Verbs And Adverbs Flashcards
He has frequently defaced public property and went to jail.
Right or wrong?
Wrong . “Has” carries to defaced and “went” therefore “went” should be “gone” to jail
By 2054, I will have been working on my ph.D for 10 years.
What perspective is the person speaking from?
From 2054, she will have been working for 10 years and not done
Which one is an acting verb and which one is a gerund?
I love boxing
I am boxing
I love boxing is a gerund = I love cake
I am boxing is an acting verb. I am cake? Doesn’t work
A friend to call would be nice
To love is divine
I went outside to sing
Which one is an acting verb?
None!
1) to love acts like a noun
2) to sing modifies the verb went
3) to call modifies the noun friend
The desire of our daughter to learn and the dedication of her teacher provide/provides a solid foundation for success.
Provide. The X and Y structure mandates that both are counted to the subject. So plural subject
Present perfect
Has or have
Scientists (have?) mapped the human genome
I (have?) earned my degree in economics
Present perfect verbs are used to describe actions that are STILL TRUE or occurred over some period of time before the present.
What matters is the effect in the present. Exact time frame don’t matter
Cannot use pp with past indicating time expressions (yesterday, last week, etc…)
Correct sentence is have mapped and have earned because the human genome still exists and I still have my degree
Past perfect “had”
The jury had delivered a verdict of “guilty”
Right or wrong?
Wrong. Past perfect is used to express “the past of the past.” Need a past time marker
What happened first gets a had, second event DOES NOT
Correct examples
BY 2011, she had traveled to India twice. (2011 is the time marker)
I had eaten three pieces of cake when I learned that the cake was poisoned
NOT required to use had when you have time markers
Ex
In my college years, I joined the sophomore pledge class at a frat and worked on a senior class homecoming float (Sophomore and senior are time markers)
After she earned her degree, she spent a year serving with the peace corps. (After was the time marker)
He doctor told me I had a heart attack
Right or wrong
Wrong, I had had a heart attack is correct. Substitute second had for “suffered”
-ing acting verb needs to have
A helping verb right before it
She is walking
Adverb can modify?
Verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. NOT nouns. Use adj to modify nouns
The performer danced lively, delighting the children. Correct or incorrect?
Incorrect. Lively is an adj not adverb, so cannot use lively to modify danced.
The performer danced in a lively manner is correct.
Timely Friendly Lovely Ugly Silly Holy
Adj or adv?
Adj, therefore can only describe nouns
“This” can modify?
Whole clause before the comma. Cannot modify a single subject
“… to be…”
Past, present or future?
Future
