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Foreword: To the Student and Parent/Teacher
Introduction: To Those Grammarians Among Us
Instructions: How to Complete the Lessons
Module 1: Word and Phrase Patterns
Module 2: Clause Patterns
Module 3: Verb Tense and Verbal Patterns
Module 4: Verb Forms and Sentence Patterns
Lesson 4-1: Transitive Active Verbs
Lesson 4-2: Transitive Active Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 4-3: Transitive Active Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 4-4: The Indirect Object
Lesson 4-5: Direct Objects versus Indirect Objects
Lesson 4-6: Transitive Passive Verbs
Lesson 4-7: Transitive Active versus Transitive Passive
Lesson 4-8: Intransitive Complete Verbs
Lesson 4-9: Intransitive Complete versus Transitive Active/Passive
Lesson 4-10: Intransitive Complete versus Transitive Active/Passive (Continued)
Lesson 4-11: Intransitive Linking Verbs
Lesson 4-12: Intransitive Linking Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 4-13: Identifying Verb Forms
Lesson 4-14: Identifying Verb Forms (Continued)
Lesson 4-15: Pronouns by the Case
Lesson 4-16: Objective Case Pronouns
Lesson 4-17: Subjective Case Pronouns
Lesson 4-18: Casework for Pronouns
Quiz 4-19: Cumulative Review
Lesson 4-20: The Declarative versus The Imperative Sentence
Lesson 4-21: The Interrogative versus The Exclamatory Sentence
Lesson 4-22: Identifying Sentences by Use
Lesson 4-23: Agreement: Subjects and Verbs
Lesson 4-24: Agreement: Collective Nouns
Lesson 4-25: Agreement: Compound Subjects
Lesson 4-26: Agreement: Words Always Singular or Plural
Lesson 4-27: Agreement: If I Wish I Were
Lesson 4-28: Agreement: Pronouns and Their Antecedents
Quiz 4-29: Cumulative Review
Exercise 4-30: Module 4 Self-Test
Module 5: Punctuation and Capitalization
Module 6: Supplement - Troublesome Words
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English Grammar
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dentifying Verb Forms
Lesson 4-13
Comments:
Prompt:
We have studied the four verb forms: transitive active, transitive passive, intransitive complete, and intransitive linking.
Directions:
Read each sentence and click to select below the sentence whether the verb form in the sentence is transitive active, transitive passive, intransitive complete, or intransitive linking.
1.
The sun is being covered by the clouds.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
2.
Through the telescope, we observed the stars.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
3.
Our sun is a star.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
4.
Mars was observed last night.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passsive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
5.
The moon is being eclipsed by the shadow of the earth.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
6.
The earth rotates on its axis.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
7.
The moon orbits the earth.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
8.
Light energy is being created on the sun.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
9.
Planets orbit the sun.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
10.
Planets capture smaller moons.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
11.
The United States is building a space station.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
12.
The earth's moon is the earth's satellite.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
13.
The space station is being built by many nations.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
14.
Man has visited the earth's moon.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
15.
The astronauts were propelled into space.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
16.
Mars may have absorbed its water.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
17.
Venus is a warm planet.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
18.
The sun is being gradually consumed.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
19.
Someday, man will visit Mars.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)
20.
The universe is expanding.
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transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
) (
intransitive linking
)