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Helping Verbs
Verbs Followed by Gerunds or Infinitives
Two Part Verbs
Participles used as Adjectives
Active and Passive Voice
100
A helping verb is a verb that is used with another verb, called the _____ verb.
What is the main verb
100
A ____ is a form of a verb that ends in -ing and is used as a noun
What is a gerund
100
Provide an example of a two-part verb
What is answers will vary
100
The present and _____ participles of verbs that refer to feelings or senses are often used as adjectives.
What is past
100
____ refers to the way that the action in a sentence is expressed.
What is voice
200
These types of helping verbs are ONLY used as helping verbs
What are modals
200
An _____ is the base form of a verb with the word 'to' in front of it
What is an infinitive
200
Is the following sentence CORRECT or INCORRECT: "When buying gifts, James left his cousin."
What is incorrect
200
True or false: The following verbs are used as adjectives: ask, break, drop, help
What is false
200
In the ____ voice, the subject is the person or thing receiving the action, something is being done to it
What is passive
300
These types of verbs are used to indicate progressive tenses or to indicate the passive voice.
What is to be
300
True or false: The following verbs can be used with either a gerund OR an infinitive: love, stand, hate
What is True
300
Complete the two-part verb in the following sentence: "Children always want to help______ in the kitchen when they are too young to be useful"
What is out
300
What ending is used when the adjective refers to a person or an animal HAVING the feeling?
What is the -ed ending
300
In English, the ____ voice is more common to use
What is active
400
These helping verbs are used to ask a question, to make a negative statement, or to emphasize a main verb.
What is do, does, did
400
Which form does the verb take in the following sentence: "George remembered buying the gift."
What is the gerund
400
Complete the two part verb for the following sentence: "The cat and dog get _____ very well."
What is along
400
When the adjective refers to a thing or a person ______ the feelings, use the -ing ending
What is causing
400
In active voice, the subject of the sentence is the person or thing performing the action, and the _____ is the person or thing receiving the action.
What is object
500
True or False: a modal DOES change form to agree in number with the subject
What is false
500
Complete the following sentence with the correct form of the verb in parentheses: "Students resist _______ (use) the university library."
What is using
500
True or false: If you leave out the second word of a two-part verb, the sentence changes its meaning, or does not fulfill a complete thought.
What is true
500
Complete the following sentence with the correct participle of the verb in parentheses: "The butterfly collections was _____ (fascinate)"
What is fascinating
500
The passive voice is commonly used in what type of writing?
What is scientific OR technical