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Misc.Verbals Mood Voice Verb, Participle or Gerund?

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QUESTION:

What is the underlined word? •Traveling might satisfy your desire for new experiences.

ANSWER:•gerund

QUESTION:

What is the underlined word(s)? •Susie hopes to win the approval of her mother by switching her major from fine arts to pre-med.

ANSWER:

•Infinitive

QUESTION:

What is the underlined word? •The spinning top collided with the chair leg

ANSWER:

•participle

QUESTION:

What is the underlined word? •Exasperated, she made the decision to leave immediately.

ANSWER:

•participle

QUESTION:

What is the underlined word? • You might get in trouble for faking an illness to

avoid work.

ANSWER:

•Gerund

QUESTION:

What mood is the following sentence?•I love it when it rains.

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•Indicative

QUESTION:

What mood is the following sentence?Would you like to get some ice cream?

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•Interrogative

QUESTION:

What mood is the following sentence?•Go to bed.

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•Imperative

QUESTION:

What mood is the following sentence?He ran the race as if he were being chased by a monster.

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•Subjunctive

QUESTION:

What mood is the following sentence•If this day would end I could relax.

ANSWER:

conditional

QUESTION:

•What voice is the following sentence using? •Sarah ate her dinner.

ANSWER:

•Active

QUESTION:

•What voice is the following sentence using? •The snack was eaten by the baby.

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•Passive voice

QUESTION:

What voice is the following sentence using? •The marker was used by Nick.

ANSWER:

•Passive

QUESTION:

What voice is the following sentence using? •Michelle lost her bike.

ANSWER:

•Active

QUESTION:

What words often indicate that passive voice is being used?

ANSWER:

You can recognize passive-voice expressions because the verb phrase will always include a form of be, such as am, is, was, were, are, or been. HOWEVER the presence of a be-verb, however, does not necessarily mean that the sentence is in passive voice.

QUESTION

Are the underlined word(s) a verb, gerund or participle?

•Michael ran to his brother, hugging him and crying. ANSWER:

•Verb (don’t be tricked! These are not gerunds - since a gerund functions as a noun, it occupies some positions in a sentence that a noun ordinarily would, for example: subject, direct object, subject complement, and object of preposition. Hugging and crying does not in this sentence.

QUESTION:

Are the underlined word(s) a verb, gerund or participle?

•The little girl cried as she heard the howling wind.

ANSWER:

•Participle

QUESTION:

Are the underlined word(s) a verb, gerund or participle or infinitive?

•All I wanted to do is to run away.

ANSWER:

•Infinitive

QUESTION:

Are the underlined word(s) a verb, gerund or participle?

•If you live in Alaska, you will become accustomed to cold weather.

ANSWER:

•TRICK! – this is a prepositional phrase, remember infinitives follow this pattern --- to + verb = infinitive. Cold is not a verb!

QUESTION:

Are the underlined word(s) a verb, gerund or participle?

•The dog wagged his tail.

ANSWER:

•verb

QUESTION:

Change this sentence to use imperative mood:Can you believe it’s 100 degrees outside?

ANSWER:

•It is 100 degrees outside.

QUESTION:

What mood does the following sentence use?I wish it were Christmas today.

ANSWER:

•Subjunctive

QUESTION:

Change the following sentence to use passive voice:

• Katie ran the race.

ANSWER:

•The race was ran by Katie.

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Change this sentence to use imperative mood:I went to bed early.

ANSWER:

•Go to bed early.

QUESTION:

Change this sentence to use active voice:• The ball of yarn was chased by the cat.

ANSWER:

•The cat chased the ball of yarn.