Download English 021 grammer test 1 practice Subject-Verb and Subject

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
lie (rest)
lay
lie (untruth)
be, am, are
sing
walk
begin
rise
raise
have
set
sit
S-form
lies
lays
lies
is
sings
walks
begins
rises
raises
has
sets
sits
Past
lay
laid
lied
was, were
sang
walked
began
rose
raised
had
set
sat
Give an example of each verb tense for the verbs Stop and Drive:
Past Participle
have lain
have laid
have lied
have been
have sung
have walked
have begun
have risen
have raised
have had
have set
have sat
Present Participle
is lying
is laying
is lying
is being
is singing
is walking
is beginning
is rising
is raising
is having
is setting
is sitting
Infinitive
to lie
to lay
to lie
to be
to sing
to walk
to begin
to rise
to raise
to have
to set
to sit
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Future: will stop; will drive
Present Perfect: have stopped; have driven
Past Perfect: had stopped; had driven
Future Perfect: will have stopped; will have driven
Present Progressive: is stopping; is driving
Past Progressive: was stopping; was driving
Future Progressive: will be stopping; will be driving
Present perfect progressive: have been stopping; have been driving
Past perfect progressive: had been stopping; had been driving
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,
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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.)