Section 4 Verbs
Identify the verb or verb phrase part of each main verb-base form, past, or past participle.
Historians call three of the western Great Lakes tribes the Three Fires.
call-base form
List the nouns modified by the italicized adjectives. Write whether the adjective comes before the noun of after the noun or is a subject complement or is an object complement.
Computer-generated images fool and amaze us.
before the noun
Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? What is the complete subject and predicate?
Do you know that there is also some salt in ice cream?
interrogative, complete subject: do you, complete predicate: know that there is also some salt in ice cream.
Is respectable research examples ethos, pathos, or logos?
I walked further down the aisle to find poetry books.
Is this correct?
no, it should be farther instead of further
Identify the verb or verb phrase. Is it transitive or intransitive?
Many hopeful musicians arrived for the auditions.
arrived-intransitive
Write whether the italicized adjective is demonstrative, interrogative, or indefinite.
I've read this one many times.
demonstrative
Is this declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? What is the complete subject and predicate?
This ice cream tastes delicious!
exclamatory, complete subject: this ice cream, complete predicate: tastes delicious
Example: Reduction in the honeybee population arises with the widespread use of Roundup by Monsanto.
Is this ethos, pathos, or logos?
logos
What is the comparative and superlative form of this word?
expensive
superlative: most expensive
Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
By last night we had carefully (laid lain) the remaining bricks.
laid
Write the comparative and superlative form.
sunny
comparative: sunnier
superlative: sunniest
Is this declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? What are the complete subject and predicate?
Give me a double scoop of chocolate ice cream, please.
imperative, complete subject: me, complete predicate: Give a double scoop of chocolate ice cream, please.
Do you use a simile, metaphor, and/or allusion for ethos, pathos, or logos?
pathos
The plants were watered by me.
Active or passive?
passive
Identify the linking verbs and the subject complements. Tell whether each is an adjective, a noun, or a pronoun.
Learning lines was always easy for her.
was, easy, adjective
Complete the sentence with the correct form of few or little. Write if the italicized noun is count or noncount.
_______ people can resist our new puppy.
few, count noun
Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex?
Guacamole, a popular dish from Mexico, consists of mashed and seasoned avocado.
simple
Example: Dad, can I get a part-time job? Timmy has a part-time job while still maintaining an A-B average in his classes, and he is in the same classes as I am.
Is this ethos, pathos, or logos?
logos
Is this simple, compound or complex?
Don't you think that archaeology is the most fascinating field of study?
complex
Identify each verb or verb phrase. Tell if it is in the active voice or the passive voice.
Fresh produce is delivered once a week for 20 weeks.
is delivered, passive voice
Are the italicized words an adjective phrase or clause?
The trail drive to town was long.
phrase
Is this simple, compound, or complex?
Europeans discovered avocados in the 16th century, but Native Americans had eaten avocados for centuries.
compound
Does ethos, pathos, or logos use recognizing the needs of one's audience?
ethos
declarative