Student Resources

Chapter 9: Verb Types and Parts

	1.	Identify the underlined verb or verb part. We must resolve our parking problem before next week.

		a.	action-intrasitive verb
		b.	verb phrase
		c.	linking verb
		d.	helping verb

	2.	The past form and past participle are the same in an irregular verb.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	3.	In the sentence Helen is a good problem solver, the verb is solver.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	4.	In the sentence We discovered a problem concerning e-mail privacy, the verb discovered is an intransitive verb.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	5.	Identify the underlined verb or verb part. Pam would prefer a meeting on Friday afternoon.

		a.	action-transitive verb
		b.	action-intransitive verb
		c.	linking verb
		d.	helping verb

	6.	In the sentence Some decision-making software programs analyze thousands of variables, analyze is an intransitive verb.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	7.	The past and the past participle of irregular verb forms are the same.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	8.	Our manager _____ the griping among employees.

		a.	stopped
		b.	stoped

	9.	The past and the past participle are the same for the word identify.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	10.	The past verb part of catch is caught.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE