Verb Tenses and Passive
Give the verb tense and aspect in this sentence:
I've been looking everywhere for you!
Present perfect progressive (active)
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.
What kind of dependent clause is in this sentence?
I think that we need to study this more.
A noun clause
...the coach stood on the field and announced that he planned to follow Kaepernick's lead and kneel during the national anthem to protest racial injustice.
Identify the infinitives and their functions (verb+infinitive, verb+object+infinitive, adjective+infinitive, infinitive of purpose)
(planned) to follow: verb + infinitive
(planned to) kneel: verb + infinitive
to protest: infinitive of purpose
Fill in the blank with an appropriate connector:
I was really hungry. _______, I ordered the super-size meal.
Therefore, Consequently, As a result
Give the verb tense and aspect in this sentence:
The final exam will be given next Friday.
Simple future passive
Change this to the past tense:
I should go to the review session.
I should have gone to the review session.
What kind of dependent clause is in this sentence?
It's true that she doesn't have many friends in this area.
An noun clause
She noticed a man _____ (shoplift), so she went to the front of the store _____ (tell) an employee.
shoplifting, to tell
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.
Change this sentence to active:
Rice has been grown in Southeast Asia for thousands of years.
People have grown rice in Southeast Asia for thousands of years.
I didn't take BART to the city. That was a mistake. The traffic was terrible, and I was late. I wish _________ BART to the city.
I wish I had taken BART to the city.
What is the dependent clause in this sentence, and what type of clause is it?
She was finally able to get the health care she needed and see clearly for the first time in her life.
(that) she needed
adjective clause
Thank you so much for this award. I really appreciate _____ (recognize) for all my hard work.
being recognized
I insist that she (not, be) ______ late again!
not be
Change this sentence to passive:
People are administering final exams this month all across America.
Final exams are being administered this month all across America.
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
Identify the number and types of clauses (including independent clauses) in this sentence:
If you are absent from class, please contact me to tell me why you were absent.
One adverb clause, one independent (main) clause, and one noun clause.
Whenever I am trying to understand the more confusing points of grammar, I often benefit from reading lots of example sentences.
Identify the present participles and their functions (progressive verb, subject or object gerund, adjective, participial of a participial phrase)
(am) trying: progressive verb
confusing: adjective
reading: object of a preposition gerund
Daniel doesn't have any friends in this area. Does he have any family in this area? No, Daniel...(use neither...nor)
No, Daniel has neither friends nor family in this area.
When I walked into the room, I saw that the lights were turned on but no one was there.
What kind of structure is "were turned on" in this sentence?
a simple past active verb (were) + an adjective (turned on). It is not a passive verb.
Change this to a hypothetical conditional:
I've been friendly to everyone in the class, so I have made a lot of new friends.
If I hadn't been so friendly to everyone in the class, I wouldn't have made so many new friends.
Identify the number and types of clauses (including independent 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 independent clause, three noun clauses, and one adverb clause
Polls show substantial support for creating a path to citizenship for undocumenteds-- yet 52% of Americans support allowing police to stop and question anyone they suspect of being "illegal."
Identify the gerunds and infinitives and their positions (subject, direct object, object of a preposition, adjective+infinitive, etc.).
gerunds: creating (object of a preposition); allowing (direct object); being (object of a preposition)
infinitives: to stop, to question (verb+object+infinitive)
Fill in the blank with the correct connector: ________ being sick, John went to the meeting.
Despite/ In spite of