shake) The medicine had to be _________
23.
(struggle) For hours the fox had _________________
form] to escape from the trap.
24.
(show) Last week Ford _________
25.
(mean) Daisy had not _________
26.
(sink) In 1945 Nimitz's carrier planes _______
the peace accord.
well before being used.
[2 words-use
its new models at the automotive exhibition.
to hit Mrs. Wilson.
much of the enemy's fleet.
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progressive