Advanced Grammar Clauses Quiz

Finite verbs are essential to understanding clauses because

• they determine the tense, mood, and modality of verbs.

• they must function as part of a larger structure.

• • they determine many things.

• clauses must have a finite verb.

Non-finite verbs are ...

• verbs that show actions, with different tenses (present, past, future)

• verbs that can have a subject

• verbs with TO in front; lonely -ING verbs (without another verb in front)

• verbs that show states of being like: ('is', 'was', 'were')

A finite verb is a verb form that agrees with its subject (in person and number) and shows tense, while non-finite verbs do not. Pick the finite verb:

• To go to the store takes time.

• It's going to rain on Monday.

• In order to let me know, he came in!

• I struggle to grasp the difference

Which of these is a non-finite verb?

• to jump

• jumped

• am jumping

• will be jumping

Which of these is a non-finite verb?

• have eaten

• have been eat

• eatting

• eating

The dog 'wagged' its tail to show its happiness.

• finite

• non-finite

What part of the sentence is a subordinate clause "We weren't convinced that we had to tell the truth." ?

• "that we had to tell the truth."

• "We weren't convinced"

• "we had to tell the truth."

• "had to tell the truth."

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Correct this sentence: "Because of the rain she stayed home."

• Because of the rain, she stayed at home.
• She stayed at home, because of the rain.

• She rained at home, because of the stay.

• She stayed at home because of the rain.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

I will whistle while I work.

• while is an independent clause

• while is a dependent clause

• while is a subordinating conjunction

• while is relative pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Give the best description of "who" and "whom"

• "Who" is a subject; whereas, "Whom" is the object of the verb receives the action/object of preposition

• "Who" is an object/ who object of the verb receives the action/object of preposition

• "Who" is informal and "whom" is formal. They are the same thing.

• If you can say Who did it ?? and the answer is "she," you use "whom."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1A