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What does a verb generally convey in syntax?
What does a verb generally convey in syntax?
- A subject, an object, or a complement
- A preposition, an adverb, or a conjunction
- An action, an occurrence, or a state of being (correct)
- A noun, a pronoun, or an adjective
What are the tenses verbs have?
What are the tenses verbs have?
- Active, passive, neutral
- First person, second person, third person
- Singular, plural, neutral
- Present, past, future (correct)
In many languages, how are verbs modified?
In many languages, how are verbs modified?
- To encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice (correct)
- To encode gender, number, and person
- To encode subject, object, and complement
- To encode case, gender, and number
What does a verb agree with?
What does a verb agree with?
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What is the basic form of a verb in English?
What is the basic form of a verb in English?
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Verbs can only convey actions and occurrences, not states of being.
Verbs can only convey actions and occurrences, not states of being.
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Verbs always agree with the gender of their subject.
Verbs always agree with the gender of their subject.
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Verbs can be inflected to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice.
Verbs can be inflected to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice.
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The basic form of a verb in English is always in the infinitive form.
The basic form of a verb in English is always in the infinitive form.
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Verbs can only be modified with the particle 'to' in English.
Verbs can only be modified with the particle 'to' in English.
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