COMD 3600- Verb Homework PDF

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1. Verb Unit Homework 2. Tell me what the name of the verb tense is in the following sentences Example: John is driving the car. progressive !

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a. John could be driving the car. ! ! !____________________________ b. John had driven the car. ! ! ! !____________________________ c. John drives the car. ! ! ! ___ !

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d. John had been driving the car. ! ! !____________________________ e. John has driven the car. ! ! ! !____________________________ f. John might be driving the car. ! ! !____________________________ g. John will have driven the car. ! ! !____________________________

2. Create the following verb tenses from the carrier sentence: John _________ write the paper. Example: Present !

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!John writes the paper.

a. present modal progressive ! !John_________________________ the paper. b. present perfect ! ! J! ohn ____________________________ the paper. c. present modal ! ! !John ____________________________ the paper. d. past modal ! ! ! !John ____________________________ the paper. e. present progressive ! ! !John ____________________________ the paper. f. present perfect progressive ! !John ____________________________ the paper. g. past progressive ! ! !John ____________________________ the paper. h. past modal perfect progressive

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____________________________ the paper. i. past modal perfect ! ! !John ____________________________ the paper. j. past modal progressive ! !John ____________________________ the paper.

3. Match the following sentence types with their correct description. ____a. ____b. ____c. ____d.

I am tired. ! ! 1! . Ditransitive He hit the ball ! ! 2! . Intransitive The boy laughed ! 3. ! Transitive He sent the package to her. 4. ! Link + adj

4. Match the following terms with the appropriate example (6 pts) ____ present participle ____past participle !

____irregular past ____regular past

a. ! runs !

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c. ! running !

d. ! spoken !

____irregular 3 person s !

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____regular 3 person s rd

b! . is !

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e. ! sang f. ! walked

5. Which of the following sentences have linking verbs. Choose as many as apply.

____ She sounded confident. ____ She sounded the alarm. ____ She felt angry. ____ She felt the scratchy paper. ____ She is sad. ____ The casserole smelled bad. ____ He smelled the flowers. ____ The new recipe was awful. ____ She grew impatient. ____ She grew old. 6. Which of the following have verb particles that can move to the end of the sentence? Check as many as apply. ____ Check out that new car! _____ Don’t give in to her! _____Back up the car right now! _____ He walked up the street _____ She thought over the offer. _____ He drove off the road. _____ We stared out the window. _____They strolled in the park. 7. What do the following verb tenses MEAN? Present: _______________________________________________ _____________ Present progressive: _______________________________________________ __

Present perfect: _______________________________________________ __ Past: _______________________________________________ __ Past progressive: _______________________________________________ __ Past perfect: _______________________________________________ __ Present perfect progressive: _______________________________________________ __ Past perfect progressive: _______________________________________________ __ 8. What are the present modals: _______________________________________________ __ What are the past modals: ____________ ___________________________________ _...