Unit 3 Review: Verbs

Predicate noun our adjective?: His poems remain popular after 150 years.

The driver (let, left) our group at the entrance.

Predicate noun or adjective?: Poetry is a special use of language.

Transitive or Intransitive?: This athlete practiced hard.

__________ you know the most important varieties of beans in the United States? (do-present)

Direct or Indirect Object?: The house contained many rooms and passages.

She watered the plants and (lay, laid) the watering can down.

Some ants __________ dangerous.

Fill in the blank: Many kinds of beans __________ grown throughout the world. (be-present)

ID progressive form: She was writing about plants.

Determine the tense of the verb: Josh noticed a jellyfish on the beach yesterday.

The kettledrum (is, are) the only drum with a definite pitch.

Change past tense verb to past participle: Morgan broke a world record.

The sun (raises, rises) over the buildings and shines on them.

Transitive or Intransitive?: She had dreams and determination.

Alan _____ many interesting acts. (learn - future perfect)

Transitive or Intransitive?: She did win only one gold medal that year.

The audience (was, been) delighted.

In some places few trees had _____. (grow-past)

The action in films (is, are) often altered.

Kidney beans __________ first cultivated in South and Central Americas. (be-past)

Active or Passive?: The animal is protected by its rough hide.

Direct or Indirect Object?: Jill showed Tom a diagram of a large ant colony.

Cymbals (consist, consists) of two bronze discs.

Predicate noun or adjective?: It usually sounds special too.

Predicate Nouns or Adjective?: Keats was a great English poet.

The actors (knew, known) the thrill of success.

Transitive or Intransitive?: Sue completed at the Olympics in 1924.

Ants rarely __________ people or animals.

Dummies, instead of actors, (is, are) used for fire scenes in movies.

The people _____ of a better idea. (think-past)

This morning, two tiny tomatoes (sat, set) on the vines.

An attendant will (let, leave) us all enter at once.

A guide (brought, took) us on a tour of the exhibit.

Change past tense verb to past participle: Articles told about the sailor's background.

I need to (bring, take) this book to the library across town.

Active or Passive?: A rhinoceros has two horns.

Determine the tense of the verb: Most stings will not cause severe injury.

Jim _____ chemistry in college. (study-past perfect)

A gallery had (lent, loaned) the museum several modern watercolors.

Direct or Indirect Object?: Jill showed Tom a diagram of a large ant colony.

Vera _____ many interesting facts. (research-present perfect)

Transitive or Intransitive?: She did collect flowers last summer.

Find the verb phrase: For many years they had seemed mysterious.

Determine the tense of the verb: The sting of a jellyfish hurts.

Direct or Indirect Object?: The house contained many rooms and passages.

Find the verb phrase: Rainbows have always delighted people.

ID progressive form: Now she is finishing her report.