Identifying Verbs- Write the complete verb in the blank: A person's skin weighs about 8.5 to 10 pounds.

Identifying Verbs- Write the complete verb in the blank: The epidermis and the dermis are the two major layers of skin

Identifying Verbs- Write the complete verb in the blank: Skin contains thousands of individual nerves.

Identifying Verbs- Write the complete verb in the blank: The color of hair is determined by the amount of melanin pigment in the basal layer of skin.

Identifying Verbs- Write the complete verb in the blank: Every six to seven months, fingernails replace themselves.

Identifying Verbs- Write the complete verb in the blank: Ultraviolet rays can cause serious forms of skin cancer.

Identify the verb in the parentheses as linking, transitive, or intransitive: "The brain (is) the most complex organ in the human body."

Identify the verb in the parentheses as linking, transitive, or intransitive: "The brain (receives) nerve impulses from many different sensory organs, such as skin, eyes, and ears."

Identify the verb in the parentheses as linking, transitive, or intransitive: "The brain (functions) in an amazing way."

Identify the verb in the parentheses as linking, transitive, or intransitive: "The skull (protects) the brain."

Identify the verb in the parentheses as linking, transitive, or intransitive: "The brain and the spinal cord (are) the two components of the central nervous system."

Choose the correct verb tense to complete the sentence: "In ancient times the heart was ___ the core of the body."

Choose the correct verb tense to complete the sentence: "Words like cordial and courage are ___ from cor, the Latin word for heart."

Choose the correct verb tense to complete the sentence: "The heart ___ the popular symbol for love."

Choose the correct verb tense to complete the sentence: "Until the Middle Ages, the circulation process ___ not known."

Choose the correct verb tense to complete the sentence: "Humans ___ a four-chambered heart."

Complete each sentence with the correct verb form in the parentheses: Physical exercise ___ the structure and functions of the body. (strengthen, present)

Complete each sentence with the correct verb form in the parentheses: When he was younger, my father ___ five miles every day. (run, past)

Complete each sentence with the correct verb form in the parentheses: Recently, I ___ a regular exercise program. (begin, present perfect)

Complete each sentence with the correct verb form in the parentheses: By the end of today, I ___ for five hours total this week. (exercise, future perfect)

Complete each sentence with the correct verb form in the parentheses: I ___ to lose ten pounds. (try, present progressive)

Identify the mood of each verb in parentheses as indicative, imperative, or subjunctive: We (need) to do a research paper for English class.

Identify the mood of each verb in parentheses as indicative, imperative, or subjunctive: (Choose) to do your paper on Frederick Douglass.

Identify the mood of each verb in parentheses as indicative, imperative, or subjunctive: Although born a slave, Douglass (escaped) at the age of 27.

Identify the mood of each verb in parentheses as indicative, imperative, or subjunctive: If I (were) Frederick Douglass, I do not know whether I could have been successful in escaping.

Identify the mood of each verb in parentheses as indicative, imperative, or subjunctive: (Listen) to Douglass’s quote on education: “Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.”

Identify the verb in parenthesis in the sentence as (Active or Passive) : "Coca-Cola (was) first served in Atlanta, GA, for five cents a glass."

Identify the verb in parenthesis in the sentence as (Active or Passive): "Dr. John Pemberton first invented Coca-Cola in 1886."

Identify the verb in parenthesis in the sentence as (Active or Passive): "The name Coca-Cola (was) first (given) by Pemberton’s bookkeeper Frank Robinson."

Identify the verb in parenthesis in the sentence as (Active or Passive): "By the beginning of the twentieth century, Coca-Cola (was being sold) in every US state."

Identify the verb in parenthesis in the sentence as (Active or Passive): "After World War II, the company (began) to develop new products."

Identify the sentence pattern of the sentence: The bony structure around the eye is the socket.

Identify the sentence pattern of the sentence: The socket gives the eye a conduit for nerves and blood vessels.

Identify the sentence pattern of the sentence: The muscles around the eye move the eye and the eyelid.

The color of the iris depends on the amount of pigment in the eye.

Identify the verb in parenthesis as Action or State-of Being (Linking) : The eye (can suffer) from many different disorders.

Identify the verb in parenthesis as Action or State-of Being (Linking) : Cataracts (cause) the loss of the transparency of the lens.

Identify the verb in parenthesis as Action or State-of Being (Linking) : Glaucoma (is) a degenerative eye disorder.

Identify the verb in parenthesis as Action or State-of Being (Linking) : Night blindness, or nyctalopia, (results) in poor vision during the night.

Identify the verb in parenthesis as Action or State-of Being (Linking) : Burns in the eye from acid or grease (feel) very painful.

Select the complete helping verb in the sentence: Oxygen and glucose are delivered to the brain by blood.

Select the complete helping verb in the sentence: Twenty-five percent of the body's blood oxygen supply is consumed by the brain every day.

Select the complete helping verb in the sentence: A nerve is stimulated by a mild electrical shock.

Select the complete helping verb in the sentence: Thousands of these nerves are located in the brain stem.

Choose the progressive form being used in the sentence: We will be reading The Outsiders.

Choose the progressive form being used in the sentence: We had been reading until class began.

I am studying for my test.

We will have been reading The Outsiders for ten minutes when class begins.

She was singing her favorite song.