Chapter 4 Grammar Skills

A verb form that indicates action is in progress or ongoing is a(n) _______________.

• present participle

• past participle

• infinitive

• gerund

What term refers to an action of someone being discussed?

• Action

• Subject

• Object

• Predicate

_______________ indicates that the action or state of being will occur at a later time.

• Future tense

• Past tense

• Present tense

• Present perfect tense

When the subject is acted upon, the sentence is in _______________.

• passive voice

• active voice

• imperative mood

• subjunctive mood

A(n) _______________ is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun.

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

• preposition

Matching: Write the letter of the correct term for each definition on the line provided.

• Word that shows action or state of being.

• collective noun

• Study of how words and their components come together to form sentences.

• conjunction

• Word that connects other words, phrases, or sentences.

• gerund

• Names something or someone for whom the action of the verb is performed.

• definite article

• Word that replaces a noun in a sentence.

• clause