Mastering Verbs
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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?

  • Active, passive, neutral
  • First person, second person, third person
  • Singular, plural, neutral
  • Present, past, future (correct)
  • 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?

    <p>The person, gender or number of some of its arguments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the basic form of a verb in English?

    <p>Infinitive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Verbs can only convey actions and occurrences, not states of being.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Verbs always agree with the gender of their subject.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Verbs can be inflected to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The basic form of a verb in English is always in the infinitive form.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Verbs can only be modified with the particle 'to' in English.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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