ANSEWERS English 021 Midterm Make-up Practice Name______
I Subject Verb Agreement
Circle the Subject. Underline the verb. Make them agree if they do not.
1. The teacher with her students travel to Mexico every year.
Subject: teacher; Verb: travels (singular verb)
2. Jason and Lorrie loves to dance.
Subjects: Jason, Lorrie Verb: love (plural verb; "to dance" is not the verb because an infinitive cannot be a verb.
3. Not only Lorrie, but also her sisters loves dancing.
Subjects: Lorrie, sisters; Verb: love (plural verb)
The rule for "or," "nor," "Either...or," "Neither...nor," and "Not only...but also" is the verb must agree with the nearest subject.
4. Either of the guys runs in the race.
Subject: Either; Verb: runs. (singular verb; see list of singular indefinite pronouns below)
5. Neither his teammates nor Johnny runs in the race.
Subject: teammates; verb runs (singular verb)
List all the singular indefinite pronouns. Also, write the chant we use to remember them.
each, either, neither
one, everyone, anyone, someone, no one.
everybody, anybody, somebody, nobody.
everything, anything, something, nothing
Chant: "Each, either, neither; all the ones, all the bodies, and all the things."
II. Verb Form and Tense.
Fill out the chart below with the verbs below:
1. Lie (to rest); 2. Lay (to put); 3. Lie (untruth); 4. Be 5. Sing; 6. Walk; 7. Begin; 8. Rise; 9. Raise; 10. Have; 11. set; 12. sit.
Present / S-form / Past / Past Participle / Present Participle / Infinitivelie (rest) / lies / lay / have lain / is lying / to lie
lay / lays / laid / have laid / is laying / to lay
lie (untruth) / lies / lied / have lied / is lying / to lie
be, am, are / is / was, were / have been / is being / to be
sing / sings / sang / have sung / is singing / to sing
walk / walks / walked / have walked / is walking / to walk
begin / begins / began / have begun / is beginning / to begin
rise / rises / rose / have risen / is rising / to rise
raise / raises / raised / have raised / is raising / to raise
have / has / had / have had / is having / to have
set / sets / set / have set / is setting / to set
sit / sits / sat / have sat / is sitting / to sit
Give an example of each verb tense for the verbs Stop and Drive:
1. Future: will stop; will drive
2. Present Perfect: have stopped; have driven
3. Past Perfect: had stopped; had driven
4. Future Perfect: will have stopped; will have driven
5. Present Progressive: is stopping; is driving
6. Past Progressive: was stopping; was driving
7. Future Progressive: will be stopping; will be driving
8. Present perfect progressive: have been stopping; have been driving
9. Past perfect progressive: had been stopping; had been driving
10. Future perfect progressive: will have been stopping; will have been driving
Make this statement below a passive statement:
I placed the beaker on the table.
Passive: The beaker was placed on the table.
The past participle, present participle, and infinitive are called "verbals" because they do not always act as verbs. Remember 3, 2, 1.
All 3 can be phrases, 2 (the participles) can be adjectives, one (present participle) can be nouns. When a present participle is used as a noun, it is called a "gerund."
All three verbals can be phrases:
Past participle:
Broken beyond recognition, my iPhone would never make another call.
Present particle:
Waiting for you in the rain, I got wet.
Infinitive:
To be or not to be, that is the question.
1. What is the verb of this sentence: I had to eat healthy or die.
Verbs of the sentence: had, die ("To eat" cannot be a verb because it is an infinitive"
2. Write a sentence with the present participle of “wait” as an adjective.
I was sitting in the waiting room.
3. Write a sentence with a past participle of “bake” as an adjective.
For desert we had baked apples.
4. Write a sentence with a present participle of “drive” as fragment.
Driving home, I got into an accident.
5. Write a sentence using the verb “exercise” as a gerund.
Exercising is healthy (Exercising is the subject of the sentence. Therefore, it is a gerund.)