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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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ntransitive Complete versus Transitive Active/Passive
Lesson 4-9
Comments:
Prompt:
To this point we have found that verb forms may be transitive active, transitive passive, or intransitive complete.
Directions:
Following each sentence below, click to select whether the verb form in the sentence is transitive active, transitive passive, or intransitive complete.
1.
The plants grew slowly.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
2.
The plants were eaten by the bugs.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
3.
The bugs ate the plants.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
4.
We have been eating well.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
5.
Our house was painted blue.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
6.
We shall arrive soon.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
7.
The batter hit a home run.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
8.
The big hail was denting the car.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
9.
The snow was being blown into drifts.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
10.
We caught a cold.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
11.
It snowed all night.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
12.
We will select all verb phrases.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
13.
The flood rose slowly.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
14.
The water flooded the town.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
15.
The land was being covered by the water.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
16.
The radio announced the evacuation order.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
17.
We will quickly leave.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
18.
The buses are being filled.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
19.
The citizens were evacuating.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)
20.
The town's citizens are being housed in neighboring towns.
(
transitive active
) (
transitive passive
) (
intransitive complete
)