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Business English at Work, 2nd Edition
 

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Chapter 10: Chapter Title: Verb Tense, Voice, and Mood—Verbals
      
  1.A gerund may be a subject or an object in a sentence.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  2.The past participle is the verb part used to form the future tense.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  3.In the sentence Shane writes software programs, the verb is in the future tense.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  4.In the sentence Finding the software easy to use, I trained my friends, the subject is finding.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  5.A gerund ends in ing.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  6.The three simple tenses are the present, perfect, and progressive.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  7.When the subject performs the action, the sentence is in active voice.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  8.An infinitive can stand alone as the verb in a sentence.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  9.The past participle is the verb part used to form the progressive tenses.  
  a.   TRUE  
  b.   FALSE  
      
  10.Identify the correct tense of the verb indicated in parentheses.
Jan (design; present perfect) our annual report.
 
  a.   designed  
  b.   will design  
  c.   has designed  
  d.   had designed  

 
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