DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the action verb or verb phrase in each sentence. (15 points)
*You may only put EXACTLY one or two words in each box for your answer.
2. If there is one, identify the direct object in each sentence.
If there is not one, write “NONE” in the box. (15 points)
*You may only put EXACTLY one word in each box for your answer.
3. Identify if the action verb is transitive or intransitive. (15 points)
*Select one of the options from the multiple choices listed.
Verb/Phrase: Kathleen Battle, the opera star, sings amazingly well.
Direct Object: Kathleen Battle, the opera star, sings amazingly well.
Verb Type: Kathleen Battle, the opera star, sings amazingly well.
Verb/Phrase: The red ants fought the black ants.
Direct Object: The red ants fought the black ants.
Verb Type: The red ants fought the black ants.
Verb/Phrase: My aunt plays rugby every Sunday.
Direct Object: My aunt plays rugby every Sunday.
Verb Type: My aunt plays rugby every Sunday.
Verb/Phrase: The hawk flew slowly over the forest.
Direct Object: The hawk flew slowly over the forest.
Verb Type: The hawk flew slowly over the forest.
Verb/Phrase: Everyone saw the horse with the beautiful saddle.
Direct Object: Everyone saw the horse with the beautiful saddle.
Verb Type: Everyone saw the horse with the beautiful saddle.
Verb/Phrase: Twenty-thousand people watched in amazement.
Direct Object: Twenty-thousand people watched in amazement.
Verb Type: Twenty-thousand people watched in amazement.
Verb/Phrase: Beth finally heard that new song by the Ooglies.
Direct Object: Beth finally heard that new song by the Ooglies.
Verb Type: Beth finally heard that new song by the Ooglies.
Verb/Phrase: The members of the chess club elected Janelle president.
Direct Object: The members of the chess club elected Janelle president.
Verb Type: The members of the chess club elected Janelle president.
Verb/Phrase: The sound engineer recorded the bass first.
Direct Object: The sound engineer recorded the bass first.
Verb Type: The sound engineer recorded the bass first.
Verb/Phrase: Dogs hear much better than humans.
Direct Object: Dogs hear much better than humans.
Verb Type: Dogs hear much better than humans.
Verb/Phrase: I never watch game shows on television.
Direct Object: I never watch game shows on television.
Verb Type: I never watch game shows on television.
Verb/Phrase: Robin finished early.
Direct Object: Robin finished early.
Verb Type: Robin finished early.
Verb/Phrase: The dolphin turned quickly and smoothly.
Direct Object: The dolphin turned quickly and smoothly.
Verb Type: The dolphin turned quickly and smoothly.
Verb/Phrase: I finished my homework during study hall.
Direct Object: I finished my homework during study hall.
Verb Type: I finished my homework during study hall.
Verb/Phrase: I turned the pages of the old book with care.
Direct Object: I turned the pages of the old book with care.
Verb Type: I turned the pages of the old book with care.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Complete each sentence with the correct tense of the verb in parentheses. (15 points)
*Select one from the multiple options provided.
*Look carefully at which rule the sentence is asking for and which word is underlined.
Many abolitionists were African Americans who ___________________________________ determined to put an
end to slavery. (be)
Rule #1
They wrote pamphlets and ___________________________________ newspapers. (edit)
Rule #1
Others worked on the Underground Railroad, work that ___________________________________ very
dangerous. (be)
Rule #1
By the time the Civil War began, the Railroad ___________________________________ thousands of slaves to
freedom. (help)
Rule #2
The abolition movement produced many leaders, among whom ___________________________________
both African Americans and white. (be)
Rule #1
African American abolitionists such as Harriet Tubman, David Walker, and Sojourner Truth were
selfless individuals who ___________________________________ risking their lives for others. (be)
Rule #1
By the time he was nine years old, Henry Highland Garnet ___________________________________ with his
family from Maryland to the free state of Pennsylvania. (escape)
Rule #2
By the time he reached twenty-two years of age, Garnet ___________________________________ an eloquent
speaker. (become)
Rule #2
He later became a minister and ___________________________________ as pastor of a Presbyterian church in
Washington, D.C. (serve)
Rule #1
Robert Purvis attended Amherst College in Massachusetts and then ___________________________________
in Pennsylvania. (settle)
Rule #1
He devoted most of his time and money to the Underground Railroad, which he
___________________________________ in. (believe)
Rule #1
When the war began in 1861, Purvis ___________________________________ some 9,000 slaves to freedom.
(help)
Rule #1
Samuel Cornish went to Philadelphia, where he ___________________________________ the first African
American newspaper with another abolitionist, John Russworm. (organize)
Rule #1
They named the newspaper Freedom’s Journal, and ___________________________________ articles from
other writers as well. (print)
Rule #1
James W.C. Pennington ran away from a cruel slaveholder in Maryland to New York, where he
___________________________________ to school. (go)
Rule #1
DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify which mood the underlined verb is written in. (20 points)
*Select one of the options from the multiple choices listed.
*There are FIVE indicative moods.
*There are THREE imperative moods.
*There are SEVEN subjunctive moods.
I will go to the grocery store on the way home.
Wash the dishes before you play your video games.
If you were to bring your dog to school, you would have to take it back home immediately.
Four more players will require four more playing pieces.
Daria wishes that she were taller.
I demand that the student answer the question clearly.
Catch the dog before she gets out the door.
If I were the teacher, I would know the answer.
It is important that Wesley try to solve the problems himself.
When I was little, I did believe in ghosts.
Watch out for that car!
If I were rich, I would buy a better house.
I would buy you that ring if I had enough money.
Will we get to see the Colosseum on our trip to Rome?
I want ice cream for dessert.