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Verb Voice and Mood

English · Grammar & Punctuation · ages 12-14
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  1. Which sentence is a negative imperative telling someone not to act?

    • You do not open the door during lessons.
    • Do you open the door during lessons?
    • Do not open the door.

  2. Which sentence is an indicative statement?

    • If the window were open, the room would be cooler.
    • Close the window, please.
    • The window is open.

  3. Which sentence contains is but is still in the active voice?

    • The trophy is being polished by the team.
    • The trophy is polished by the team each week.
    • The team is polishing the trophy.

  4. Which sentence is written in the passive voice?

    • The cat was chasing the mouse across the room.
    • The cat chased the mouse.
    • The mouse was chased by the cat.

  5. A recipe says, 'Chop the onions, then fry them gently.' Who is the understood subject of these imperative clauses?

    • The onions, because they receive the chopping and frying
    • You, the person following the recipe
    • The recipe card, because it contains the written instructions

  6. 'If I were taller, I would reach the shelf' presents being taller as an established fact about the speaker now.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. Which passive rewrite of 'The chef baked the bread' keeps the past tense and names the same doer?

    • The bread is being baked by the chef.
    • The bread was baking beside the chef.
    • The bread was baked by the chef.

  8. An indicative statement can use either active or passive voice.

    Circle one:   True   False

  9. Which sentence uses a subjunctive form to express a wish about the present?

    • I wish I were on the team.
    • I was on the team throughout last season.
    • Please join the team before the next match.

  10. Rewrite 'The students planted seeds in each tray' in past passive voice, leaving out the doer. Which version meets all three requirements?

    • Seeds were planting the students in each tray.
    • The students were planted by seeds in each tray.
    • Seeds were planted in each tray.
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Verb Voice and Mood W1-mt_N5tciHU8cE-s1

  1. Do not open the door. · 'Do not open the door' gives a negative command. The other sentences make a statement or ask a question.
  2. The window is open. · 'The window is open' presents a situation as a statement. Its indicative form does not itself prove whether the window is open.
  3. The team is polishing the trophy. · In 'The team is polishing the trophy', the team is the subject and does the polishing. A form of be does not by itself make a sentence passive.
  4. The mouse was chased by the cat. · In 'The mouse was chased by the cat', the mouse receives the action and is the subject. 'Was chasing' is active: the cat does the chasing.
  5. You, the person following the recipe · The instructions address the person following the recipe. The understood subject is you; the onions receive the actions.
  6. False · The speaker imagines a different present height. Were marks the imagined condition; would reach gives its result.
  7. The bread was baked by the chef. · The bread becomes the subject. Was baked keeps the past action, and by the chef retains the doer.
  8. True · 'I dropped the beaker' is active; 'The beaker was dropped by me' is passive. Both present the event as an indicative statement.
  9. I wish I were on the team. · 'I wish I were on the team' uses were for a wished-for present situation. The alternatives report the past or make a request.
  10. Seeds were planted in each tray. · Seeds becomes the passive subject. Were planted agrees with plural seeds and keeps the past tense. The students are omitted as requested.
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