Action/Being
Verb Phrases
Tenses
Progressive
Direct and Indirect Objects
100
Ants rarely hurt people or animals, however.
What is hurt, action?
100
For many years they had seemed mysterious.
What is had seemed?
100
Gradually the skeletons ______ that coral reef. (form-past)
What is formed?
100
Now they were resting in the shade.
What is were resting, past progressive?
100
It contained many passages.
What is passages, direct?
200
Some ants seem dangerous.
What is seem, being?
200
You can photograph one.
What is can photograph?
200
More coral reefs _____. (form-future)
What is will form?
200
Moss is covering much of the ground.
What is is covering, present progressive?
200
In one of the rooms, the queen lays her eggs.
What is eggs, direct?
300
These are driver ants or army ants.
What is are, being?
300
Commonly rainbows are viewed after a rainfall.
What is are viewed?
300
Vera _____ many interesting facts. (learn-future perfect)
What is will have learned?
300
Moss has been growing on earth longer than most other plants.
What is has been growing, present perfect progressive
300
The worker ants build nurseries for the young ants.
What is nurseries, direct?
400
Hundreds of them march together in search of food.
What is march, action?
400
You might also spot a tiny rainbow in finely cut glass.
What is might spot?
400
As a result, he _____ pasteurization (invent-past perfect).
What is had invented?
400
Soon the campers will have been resting long enough.
What is will have been resting, future perfect progressive
400
Labels on the diagram told them the purpose of each room.
What is purpose, direct; them, indirect?
500
Alligators rarely attack people, but crocodiles are dangerous.
What is attack, action; are, being?
500
A rainbow cannot be reflected in a mirror or a lake.
What is can(not) be reflected?
500
His discoveries ____ the practice of medicine. (change-present perfect)
What is have changed?
500
It will not be getting any taller than this.
What is will be getting, future progressive
500
Most of the other rooms give the ants a place of rest.
What is place, direct; ants, indirect?