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Verbs and Verb Terminology

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Latin verbs that share a pattern of endings belong to groups called:

a)

Declensions

b)

Conjugations

c)

Congregations

d)

Conclaves

e)

Herds

2.

The quality of a verb that indicates "who" is doing the action in:

a)

person

b)

number

c)

tense

d)

voice

e)

mood

3.

The quality of a verb that tells "how many" are doing an action is:

a)

person

b)

number

c)

tense

d)

voice

e)

mood

4.

The quality of a verb that tells "when" an action is happening is:

a)

person

b)

number

c)

tense

d)

voice

e)

mood

5.

The quality of a verb that tells if the subject is doing the action or is being acted upon is:

a)

person

b)

number

c)

tense

d)

voice

e)

mood

6.

The quality of a verb that tells "how" an action is being done, as in is it a statement, a command, or a wish, is:

a)

person

b)

number

c)

tense

d)

voice

e)

mood

7.

A verb always "agrees" with its subject in which two qualities:

a)

person and number

b)

tense and mood

c)

voice and mood

d)

tense and voice

e)

mood and person

8.

The four most basic forms of a verb that are used to create all other variations of that verb are called:

a)

principle parts

b)

base roots

c)

conjunctive participles

d)

supine infinitives

e)

ontological stems

9.

The "to ---" form of a verb, given as the second principle part, is called the:

a)

infinitive

b)

supine

c)

participle

d)

imperative

e)

gerundive

10.

This verb tense indicates that the action is happening "now"

a)

present

b)

imperfect

c)

future

d)

perfect

e)

pluperfect

11.

This verb tense indicates incomplete, interrupted, unfinished, or habitual past action.

a)

present

b)

imperfect

c)

future

d)

perfect

e)

pluperfect

12.

This verb tense indicates action that "has not happened yet" but is going to happen:

a)

present

b)

imperfect

c)

future

d)

perfect

e)

pluperfect

13.

This verb person indicates that the speaker, and only the speaker, is doing the action of the verb.

a)

First Person Singular

b)

Second Person Singular

c)

Third Person Singular

d)

Second Person Plural

e)

Third Person Plural

14.

This verb person indicates that one person to whom the speaker is speaking is doing the action of the verb.

a)

First Person Singular

b)

Second Person Singular

c)

Third Person Singular

d)

First Person Plural

e)

Third Person Plural

15.

This verb person indicates that one person or one thing other than the speaker or the person being spoken to is doing the action of the verb.

a)

First Person Singular

b)

Second Person Singular

c)

Third Person Singular

d)

First Person Plural

e)

Second Person Plural

16.

This verb person indicates that a group of people, including the speaker, is doing the action of the verb.

a)

Second Person Singular

b)

Third Person Singular

c)

First Person Plural

d)

Second Person Plural

e)

Third Person Plural

17.

This verb person indicates that a group of people to whom the speaker is speaking is doing the action of the verb.

a)

First Person Singular

b)

Third Person Singular

c)

First Person Plural

d)

Second Person Plural

e)

Third Person Plural

18.

This verb person indicates that a group of people or a group of things that does not include the speaker or the person being spoken to is doing the action of the verb.

a)

First Person Singular

b)

Second Person Singular

c)

First Person Plural

d)

Second Person Plural

e)

Third Person Plural

19.

This verb number indicates that only one person or one thing is doing the action of the verb.

a)

Singular

b)

Plural

20.

This verb number indicates that more than one person or more than one thing is doing the action of the verb.

a)

Singular

b)

Plural

21.

The most basic part of the verb, found by dropping the -re from the infinitive, the second principle part, is called:

a)

stem

b)

conjugation

c)

participle

d)

supine

e)

basal form