Understanding Verbs in Sentences
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What are the five properties or aspects that all verbs have?

  • Tense, pronoun, number, voice, mood
  • Tense, person, number, voice, mood (correct)
  • Time, gender, subject-verb agreement, voice, tone
  • Tone, person, plural, style, intention

Which type of verb requires an object to complete its meaning?

  • Intransitive verb
  • Transitive verb (correct)
  • Adverbial verb
  • Auxiliary verb

What makes a verb 'regular'?

  • It has a specific subject agreement
  • It can be made to describe the past by adding -ed (correct)
  • It is always followed by an adverb
  • It can be used in present and future tenses

In the sentence 'The Court of Appeals affirmed,' what type of verb is 'affirmed'?

<p>Intransitive verb (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following words is not a verb?

<p>Sophisticated (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of changes are required to make irregular verbs refer to something that happened in the past?

<p>-ed added (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun?

<p>Adjective (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of verb connects the subject to a word that describes or renames it?

<p>Linking verb (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is formed by adding 'to' to the present tense of another verb?

<p>Infinitive (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of verb combines with a main verb to alter its meaning in some subtle way?

<p>Helping verb (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does adding 'to' to a present tense verb affect its function?

<p>Converts it to a noun (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of verb clarifies the time an action takes place or describes an action in progress?

<p>Helping verb (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of noun refers to items that can be individual items and are not typically viewed as a mass?

<p>Count noun (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a noncount noun?

<p>A noun that cannot be counted (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which verb form can be used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb?

<p>Infinitive (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following nouns is an example of a noncount noun?

<p>Money (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When using 'a' or 'an', which type of noun typically requires additional words to be added to make it correct?

<p>Noncount noun (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context provided, what type of nouns are referred to as 'mass' or 'uncountable'?

<p>Noncount nouns (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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