BJU WRITING AND GRAMMAR 7 CHAPTER 3 | COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH GRAMMAR STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027

BJU WRITING AND GRAMMAR 7 CHAPTER 3 | COMPREHENSIVE
ENGLISH GRAMMAR STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 2026/2027


Verb - correct answer ✔✔Shows action or state of being.
Can fit into the test frame
He or It __________s
He or It __________ing

Transitive Verb (TrV) - correct answer ✔✔A verb that needs a direct object to receive its action.
Example - Dmitri baked a cake.

Intransitive Verb (InV) - correct answer ✔✔A verb that does not need a direct object to receive its
action.
Example - Dimitri baked in the kitchen.

Direct Object (DO) - correct answer ✔✔A noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb.
Answers the question "what" of the verb.
Example - Dmitri baked a cake.
Dmitri baked what? cake

Indirect Object (IO) - correct answer ✔✔A noun or pronoun that tells whom or for whom the verbs
action was done. Answers the questions "to whom" or "for whom" of the verb. Between transitive verb
and direct object.
Example - Dmitri baked Katya a cake.
Dmitri baked a cake for whom? Katya

Linking Verb (LV) - correct answer ✔✔A verb that links the subject of a sentence to a word that renames
or describes the subject.
David was a shepherd.
David = shepherd

Predicate Noun (PN) - correct answer ✔✔A ou that follows a linking verb and renames the subject.
Example - Tom is goalie.
Tom = goalie

Predicate Adjective (PA) - correct answer ✔✔An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the
subject.
Example - Tom is tall.
Tom = tall