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| 4051113183 | What are the 3 different kinds of verbs? | 1.) Action 2.) Linking 3.) Being | 0 | |
| 3853769888 | What 3 things do verbs do in a sentence? | 1.) Tells what the noun is doing (Action) 2.) Tells that the noun exists (Linking) 3.) Tells what the noun is equal to (Being) | 1 | |
| 4051121224 | What does an action verb do in a sentence? | They specifically describe what the subject in the sentence is doing. | 2 | |
| 4051138377 | What are the two ways action verbs can be used? | 1.) Active Voice: Shows the subject acting 2.) Passive Voice: Shows the subject receiving | 3 | |
| 4051142813 | Which type of action verb should always be used in writing? Why? | Active voice should ALMOST always be used, because it is clear, concise, and much stronger. | 4 | |
| 4051146811 | When is the passive voice accepted? | 1.) When the author wants to place emphasis on the object and not the action 2.) When the author doesn't know who is completing the action, or doesn't want to give the character away 3.) In scientific writing, when writing the results of an experiment | 5 | |
| 4051147377 | An example of the active voice in a sentence | Henry ate a pound of shrimp for lunch. | 6 | |
| 4051147378 | An example of the passive voice in a sentence | At lunch, a pound of shrimp was eaten by Henry. | 7 | |
| 4051163318 | How to tell if a sentence is written in passive voice. | If the subject is not doing the action, it's passive. | 8 | |
| 4051116276 | What do linking verbs do in a sentence? | They link the sentence between the subject and the predicate. They do not describe action. | 9 | |
| 4051121225 | What are some examples of linking verbs? | Be, am, are, is, was, were, seem, look, feel sound, and taste. | 10 | |
| 4051126203 | Examples of a linking verbs in a sentence. | Sam IS my friend Dave FELT sleepy He BECAME exhausted I AM dismayed | 11 | |
| 4051169044 | Some verbs can be both active and passive, but it depends on how they're used in the sentence. | Tom CLEANS the house once every month The house IS CLEANED once every month by Tom | 12 | |
| 4051167173 | What does it mean to use the parallel verb tense when writing? | 1.) Stay with one very tense when writing, unless there is a reason to change. 2.) Always use the present tense when writing about text. | 13 |
