AMWA Basic Grammar and Usage - Chapter ½ || A+ Graded
Already.
What is a verb? correct answers A verb shows action or state of being.
Identify the verb in the sentence: "The intern raced through the emergency room." correct
answers The verb is "raced."
What is a state of being verb? correct answers A verb that shows the state or condition in which
something or someone finds itself, e.g., "is" in "This surgeon is the best in her field."
Define the subject of a verb. correct answers The person or thing that performs the action of the
verb or is in the state of being described by the verb.
How does the subject influence the form of the verb? correct answers A singular subject takes a
singular verb, and a plural subject takes a plural verb.
What is a transitive verb? correct answers A verb that requires a direct object to complete its
meaning.
What questions help identify the main sections of a sentence? correct answers 1. What is the
verb?
2. Who or what (verb)?
3. Whom or what (subject and verb)?
Apply the pattern to the sentence: "The surgeon excised a tumor." What is the direct object?
correct answers The direct object is "tumor."
What is an indirect object? correct answers A person or thing on whose behalf the action is
performed, e.g., "Dr. Johnson" in "The medical students gave Dr. Johnson the Golden Apple
Award."
What is an intransitive verb? correct answers A verb that does not need a direct object to
complete its meaning.
Identify if the verb is transitive or intransitive in: "The medical students studied all night."
correct answers The verb "studied" is intransitive.
What is a linking verb? correct answers A verb that connects the subject to additional
information, expressing a state of being without requiring a direct object.
Identify the linking verb in the sentence: "The MCAT is a difficult examination." correct answers
The linking verb is "is."
What defines a passive voice verb? correct answers A verb form where the subject receives the
action, consisting of a form of "to be" and a past participle.
, Convert the sentence to passive voice: "The chief resident performed the operation." correct
answers "The operation was performed by the chief resident."
Why might writers avoid passive voice? correct answers It can obscure who is responsible for
the action and make the text seem stilted and boring.
What are the four principal parts of a verb? correct answers Infinitive, past tense, past participle,
and present participle.
Provide the past tense of the regular verb "to walk." correct answers Walked.
Provide the past tense of the irregular verb "to go." correct answers Went.
How is the progressive tense formed? correct answers By using a form of "to be" and the present
participle (-ing form) of the verb, e.g., "am walking."
Define the predicate of a sentence. correct answers The predicate includes the verb and all the
words that relate to it, telling what the subject does, is, or what is done to it.
Identify the predicate in the sentence: "The chief resident performed the operation yesterday."
correct answers The predicate is "performed the operation yesterday."
1. Macrophages are injected into the spinal cord at the site of injury. correct answers d. Passive
voice
2. An important cause of treatment failure is the development of resistant clones of cells. correct
answers c. Linking
3. Many experimental animals regained limb function. correct answers a. Transitive
4. The vitamin corrects problems in the metabolism of pyrimidine. correct answers a. Transitive
5. An electrical stimulator is implanted in the patient's chest. correct answers d. Passive voice
6. The device stimulates the left vagus nerve. correct answers a. Transitive
7. Antiviral therapy has become the best treatment for decreasing the duration of primary
symptoms. correct answers c. Linking
8. The patient's disease was diagnosed last week. correct answers d. Passive voice
9. Unfortunately, the disease recurred quickly. correct answers b. Intransitive
10. One complication of this surgical procedure is hemorrhage. correct answers c. Linking
Already.
What is a verb? correct answers A verb shows action or state of being.
Identify the verb in the sentence: "The intern raced through the emergency room." correct
answers The verb is "raced."
What is a state of being verb? correct answers A verb that shows the state or condition in which
something or someone finds itself, e.g., "is" in "This surgeon is the best in her field."
Define the subject of a verb. correct answers The person or thing that performs the action of the
verb or is in the state of being described by the verb.
How does the subject influence the form of the verb? correct answers A singular subject takes a
singular verb, and a plural subject takes a plural verb.
What is a transitive verb? correct answers A verb that requires a direct object to complete its
meaning.
What questions help identify the main sections of a sentence? correct answers 1. What is the
verb?
2. Who or what (verb)?
3. Whom or what (subject and verb)?
Apply the pattern to the sentence: "The surgeon excised a tumor." What is the direct object?
correct answers The direct object is "tumor."
What is an indirect object? correct answers A person or thing on whose behalf the action is
performed, e.g., "Dr. Johnson" in "The medical students gave Dr. Johnson the Golden Apple
Award."
What is an intransitive verb? correct answers A verb that does not need a direct object to
complete its meaning.
Identify if the verb is transitive or intransitive in: "The medical students studied all night."
correct answers The verb "studied" is intransitive.
What is a linking verb? correct answers A verb that connects the subject to additional
information, expressing a state of being without requiring a direct object.
Identify the linking verb in the sentence: "The MCAT is a difficult examination." correct answers
The linking verb is "is."
What defines a passive voice verb? correct answers A verb form where the subject receives the
action, consisting of a form of "to be" and a past participle.
, Convert the sentence to passive voice: "The chief resident performed the operation." correct
answers "The operation was performed by the chief resident."
Why might writers avoid passive voice? correct answers It can obscure who is responsible for
the action and make the text seem stilted and boring.
What are the four principal parts of a verb? correct answers Infinitive, past tense, past participle,
and present participle.
Provide the past tense of the regular verb "to walk." correct answers Walked.
Provide the past tense of the irregular verb "to go." correct answers Went.
How is the progressive tense formed? correct answers By using a form of "to be" and the present
participle (-ing form) of the verb, e.g., "am walking."
Define the predicate of a sentence. correct answers The predicate includes the verb and all the
words that relate to it, telling what the subject does, is, or what is done to it.
Identify the predicate in the sentence: "The chief resident performed the operation yesterday."
correct answers The predicate is "performed the operation yesterday."
1. Macrophages are injected into the spinal cord at the site of injury. correct answers d. Passive
voice
2. An important cause of treatment failure is the development of resistant clones of cells. correct
answers c. Linking
3. Many experimental animals regained limb function. correct answers a. Transitive
4. The vitamin corrects problems in the metabolism of pyrimidine. correct answers a. Transitive
5. An electrical stimulator is implanted in the patient's chest. correct answers d. Passive voice
6. The device stimulates the left vagus nerve. correct answers a. Transitive
7. Antiviral therapy has become the best treatment for decreasing the duration of primary
symptoms. correct answers c. Linking
8. The patient's disease was diagnosed last week. correct answers d. Passive voice
9. Unfortunately, the disease recurred quickly. correct answers b. Intransitive
10. One complication of this surgical procedure is hemorrhage. correct answers c. Linking
