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Consider the underlined verb below: This editor had been known throughout the publishing world for her brilliance and tact. State its properties of a) mood b) voice c) tense d) number c) tense a) mood The correct answer is not displayed for Written Response type questions. dback

t each correct answer. ceived only partial points (.25 instead of .5) for saying “third-person singular.” This answer includes the correct number, but i understand what part of that phrase is the number. Person (first, second, third) and number (singular, plural) are different pr

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Identify all the finite verbs (i.e., lexical or "true" functional verbs) in the passage below. (You can list the verbs, or you can paste the text into the answer box and underline them.)

Although the researchers conducting this extraordinary experiment were careful and made every effort to avoid contaminants, their results were compromised by contamination in the laboratory. Unfortunately, keeping a perfectly clean environment had proved impossible. The correct answer is not displayed for Written Response type questions. dback

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each correctly identified verb. Quarter-point if you identified only part of the verb. t DEDUCTED for listing a word that was NOT a verb. Half-point DEDUCTED for listing two or more words that were NOT v rbs “in the wild” is challenging, as many of you found when we tried it out in the BYO. If you were one of many who struggl ew the material on the difference between true lexical verbs and verbals! Tip: Remember that a true verb generally a) has a sub ated to match the subject (the third-person singular, “he/she/it/one” usually differs from the other present forms: I/you/we read reads) and to show different tenses (Today, we read; yesterday, we were reading.) 0 / 2 points

Read the following sentences. Select any that include linking verbs. a) We grew these vegetables in the back yard. b) I have never felt sorry for you. c) They are experiencing a terrible tragedy. d) All day long she just sleeps.

e) You will always be my hero. Hide Feedback

You lost a half point (from the maximum of 2) for each sentence you should have picked but didn’t or shouldn’t have picked but did. (That is, you lost a half point for each red X the software shows you.) A lot of you picked “c,” thinking “experiencing” was a linking verb. But it isn’t; if it were, then we’d be saying that “They” WERE “a terrible tragedy.” But that’s not what this sentence means at all. The verb “experiencing” is an action verb that takes a direct object (“terrible tragedy” in this case). 1 / 2 points

Read the following sentences. Select any that include transitive verbs. Let's have lunch together soon. Everyone loves a winner. I never think; I just do. I run every evening after dinner. Hide Feedback

You lost a half point from 2 for each sentence you should have picked but didn’t or shouldn’t have picked but did. (That is, you lost a half point for each red X the software shows you.)

Remember, transitive verbs are those that have direct objects. The direct object of “have” is “lunch,” and the direct object of “loves” is “winner.” Some of you picked “d,” perhaps thinking that “every evening” was a direct object. But here, it’s an adverb. The words “every evening” tell us WHEN the speaker runs. It doesn’t RECEIVE the running. “Evening” CAN be a noun, for example, in the sentence “I dread every evening!” Here, “dread” is a transitive verb with the direct object “evening.” Always consider how the pieces of the particular sentence function

together. 1 / 2 points

Consider this sentence: At my last job, the manager, every Monday morning without fail, would send the entire staff a lengthy memo detailing the tasks for the week ahead. a) Identify the verb. b) What is its subject? c) What is its direct object? d) What is its indirect object? a) Identify the verb. action or state of being :send b) What is its subject? job c) What is its direct object? receive the action of verb : memo d) What is its indirect object? verb is done to or for - in effect receives the direct object staff The correct answer is not displayed for Written Response type questions. dback

(no points for only part of the verb in this easier question) er (complete subject) OR just “manager” (simple subject) memo (OR just “memo”) taff (OR just “staff”)

each one right.

what actually got SENT (received the action): so, DIRECT object. The memo was sent TO the staff: so, “staff” is the INDIREC 1 / 1 point

Consider the sentence below. What is the function of the underlined word? Although the students love grammar, they all agree that it seems very difficult. predicate adjective of "seems" predicate noun of "seems" predicate adjective of "agree" predicate noun of "agree" object of "seems" object complement of "seems" Hide Feedback

Remember, a predicate adjective modifies the subject, to which is it connected by a linking verb. 0.75 / 1 point

In this and each of the next 4 questions, revise the sentence so its grammar is correct for standard formal written English. Do not make unnecessary changes; just fix the errors simply. If a sentence is correct, write "correct." There may be one, two, or no errors in a sentence. Here is the sentence for this question:

If I would have known about the scholarship earlier, I would have applied.

