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Verb Tenses and Passive
Modals and Conditionals
Clauses
Gerunds and Infinitives
Grab Bag
100
What is the verb tense in this sentence? I've been looking everywhere for you!
Present perfect progressive
100
Make this a present, unreal conditional: If I ______ (have) a job in the city, I _____ (take) BART to work.
If I had a job in the city, I would take BART to work.
100
What kind of dependent clause is in this sentence? I think we need to study this more.
A noun clause
100
My mom, who is an ardent feminist, would never have written a letter to the Stanford Daily telling female students to get married... Identify the infinitives and their purposes (verb+infinitive, verb+object+infinitive, adjective+infinitive, infinitive of purpose)
to get married: verb (tell) + object (female students)+ infinitive
100
Fill in the blank with a connector: I was really hungry. _______, I ordered the super-size meal.
Therefore, Consequently, As a result
200
What is the verb tense? The final exam will be given next Thursday.
Simple future passive
200
Change this to the past tense: I should go to the review session.
I should have gone to the review session.
200
What kind of dependent clause is in this sentence? The man wearing glasses in this picture was a friend of my father's.
An adjective clause
200
She noticed a man _____ (shoplift), so she went to the front of the store _____ (tell) an employee.
shoplifting, to tell
200
Use good parallel structure to fix this sentence: Many visitors to Los Angeles enjoy going to Disneyland, and they take tours of movie studios.
Many visitors to Los Angeles enjoy going to Disneyland and taking tours of movie studios.
300
Change this to active: Rice has been grown in Southeast Asia for thousands of years.
People have grown rice in Southeast Asia for thousands of years.
300
I didn't take BART to the city. The traffic was terrible, and I was late. I wish...
I wish I had taken BART to the city.
300
Change the reduced adverb clause to a full clause: Having spent all my money, I had to live off rice until my next paycheck.
Because I had spent all my money, I had to live off rice until my next paycheck.
300
Thank you so much for this award. I really appreciate _____ (recognize) for all my hard work.
being recognized
300
I insist that she (not, be) ______ late again!
not be
400
Change this to passive: People are administering final exams this month all across America.
Final exams are being administered this month all across America.
400
Jeanie must miss her mother. What is the meaning of must in this sentence? a. present necessity b. present probability c. present advisability d. present possibility
present probability
400
Identify the number and types of clauses in this sentence: If you are absent from class, please contact me and tell me why you were absent.
One adverb clause, two independent (main) clauses, and one noun clause.
400
The goal: to create a complete educational approach that can be integrated into existing classrooms or serve as a stand-alone virtual school for anyone wanting to learn something new. Identify the gerunds and infinitives and their purposes.
to create: infinitive of purpose to learn: verb (want) + infinitive
400
Daniel doesn't have any friends in this area. Does he have any family in this area? No,... Use neither...nor
No, Daniel has neither friends nor family in this area.
500
What is the reason for the passive tense here? Meat that comes from a cow is called beef.
The agent is too general.
500
Change this to the non-conditional, real situation: If I had read the directions carefully, I wouldn't have made so many mistakes on the assignment. (But I... )
I didn't read the directions carefully, so I made a lot of mistakes on the assignment.
500
Identify the number and types of clauses in this sentence: I think I realized that I was growing up when one day a little kid wanting to ask me a question said, "Excuse me, ma'am."
One main clause, three noun clauses, one adjective clause, and one adverb clause
500
Instead of spending my 20s becoming a more impressive mate, I was actually learning to be more selfish and less marriageable. Identify the present participles and their functions (progressive verb, subject or object gerund, reduced clause, adjective)
spending: object gerund becoming: object gerund learning: past progressive verb
500
Fill in the blank with the correct connector: ________ being sick, John went to the meeting.
Despite/ In spite of