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Verbals
Mood
Voice
Verb, Participle
or Gerund?
Misc.
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QUESTION:
What is the underlined word?
•Traveling might satisfy your desire for
new experiences.
ANSWER:
•gerund
QUESTION:
What is the underlined word(s)?
•Susie hopes to win the approval of her mother
by switching her major from fine arts to premed.
ANSWER:
•Infinitive
QUESTION:
What is the underlined word?
•The spinning top collided with the chair
leg
ANSWER:
•participle
QUESTION:
What is the underlined word?
•Exasperated, she made the decision to leave
immediately.
ANSWER:
•participle
QUESTION:
What is the underlined word?
• You might get in trouble for faking an illness to
avoid work.
ANSWER:
•Gerund
QUESTION:
What mood is the following sentence?
•I love it when it rains.
ANSWER:
•Indicative
QUESTION:
What mood is the following sentence?
Would you like to get some ice cream?
ANSWER:
•Interrogative
QUESTION:
What mood is the following sentence?
•Go to bed.
ANSWER:
•Imperative
QUESTION:
What mood is the following sentence?
He ran the race as if he were being chased
by a monster.
ANSWER:
•Subjunctive
QUESTION:
What mood is the following sentence
•If this day would end I could relax.
ANSWER:
conditional
QUESTION:
•What voice is the following sentence using?
•Sarah ate her dinner.
ANSWER:
•Active
QUESTION:
•What voice is the following sentence using?
•The snack was eaten by the baby.
ANSWER:
•Passive voice
QUESTION:
What voice is the following sentence using?
•The marker was used by Nick.
ANSWER:
•Passive
QUESTION:
What voice is the following sentence using?
•Michelle lost her bike.
ANSWER:
•Active
QUESTION:
What words often indicate that passive voice is being
used?
ANSWER:
You can recognize passive-voice expressions because the verb phrase
will always include a form of be, such as am, is, was, were, are, or
been. HOWEVER the presence of a be-verb, however, does not
necessarily mean that the sentence is in passive voice.
QUESTION
Are the underlined word(s) a verb, gerund or
participle?
•Michael ran to his brother, hugging him and crying.
ANSWER:
•Verb
(don’t be tricked! These are not gerunds - since a gerund functions as a
noun, it occupies some positions in a sentence that a noun ordinarily
would, for example: subject, direct object, subject complement, and
object of preposition. Hugging and crying does not in this sentence.
QUESTION:
Are the underlined word(s) a verb, gerund or
participle?
•The little girl cried as she heard the howling wind.
ANSWER:
•Participle
QUESTION:
Are the underlined word(s) a verb, gerund or
participle or infinitive?
•All I wanted to do is to run away.
ANSWER:
•Infinitive
QUESTION:
Are the underlined word(s) a verb, gerund or
participle?
•If you live in Alaska, you will become accustomed
to cold weather.
ANSWER:
•TRICK! – this is a prepositional phrase, remember infinitives
follow this pattern --- to + verb = infinitive. Cold is not a verb!
QUESTION:
Are the underlined word(s) a verb, gerund or
participle?
•The dog wagged his tail.
ANSWER:
•verb
QUESTION:
Change this sentence to use imperative mood:
Can you believe it’s 100 degrees outside?
ANSWER:
•It is 100 degrees outside.
QUESTION:
What mood does the following sentence use?
I wish it were Christmas today.
ANSWER:
•Subjunctive
QUESTION:
Change the following sentence to use passive
voice:
• Katie ran the race.
ANSWER:
•The race was ran by Katie.
QUESTION:
Change this sentence to use imperative mood:
I went to bed early.
ANSWER:
•Go to bed early.
QUESTION:
Change this sentence to use active voice:
• The ball of yarn was chased by the cat.
ANSWER:
•The cat chased the ball of yarn.