Greek and Latin Roots
This is a root meaning "love" or "friend".
Gerunds always act as a _________ in a sentence.
What is a noun.
This verbal form always begins with this two-letter word.
What is "to"?
Participles always act as a/an __________ in the sentence.
What is an adjective?
This voice is used when the subject performs the action, like "The dog chased the cat."
What is active voice?
A person is described as having fidelity. What does this mean?
What is "trusted" or "have faith in"?
In the sentence "Swimming keeps me healthy," this word is the gerund.
What is swimming.
In "She wants to sing," this word is the infinitive.
What is "to sing"?
In "The crying baby woke everyone," this word is the participle.
What is "crying"?
"The homework was completed by Sarah" is an example of this voice.
What is passive voice?
The root "bell" meaning "war" appears in this word describing someone who is aggressive and ready to fight.
What is "belligerent"?
This is the function of the gerund in "My favorite hobby is cooking."
Subject
Object of the verb
Object of the preposition
What is the object of the verb.
In "The movie to watch is on Netflix," the infinitive acts as this part of speech.
What is an adjective?
This type of participle often ends in -ed, -en, or -t.
What is a past participle?
This helping verb is commonly used in passive voice constructions, as in "The ball was thrown."
What is "was" (or "were")?
Someone showing this emotion (root "path") understands exactly how another person feels.
What is empathy?
In "She was excited about winning the contest," the gerund functions as this part of speech.
Subject
Object of the verb
Object of the preposition
What is the object of the preposition.
This is the function of "to win" in the sentence "The team practiced hard to win."
What is an adverb (modifying "practiced")?
This is what you call "Hoping for good news" in the sentence "Hoping for good news, she checked her phone."
What is a participial phrase?
Change this sentence to active voice: "The new planet was discovered by the scientists".
This root meaning "give" appears in words about sharing resources or honoring someone.
What is trib?
This gerund phrase is subject of the sentence "Exercising regularly improves your health."
What is "exercising regularly".
The infinitive phrase in this sentence: "Her goal was to complete the assignment on time."
What is: "to complete the assignment"?
In "The letter written yesterday arrived today," the participle modifies this word.
What is "letter"?
In the sentence "The mystery novel is being read by millions of people," this phrase identifies who is performing the action.
What is "by millions of people"?