Deck 20: Verbs

Question 1

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty.
Linking verbs express a state of being. ​

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. Everyone _____________ the correct answer to the pop quiz.

A)knowed
B)knew
C)known

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. ​ Active or Passive Voice? A decision was made to continue with the current plans.

A)Active
B)Passive

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. Active or Passive Voice? I passed the class. ​

A)Active
B)Passive

Question 5

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. The play ___________ a few minutes late.

A)to begin
B)beginning
C)began

Question 6

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. "Yesterday, Tara borrows a pencil from Jackson" is an example of ​

A)a verb tense error.
B)a subject-verb agreement error.
C)a correct sentence.

Question 7

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. ​ Active or Passive Voice? We all agreed on what to have for dinner, though it took some compromising.

A)Active
B)Passive

Question 8

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. "Kevin and Kendra never agree on where to go to dinner" is an example of ​

A)a verb tense error.
B)a subject-verb agreement error.
C)a correct sentence.

Question 9

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. "Next semester, I took three classes at the college" is an example of ​

A)a verb tense error.
B)a subject-verb agreement error.
C)a correct sentence.

Question 10

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. ​ "Albert Einstein is considered one of the greatest geniuses of all time" is an example of

A)a verb tense error.
B)a subject-verb agreement error.
C)a correct sentence.

Question 11

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty.
Active voice is preferred for most writing.

Question 12

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. The baby ____________ peacefully all night.

A)sleeping
B)sleeped
C)slept

Question 13

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. "Most weekends, I stays at home to spend time with my children" is an example of an ​

A)a verb tense error.
B)a subject-verb agreement error.
C)a correct sentence.

Question 14

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. "Trish has finished decorating just before the party started" is an example of ​

A)a verb tense error.
B)a subject-verb agreement error.
C)a correct sentence.

Question 15

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. ​ "Justin promised to lend me his textbooks for my classes next summer" is an example of

A)a verb tense error.
B)a subject-verb agreement error.
C)a correct sentence.

Question 16

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. Active or Passive Voice? Clearly, some mistakes were made. ​

A)Active
B)Passive

Question 17

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. ​ "Next week, my favorite band plays in a local club" is an example of

A)a verb tense error.
B)a subject-verb agreement error.
C)a correct sentence.

Question 18

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. My grandfather _________ the family portrait over the fireplace.

A)hung
B)hang
C)hunged

Question 19

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty. "Robin are working every day to make her dreams come true" is an example of ​

A)a verb tense error.
B)a subject-verb agreement error.
C)a correct sentence.

Question 20

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter Twenty.
Active voice is always better than passive voice. ​