Verbs

3. In the sentence "He gobbles live fish," the verb is in the simple-present _____ .
6. "The letter was received by Elena" is the _____-voice construction of "Elena received the letter."
8. "Talk/Talked/Talked" vs. "go/went/gone" are examples of regular vs. _____ verbs.
11. When we're talking about singular vs. plural for a verb (as in "She says" vs. "They say"), we're talking about _____ .
13. Verbs with no objects are _____ , as in, "He grew tall."
15. Simple, progressive, and perfect are _____ of a verb.
17. "We could play piano when we were young." The verb "could" is a _____ verb (a type of helping verb).
18. "He looks strange." "She is a chef." The verbs "looks" and "is" are _____ verbs.
20. "Look down on" is a phrasal verb, but "look around" is a _____ verb.

1. In the sentence "We know nothing," the subject is in the first _____ plural.
2. "Sam killed Bert" vs. "Bert was killed by Sam" are examples of active vs. passive _____ .
4. "Understand," "anticipate," "imagine," and "believe" are all _____ verbs.
5. In the sentence "You are just too much," the subject and verb are in the _____ person singular.
7. Verbs that have objects are _____ , as in, "He grew corn.".
9. The "nouned" form of a verb, functioning as a noun and ending in -ing (as in "Fishing is nice"), is called a(n) _____ .
10. The verb "reading" in the sentence "He is reading" is a present _____ .
12. If "to expectorate" is the infinitive, then just "expectorate" is the _____ infinitive.
14. "Run," "slurp," "giggle," and "hunt" are all _____ verbs.
15. "The king has spoken." The verb "has" is a(n) _____ verb, also called a helping verb.
16. Verbs in their "dictionary" form, unconjugated and free of context, are infinitive, but conjugated verbs ("he SITS" vs. "to sit") are _____ .
19. In the sentence "To err is human," the verb "to err" is in its _____ form.