Writer's Choice Grade 8

Unit 10: Verbs


1.	A/An ______ tells to whom or for whom an action is done.
		A)	transitive verb
		B)	direct object
		C)	indirect object
		D)	predicate noun


2.	A verb that has a direct object is a/an ______ verb.
		A)	transitive
		B)	intransitive
		C)	linking
		D)	direct


3.	The present perfect tense names an action that ______.
		A)	will happen in the future
		B)	is happening now
		C)	took place before another action in the past
		D)	happened at an indefinite time in the past


4.	A ______ tells what a subject is like.
		A)	transitive verb
		B)	linking verb
		C)	predicate adjective
		D)	predicate noun


5.	The ______ of a verb tells when an action takes place.
		A)	agreement
		B)	tense
		C)	participle
		D)	irregularity


6.	An action or condition that is continuing in the present is named by the ______ tense.
		A)	present perfect
		B)	future perfect
		C)	past participle
		D)	present progressive


7.	A sentence is in the ______ when the subject performs the action of the verb.
		A)	action voice
		B)	present voice
		C)	active voice
		D)	passive voice


8.	A ______ verb connects the subject with a noun or adjective in the predicate.
		A)	future tense
		B)	transitive
		C)	linking
		D)	helping


9.	A _____ tells what a subject is.
		A)	predicate adjective
		B)	predicate noun
		C)	linking verb
		D)	transitive verb


10.	A/An _____ verb does not follow the rules for forming past or past participle forms.
		A)	transitive
		B)	intransitive
		C)	irregular
		D)	participial