Verbals
Active Passive
Verb Moods
Punctuation
Mixed Bag
100
What are the three types of verbals? Make sure you describe what each verbal acts like
Gerund- verb acting like a noun Participle- verb acting like a adjective Infinitive- has "to and the verb"
100
_______is the form a verb takes to indicate whether the subject of the verb performs or receives the action.
Voice
100
What are the three verb moods?
Indicative Imperative Subjunctive
100
What punctuation mark is being used in the following sentence to separate "please" and "oh" Could you please—oh, forget it.
dash
100
Give me one example of verbal irony
Verbal irony is sarcasm Example: Everybody just loooooves taking the EOG
200
Identify the participles in the following sentences The crying woman left the movie theater. The frustrated child ran away from home.
crying and frustrated
200
What is the difference between active and passive voice?
Active voice is used to show that the subject of the sentence is performing or causing the action. Passive voice is used when the subject is the recipient of the action.
200
The indicative verb mood form refers to statements and facts. Give me THREE sentences in the indicative form
For example: Bob had pizza for dinner The boys practiced baseball yesterday Stone Mountain has Robert E Lee's face on it.
200
Correct ALL the errors in the following sentence: ms mcwhirters class loved to go outside and play football volleyball and walk around the track before they could go outside they had to be on there best behavior
Ms. McWhirter's class loved to go outside and play football, volleyball, and walk around the track. Before they could go outside, they had to be on their best behavior.
200
Identify the two types of clauses and tell me the difference between the two
Independent clause: a clause that can stand on its own Dependent clause: a clause that cannot stand on its own
300
Identify the gerunds in the following sentences Talking is a disruptive activity. My son loves playing with his toy dinosaur. The doctor gave studying all of his attention.
Talking, playing, studying
300
Identify TWO examples of active voice from the 5 sentences below Louise made the chocolate cake. The chocolate cake was made by Louise. The package was advertised by the travel agent. The travel agent advertised the package. The chain was broken by my brother.
Louise made the chocolate cake The travel agent advertised the package
300
The following sentences are written in what verb mood form? "Go outside!" "Close the door, please." "Don't move the object." 
Imperative
300
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Using the above paragraph, answer the following question with an ELLIPSIS in your answer. According to the preamble of the U.S. Constitution, what are three reasons the Founding Fathers (politicians of the day) gave for writing the Constitution?
According to the preamble of the U.S. Constitution, to “… establish Justice…provide for the common defense…and secure the Blessings of Liberty…” are three reasons given by the Founding Fathers for writing the Constitution.
300
Describe the difference between the following sets of Homophones They're, their, there To, too, two
They're= they are Their= shows ownership (The couple loved their new car) There= a place (don't sit over there) To= an article (I went to the store) Too= another meaning for "also" (I love you too) Two= number (she had two slices of pizza for lunch)
400
Identify the infinitives in the following sentences I would have liked to read the paper. To have been mentioned would have been enough.
To read To have been mentioned
400
Change the following sentences from active to passive voice The children ate the cookies The gophers dug the tunnels
The cookies were eaten by the children. The tunnels are dug by the gophers.
400
Identify what verb mood form each of the following sentences are in The spine-tailed swift flies faster than any other bird in the world. Vote for change. I wish I could climb Mount Everest.
Indicative Imperative subjunctive
400
What are the two functions of an ellipses?
To indicate an omission and to indicate a pause or break
400
A pun is a "play on words." Give me TWO examples of puns
Example: Ms. McWhirter's ELA class is so "punny."
500
Identify the verbals in the following sentences and identify them as gerunds, participles, or infinitives Meditating on positive ideas brings great physical health. The explorer struggled to find the remote colony. The heated pool is great for sore muscles
Meditating- gerund to find- infinitive heated- participle
500
Change the following sentences into active voice These books had been left in the classroom by a careless student. Coffee is raised in many parts of Hawaii by plantation workers. The house had been broken into by someone while the owners were on vacation.
A careless student left the books in the classroom Plantation workers in many parts of Hawaii raise coffee Someone broke into the house while the owners were on vacation
500
Identify what verb mood form the following sentences are in The next president of the United States may be a woman. The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers rose to record heights in 1993. Let us negotiate our differences in a spirit of mutual trust and respect.
Subjunctive Indicative imperative
500
Give three examples of when it would be appropriate to use a comma in a sentence
After an introductory phrase (ex: Before she went to school,) To separate dates (ex. February 6, 1961) To separate a list of three or more items (ex. she brought pencils, paper, and books to school) To separate two independent clauses (ex. He passed his reading EOG, and he passed his math EOG)
500
Choose 5 stems below and tell me their meanings Anti Sub Cred Viv Greg Sens Graph Muta
Against below/under believe life group feel write change
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