English Paper 1 Revision

What is the verb phrase in this sentence?

She has drawn many cartoons for the village paper.

• has drawn many

• has drawn

• she has drawn

• drawn many cartoons

In which sentence are the underlined words auxiliary verbs?

   

• The president is holding a press conference tomorrow.

• My brother could be enrolling in college in the fall.

• Have the judges announced the winner, and has the press been invited?

• Barbara should have filled the fish tank with fresh water.

Which group of underlined words in the following sentences is a verb phrase without any interrupting words?

• This sweater will definitely shrink in the wash.

• The head chef does not personally prepare every dish.

• Usually, these musicians do not play contemporary music.

• Steve has been driving me home every day after work.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. The sun -------------- an hour later now that daylight-saving time has begun.

answer choices

• rises

• raises

• rose

• risen

Is the underlined verb transitive or intransitive?

Mom returned the shoes because they didn't fit well on me.

• transitive

• intransitive

• both transitive and intransitive

• neither transitive or intransitive

She ------ next to me throughout the presentation, but we never uttered a word to each other.

• sitted

• sits

• sat

• set

We never -------- in bed beyond five o'clock. 

• lie

• lay

• laid

• lain

We --------- our boots and heavy socks there too. 

• lie

• lay

• laid

• lain

What seats should we take in the theater?

• Let's set in the balcony.

• Let's sit in the balcony. 

Choose the sentence with an intransitive verb.

• We smiled at each other for encouraging each other.

• Dad has laid his old uniform in a trunk for years.

• My father took me to the movies for my birthday.

• They found the baby happily sitting in a mud puddle.