Active and Passive Voice
What voice is used in this sentence: “The nurse checks the patient”?
Active voice.
Identify the verbal in this sentence: “Swimming is my favorite hobby.”
Swimming — gerund.
What type of sentence expresses a statement?
Declarative sentence.
Which conjunction connects words or phrases of equal importance, such as “and,” “but,” and “or”?
Coordinating conjunction.
What do you call a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word?
Synonym
Change this sentence to passive voice: “The teacher explains the lesson.”
The lesson is explained by the teacher.
Identify the verbal in this sentence: “She wants to become a nurse.”
To become — infinitive.
Identify the sentence type: “Where is the hospital?”
Interrogative sentence.
Complete the sentence: “I wanted to go outside, ___ it was raining.” Choose the correct conjunction: but, because, or so.
But.
What do you call a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?
Antonym
Identify the voice: “The medicine was administered by the nurse.”
Passive voice.
Identify the verbal in this sentence: “The crying baby needs attention.”
Crying — participle.
What type of sentence gives a command or makes a request?
Imperative sentence.
What grammatical principle requires items in a list to follow the same grammatical pattern?
Parallelism
What is the literal or dictionary meaning of a word called?
Denotation
Change this sentence to active voice: “The room was cleaned by the students.”
The students cleaned the room
What type of verbal is “reading” in this sentence: “Reading improves vocabulary”?
Gerund
Identify the sentence type: “What a wonderful performance!”
Exclamatory sentence.
Correct the sentence to make it parallel: “She enjoys singing, dancing, and to paint.”
She enjoys singing, dancing, and painting.
What do you call a phrase whose meaning differs from the literal meaning of its words, such as “a piece of cake”?
Idiom.
Change this sentence to passive voice: “The doctor will examine the patient.”
The patient will be examined by the doctor.
Identify the verbal and its type: “Exhausted by the journey, the travelers rested.”
Exhausted — participle.
What type of sentence is this: “Although it was raining, we continued the activity”?
Complex sentence.
Identify the conjunction: “Although he was tired, he finished his assignment.”
Although — subordinating conjunction.
What do you call the feelings or associations connected to a word beyond its literal meaning?
Connotation