Verbs
Sentence Patterns
Transitive/Intransitive/Linking
Mood/Voice
Tense
100

Identify the COMPLETE VERB in the sentence:


A person's skin weighs about 8.5 to 10lbs.

weighs

100

Identify the SENTENCE PATTERN of the sentence:


The muscles around the eye move the eye and the eyelid.

S-TrV-DO

100

Identify the verb as TRANSITIVE, INTRANSITIVE, or LINKING.


The brain is the most complex organ in the human body.

linking

100

Identify the MOOD as indicative, imperative, or subjunctive.

We need to do a research paper for English class.

indicative

100

Identify the correct verb form in parentheses.


Physical exercise _____ the structure and functions of the body. (strengthen, present)

strengthens

200

Identify the COMPLETE VERB in the sentence:


Skin contains thousands of individual nerves.

contains

200

Identify the SENTENCE PATTERN of the sentence:


The bony structure around the eye is the socket.

S-LV-PN

200

Identify the verb as TRANSITIVE, INTRANSITIVE, or LINKING.


The brain receives nerve impulses from many different sensory organs, such as skin, eyes, and ears.

transitive

200

Identify the MOOD as indicative, imperative, or subjunctive.


Choose to do you paper on Frederick Douglass.

imperative

200

Identify the correct verb form in parentheses.


When he was younger, my father _____ five miles every day. (run, past)

ran

300

Identify the COMPLETE VERB in the sentence:


The color of hair is determined by the amount of melanin pigment in the basal layer of skin.

is determined

300

Identify the SENTENCE PATTERN of the sentence:


The color of the iris depends on the amount of pigment in the eye.

S-InV

300

Identify the verb as TRANSITIVE, INTRANSITIVE, or LINKING.


The brain functions in an amazing way.

intransitive

300

Identify the MOOD as indicative, imperative, or subjunctive.


Although born a slave, Douglass escaped at the age of 27.

indicative

300

Identify the correct verb form in parentheses.


Recently, I _______ a regular exercise program. (begin, present perfect)

have begun

400

Identify the COMPLETE VERB in the sentence:


Oxygen and glucose are delivered to the brain by blood.

are delivered

400

Identify the SENTENCE PATTERN of the sentence:


The cornea refracts light.

S-TrV-DO

400

Identify the verb as TRANSITIVE, INTRANSITIVE, or LINKING.


The skull protects the brain.

transitive

400

Identify the MOOD as indicative, imperative, or subjunctive.


Listen to Douglass's quote on education.

imperative

400

Identify the correct verb form in parentheses.


By the end of the day, I ______ for five hours total this week. (exercise, future perfect)

will have exercised

500

Identify the COMPLETE VERB in the sentence:


Skin should be protected from the ultraviolet rays of the sun.

should be protected

500

Identify the SENTENCE PATTERN of the sentence:


The socket gives the eye a conduit for nerves and blood vessels.

S-TrV-IO-DO

500

Identify the verb as TRANSITIVE, INTRANSITIVE, or LINKING.


The brain and the spinal cord are the two components of the central nervous system.

linking

500

Identify the MOOD as indicative, imperative, or subjunctive.


If I were Frederick Douglass, I do not know whether I could have been successful in escaping.

subjunctive

500

Identify the correct verb form in parentheses.


I _____ to lose ten pounds. (try, present progressive)

am trying

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