Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
Identify: 'They laughed loudly.'
What is intransitive.
Which voice focuses on the receiver of the action?
Passive
Identify the verb type:
She looked tired after practice.
Linking
Identify:
They had been studying for hours.
Past Perfect Progressive
What is the mood of this sentence:
'If I were taller, I would play basketball."
subjunctive
Identify: 'The chef cooked dinner.'
Transitive
Which sentence is active?
A) The ball was thrown by Sam.
B) Sam threw the ball.
B) Sam threw the ball.
What is a linking verb?
A verb that connects the subject to a word that describes or renames it.
Write a sentence in the future perfect tense.
I will have...
Write a sentence in the imperative mood.
Ex.: Close the door.
Which sentence uses a transitive verb?
A) The baby cried.
B) The baby dropped the toy.
The baby dropped the toy.
Why might an author use passive voice?
To emphasize the receiver or hide the doer.
What always follows a linking verb?
predicate noun or predicate adjective
Which tense shows an ongoing action right now?
Present Progressive
Which mood shows fact or statement?
Indicative
Write an intransitive verb sentence using 'run'.
Ex.: He runs every morning.
Rewrite in passive.
The teacher graded the papers.
The papers were graded by the teacher.
What is an action verb?
A verb that shows what the subject does mentally of physically.
Identify:
She will be working late tonight.
Future Progressive
Identify the mood:
'Could you help me with this project?'
interrogative
Which verb has a direct object?
A) She painted beautifully.
B) She painted a mural.
B) She painted a mural.
Write one sentence in active and one sentence in passive using a form of the verb 'sing'.
She sang the song.
The song was sung by her.
Change this action verb to a linking verb in a new sentence:
'grow'
The plant grows tall.
Why would a writer use past perfect?
To show one past action happened before another.
Change this sentence to indicative:
'If I were king, I'd make ice cream free!'
I am the king, and ice cream is free.