Active/Passive Voice
Is this sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?
Dr. Fontaine is translating the manuscript from French to English.
ACTIVE
Identify the infinitive.
Despite having more clothes than she could possibly need, Rhianna always complains that she has nothing to wear.
TO WEAR
Identify the Gerund
In baseball, bunting can be a good strategy to help runners advance to the next base. When the batter hits the ball softly, the infielders are forced to run in toward home plate.
BUNTING
Identify the Participle
After I accidentally cut myself with the bread knife, I wrapped my bleeding finger in a towel.
BLEEDING
What is the name of the group that Infinitives, Gerunds and Participles belong to?
VERBALS
Is this sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?
Mr. Durand's wallet has been stolen, and with it his cash, license, and credit cards!
PASSIVE
Identify the Infinitive
Runners seeking to participate in the Boston Marathon must have completed a qualifying marathon within the previous year and a half.
TO PARTICIPATE
Identify the Gerund
Uncle Franco studied welding, and now he works as a technician in a metal fabrication company that produces and assembles metal parts for machinery.
WELDING
Identify the Participle
Kayla recommended a website that features breaking news and in-depth coverage of national and international politics.
BREAKING
A verb with out any conjugations is called what?
Is this sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider, an experimental physics facility, are studying the basic properties of the universe.
ACTIVE
Identify the Infinitive
If at any time you would like to cancel your magazine subscription, simply call our customer care department at our toll-free number.
TO CANCEL
Identify the Gerund
When you know the length of the base and the height, calculating the area of a triangle is easy.
CALCULATING
Identify what the Participle FALLEN is modifying
On Memorial Day, participating in the National Moment of Remembrance is one way to honor fallen heroes who served in the U.S. military.
HEROES
Gerunds function as WHAT in a sentence?
NOUNS
Is this sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?
When flying, I am practically paralyzed by fear.
PASSIVE
Identify the Infinitive
Ms. Fowler is a financial planner who offers strategies to reduce personal debt and provides investment and retirement counseling.
TO REDUCE
What is the function of the Gerund VAULTING?
One of the most thrilling events in gymnastics, vaulting requires incredible strength, momentum and precision.
SUBJECT
What kind of participle ends in -ING?
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
What kind of words tell us location, time or space? They also answer WHERE? WHEN? WHAT? or HOW?
PREPOSITIONS
Is this sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?
Dairy products were consumed by North Africans as early as seven thousand years ago.
PASSIVE
What is the formula for an infinitive phrase?
TO + BASE FORM VERB
What do Gerunds end with?
-ING
What kind of participle can end in -ed/-ed?
PAST PARTICIPLE
Participles function as WHAT in a sentence?
ADJECTIVES