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Chapter 10: Chapter Title: Verb Tense, Voice, and Mood—Verbals

	1.	Determine which item best describes or identifies the italicized verb or verbal. Matt was using the latest wireless mouse.

		a.	past tense
		b.	perfect tense
		c.	past progressive tense
		d.	future tense

	2.	An infinitive can stand alone as the verb in a sentence.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	3.	In the sentence Shane writes software programs, the verb is in the future tense.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	4.	Identify the correct tense of the verb indicated in parentheses. I (purchase; future) more memory for my computer when we upgrade the software.

		a.	purchase
		b.	will purchase
		c.	will have purchased
		d.	will be purchasing

	5.	I wish I were working in a computer store is an example of a sentence in the indicative mood.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	6.	The past participle is the verb part used to form the progressive tenses.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	7.	The past participle is the verb part used to form the future tense.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	8.	A gerund ends in ing.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	9.	The three simple tenses are the present, perfect, and progressive.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE

	10.	In the sentence Our instructor showed us some word processing shortcuts, the verb showed is in the past tense.

		a.	TRUE
		b.	FALSE