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Misc. Verbals Mood Voice Verb, Participle or Gerund?
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. ANSWER: Indicative
QUESTION: What mood is the following sentence? Would you like to get some ice cream? ANSWER: Interrogative
QUESTION: What mood is the following sentence? Go to bed. ANSWER: Imperative
QUESTION: What mood is the following sentence? He ran the race as if he were being chased by a monster. ANSWER: 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. ANSWER: 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.
QUESTION: 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.