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Cards In This Set
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A(n) ________ verb expresses a state of being
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A. active
b. linking c. transitive d. passive e. helping |
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Which of the following is an action verb?
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A. jump
b. run c. were d. both a and b e. none of these |
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A verb that does not require an object is a(n)
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A. transitive verb.
b. helping verb. c. intransitive verb. d. linking verb. e. none of these |
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The verb swoon is always a(n) ________ verb.
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A. intransitive
b. transitive c. helping d. linking e. action |
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Which of the following is a linking verb?
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A. am
b. is c. were d. seems e. all of these |
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Linking verbs
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A. are always active.
b. are always passive. c. have no voice. d. are always transitive. e. are none of these. |
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Linking verbs
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A. are followed by a complement.
b. cannot take an object. c. require a helping verb. d. both a and b e. both b and c |
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Which of the following is a helping verb
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A. do
b. will c. might d. all of these e. none of these |
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The three moods for verbs are
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A. interjection, transition, and participative.
b. imperative, indicative, and subjunctive. c. simple, comparative, and superlative. d. restrictive, subjective, and nominative. e. past, present, and future. |
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The property of a verb that expresses time is
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A. mood.
b. voice. c. tense. d. number. e. none of these |
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The primary verb tenses are
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A. past, present, and past perfect.
b. present, past participle, and present perfect. c. past perfect, present perfect, and future. d. past, present, and future. e. past, present, and future perfect. |
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Most verbs form the past tense by adding
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A. -ing.
b. a helping verb. c. -d or -ed. d. a complement. e. none of these |
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The past tense of the verb to be is
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A. was.
b. were. c. being. d. will. e. all of these |
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The future tense is usually formed by adding
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A. have.
b. has. c. will. d. had e. none of these |
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The four parts of a verb, upon which all tenses are formed, are
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A. present, past, future, and present participle.
b. present, present participle, past, and past participle. c. past, present, future, and past participle. d. past, past participle, future, and future participle. e. none of these |