I would have applied, if I had known about the scholarship earlier. The correct answer is not displayed for Written Response type questions. dback

unnecessary changes. While verb change is correct, it is the only necessary change; the comma creates a sentence flaw. n about the scholarship earlier, I would have applied. ditional sentence, where the condition is contrary-to-fact. So the condition (“if”) clause needs to be in the subjunctive. The resu al, takes the modal auxiliary verb “would.” The writer has mistakenly used the modal “would” in the condition clause as wel

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The instructions we received from the professor clearly said that she is going to post all of the grades on Tuesday. correct The correct answer is not displayed for Written Response type questions. dback

ns we received from the professor clearly said that she was going to post all of the grades on Tuesday. here is the sequence of tenses in reported speech. The reporting verb is in the past (“said”), so the verb in the reported speech past than what the speaker actually said. The speaker’s original sentence was in the future (“I am going to…”), so the tense h she was going to …”). ll points for ns we received from the professor clearly said that she would post / would be posting all of the grades on Tuesday. s use a different form of the future past: “will post” instead of “is going to post.” It does change the wording every so slightly

s the same and so is the meaning. wever, for “that she is posting” (present progressive) or “that she will post/will be posting” (another version of a simple futur s for the past tense in the reporting verb. 1 / 1 point

Your brother is welcome to stay here this weekend; I ask only that he cleans up after himself. Your brother is welcome to stay here this weekend. I ask that he clean up after himself. The correct answer is not displayed for Written Response type questions. dback

unnecessary changes. s welcome to stay here this weekend; I ask only that he clean up after himself. calls for a subjunctive in the second half, which is a “that” clause used for a demand/request. So the third-person singular pr eplaced by the third-person singular present subjunctive “clean.” 0 / 1 point

I’ve always wanted to be one of the people at the Oscars who temporarily occupy seats for presenting celebrities. I've always wanted to be one of the people at the Oscars who temporarily occupies a seat for presenting celebrities. this is really hard. The correct answer is not displayed for Written Response type questions. dback

anted to be one of the people at the Oscars who temporarily occupy seats for presenting celebrities.

these “one of the X who ...” questions, which featured in many of the Module 5 exercises on subject/verb agreement, is figurin tecedent of “who” and so governs the number of the verb: “one” or “people.” In this case, logically, it’s “people”—the verb,

y the multiple people who have this exciting job. The writer wants to be one. So the plural, “occupy,” is correct.

nager is the one out of all the people at the Oscars who occupies the best seat in the house. 0 / 1 point

My dog tried to bury a bone in the front flowerbed, but then he realized he already buried a bone there last week. My dog tried burying a bone in the front flowerbed, but then he realized he already buried a bone there last week. The correct answer is not displayed for Written Response type questions. dback

to bury a bone in the front flowerbed, but then he realized he had already buried a bone there last week. ying last week in the second half of the sentence is an action that was already completed before the attempted burying in the fir he clarity of this sentence that this order of events be made clear by having the second half be in a further past tense (in this ca … buried”) than the first (simple past “tried”). 0 / 1 point

Select one of the questions above where you corrected a grammar error. Briefly explain the error and the correction, taking care to use specific grammar terminology. My dog tried to burying a bone in the front flowerbed, but then he realized he already buried a bone there last week. present participle burying The correct answer is not displayed for Written Response type questions. Hide Feedback

The bone-burying last week in the second half of the sentence is an action that was already completed before th important to the clarity of this sentence that this order of events be made clear by having the second half be in perfect “had… buried”) than the first (simple past “tried”).

Most of you managed to say something correct about the errors you had fixed, but many got the specifics wron clear, so received partial points. Explaining grammar issues is a tricky skill, one we’ll keep working on through again, and your answers will need to become more and more specific and accurate....