VERBALS
Identify the single-word verbal in the sentence: "Running every morning improves your health."
Running
Is this sentence active or passive? "The chef cooked the meal."
Active
Identify the verb mood: "Close the door."
a. Imperative
b. Indicative
c. Interrogative
d. Subjunctive
e. conditional
Imperative (it is a command)
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:
A. I bought apples oranges and bananas.
B. I bought apples, oranges, and bananas.
C. I bought apples oranges, and bananas.
D. I bought apples oranges and, bananas.
B. I bought apples, oranges, and bananas.
Which sentence contains an infinitive?
A. She likes to read.
B. She is reading.
C. She read yesterday.
D. She reads daily.
A. She likes to read.
Choose the type of verbal in: "The glowing lantern lit the path." (Participle, Gerund, or Infinitive?)
Participle
Is this sentence active or passive? "The meal was cooked by the chef."
Passive
Identify the verb mood: "If I were taller, I would play basketball."
a. Indicative b. Imperative c. Interrogative
d. Subjunctive e. conditional
Conditional
Which sentence correctly uses a dash?
A. My brother—who lives in Texas—is visiting.
B. My brother who—lives in Texas is visiting.
C. My brother who lives—in Texas is visiting.
A. My brother—who lives in Texas—is visiting.
Which sentence contains a participle? A. The broken window needed repair.
B. He broke the window.
C. He will break the window.
D. He breaks windows.
A. The broken window needed repair.
"Swimming in the ocean is my favorite activity." (Participle, Gerund, Infinitive?)
Gerund
Rewrite in active voice: "The book was read by the students."
The students read the book.
Which mood is used in "I wish I were on vacation" and why?
Subjunctive
Choose the sentence that shows correct ellipsis usage: A. The article stated, "Students should study exams."
B. The article stated…students should study before exams.
C. The article stated students…should study before exams.
D. The article stated students should study before exams…
B. The article stated…students should study before exams.
Which sentence contains a gerund?
A. Dancing is fun.
B. She danced yesterday.
C. She dances often.
D. She will dance tomorrow.
A. Dancing is fun.
Determine whether the underlined word is a gerund, participle, infinitive, or adjective: "She hopes to win the competition.
Infinitive
Which of these is written in active voice?
"The ball was thrown by Jake."
"Jake threw the ball."
"The ball was caught by Mia."
"The game was played by the team."
Jake threw the ball.
Choose the mood: "If it rains tomorrow, the game will be canceled."
Conditional
Which punctuation shows a pause or interruption? (Options: Dash, Period, Apostrophe, Quotation mark) — explain with an example.
Dash
Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence: The crying baby woke me up at 2am.
The crying baby
Identify and label the verbal phrase and its function in: "They planned to visit the museum tomorrow."
Infinitive
Explain how to change this passive sentence to active voice and provide the active version: "The experiment was conducted by the scientist."
The scientist conducted the experiment.
Identify the imperative sentence among:
"Please finish your homework."
"She finishes her homework."
"If she finished her homework, she would relax."
"I wish she finished her homework."
Please finish your homework.
Edit for mechanics and correct the sentence: "Walking through the forest, the hikers was amazed by the tall trees.
Walking through the forest, the hikers WERE amazed by the tall trees.
Choose the correct subjunctive sentence:
A. If I was you, I would study.
B. If I were you, I would study.
C. If I am you, I would study.
D. If I be you, I would study. Explain why the chosen option is correct (mood and verb form).
B. If I were you, I would study.