What is the subject and verb in the following sentence?
The Middle Ages lasted from about AD 500 to AD 1400.
Middle Ages, lasted
100
Do all verbs end in -ed in the past tense?
No.
100
Identify the verb or verb phrase in each sentence.
Tropical rain forests are found near the equator.
are found
100
What is a transitive verb?
A verb that expresses an action that passes from a doer to a receiver. The receiver of the action is the direct object.
100
What are the tenses of the verb "lie"?
lying, lay, lain
200
What is the verb in this sentence? Is it regular or irregular?
The nobles fought for the protection of the land and its people.
fought - irregular
200
Choose the correct verb for the following sentence:
The Hopi of Arizona have long (grew, grown) corn and lived in pueblos.
grown
200
What is a verb phrase?
It is two or more verbs that work together as a single verb.
200
What is an intransitive verb?
A verb that does not have a receive of its action. It does not have a direct object.
200
What are the correct verb tenses for lay?
laying, laid, laid
300
Please name all three parts of the following verb (present, present participle, past, past participle):
fly
fly, flying, flew, flown
300
Choose the correct verb for the following sentence:
They have also (hold, held) ceremonies like the snake dance to call for rain.
held
300
What are some examples of auxiliary verbs?
be, have, might, can, is, etc.
300
Identify the verb in the sentence. Tell if it's transitive or intransitive. If it's transitive, circle the direct object.
A stone pyramid stands in a Central American rain forest.
stands, intransitive
300
Choose the correct verb. How long has that rake (lain laid) in the yard?
lain
400
What word or words usually go in front of past participle?
HAVE, WAS
400
Complete each sentence with the past or past participle of the verb at the left.
The darkness of the world still ______ life difficult for the Hopi. (make)
made
400
Identify the verb or verb phrase in each sentence.
Many medicinal plants can be found only in tropical rain forests.
can be found
400
Identify the verb in the sentence. Tell if it's transitive or intransitive. If it's transitive, circle the direct object.
The pyramid honored the gods of the Mayas.
honored, Gods, transitive
400
The key for the shed (lay laid) unnoticed in the grass all winter.
lay
500
What does present participle end in?
ING
500
Complete each sentence with the past or past participle of the verb at the left.
The Hopi took a special piece of cloth that they had _______ in the underworld. (weave)
woven
500
Identify the verb or verb phrase in each sentence.
Will they survive much longer?
will, survive
500
Identify the verb in the sentence. Tell if it's transitive or intransitive. If it's transitive, circle the direct object. The ancient Mayas built the pyramid about 1,000 years ago.