Exercises on Verbs



Exercises on VerbsExercise #1Study each of the following sentences. Double underline the verbal element and underline the indirect object and direct object. Also specify the type of object by writing IO and above each of them. IO DOThe minister granted journalists an interview. IO DOI gave each of the boys an apple. IO DO Jim paid the man in the booth a quarter. IO DOThe agent has sold the couple a house. IO DO They will buy their father and mother a present. IO DOMy mother taught me this song. IO DOThe company may have offered John’s wife a high salary. IO DOCan you tell me who wrote this book? IO DOHe asked her if she would drive him home. IO DO She informed her mother-in-law, Elizabeth, that she had not changed her plan.Exercise #2Study each of the following sentences. Double underline the verbal element; then, underline the direct object and the objective complement. Also specify the type of object by writing DO and OC above each of them. DO OCWe elected Jimmy President. IO DO They made him a member of the club. DO OCHe painted his house yellow. DO OCWe have found him dishonest. DO OCThey considered his conduct a scandal and a disgrace. DO OCShe may cut her hair short. DO OCWe found it a trying and difficult task for beginners. DO OC They might have considered the job finished. DO OCThey will appoint you as chairman of the committee. DO OCThey will appoint you to be chairman of the committee.Exercise #3In the blank provided on the left, indicate the function of the underlined structure of coordination by using the following abbreviations.DO - direct object IO - indirect objectM - modifierOC - objective complementS - subjectSC - subjective complementP - predicate DO1. Jane usually comes to visit her uncle and aunt in summer. OC2. Either his mistakes or his bad luck keeps him poor. SC3. That book is neither interesting nor accurate. OC4. The object is to make our research readable and comprehensible DO 5. In my spare time, I enjoy reading novels or watching television. OC6. The English found oranges grown in Florida juicy and sweet. S7. The committee concluded that the management, not the work-force, shouldbe responsible for the damage. IO8. The company paid Helen and her husband a large sum of money.Exercise #4In the following sets of sentences, comment on the changes of transitive and intransitive use and corresponding changes in meaning.1 They’re growing. They’re growing bigger. They’re growing bigger cabbages. They are becoming larger is size. (Complete intransitive verb) They are growing in size too. (Incomplete intransitive/linking verb)2 I’m writing. I’m writing a letter. I’m writing him a letter. Complete intransitive – Mono transitive – Di-transitive 3 Save me. Save me some. Save me, somebody!Mono intransitive in the imperative mood.Di-transitive in the imperative mood = keep some food for meMono transitive in the vocative mood4 They called me. They called me a doctor. They called me a good doctor. Mono transitive – Complex transitive - Di-transitive - 5 She teaches. She teaches me. She teaches me the violin. Incomplete intransitive – Mono transitive – Di-transitive Exercise #5Explain the cause of ambiguity in each of the following sentences.1. We bought her pearl necklaces last month. 'Her' can be a possessive adjective and thus bought is a mono transitive verb = the thing that we bought was her pearl earrings. Or 'her' can be an object form of the pronoun and thus 'bought' is a di-transitive verb = we bought pearl earrings for her. 2. Mother has baked potatoes for dinner. "has' can be an auxiliary verb and baked is the main verb = Mother has cooked potatoes for dinner. Or 'has' can be a main verb meaning 'eats' and baked is a participial adjective describing the noun 'potatoes'.3. They are discouraging students. 'are' can be an auxiliary verb and 'discouraging' is the main verb = Some other people are demotivating these students. 'are' can be a main verb and 'disncouraging' can be a participial adjective describing the students. Thus the students themselves are discouraging or demotivating. Exercise #6Identify the underlined part in the sentence below by circling a or b:Located on the River Thames, London is a tourist attraction visited by many tourists. A B CAa. Finiteb. Non-FiniteBa. Finiteb. Non-FiniteCa. Finiteb. Non-FiniteExercise #7Explain the difference between each pair of sentencesa. She found it easily.b. She found it easy.a. 'found' is a mono transitive verb = She was looking for some thing and she found it in an easy way.b. 'found' is a complex transitive verb and easy is an object complement = She was trying to do r answer something and it was easy. a. We called him.b. We called him champion. a. 'called' is a mono transitive verb and the sentence means we phoned him.b. 'called' is a complex transitive verb and the sentence means we named him champion. Exercise #8Rewrite the following sentences correcting all the sentences:He is being Palestinian.He is Palestinian_______________I haven’t a lot to do.I don't have much to do._____________The trash was took by the dustman.The trash was taken by the dustman_____________________4. He has send me much information about my research topic.__He has sent me much information about my research topic._____ Exercise #9Identify the underlined part in the sentence below by circling the appropriate letter(s):The committee held a meeting to discuss punctuality. A B C DAcollective noununcountable nouncountable nouncommonabstract nounDfinite verbnonfinite verbadverb phrasetransitive verbintransitive verbBmain verbfinite verbnonfinite verbtransitive verbintransitive verbDcollective nouncountable noununcountable nouncommonabstract nounExercise #10Identify the underlined part in the sentence below by circling the appropriate letter(s):The waitress served the customers delicious food.A B C DAa. in the subjective caseb. in the accusative casec. in the dative cased. in the vocative caseBmono—transitive verbdi-transitive verbcomplex transitive verbCa. in the subjective caseb. in the accusative casec. in the dative cased. in the vocative caseDa. in the subjective caseb. in the accusative casec. in the dative cased. in the vocative caseExercise #10Identify the underlined part in the sentence below by circling the appropriate letter(s):Laughter is the best cure. A B CAa collective nounan uncountable nouna count nouna proper nounan abstract nounBmain verbcomplete intransitiveincomplete intransitivemodal auxiliarylinking verb Ca collective nounan uncountable nouna count nouna proper nounan abstract nouna concrete noun ................
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