{"id":1398,"date":"2016-04-27T22:53:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T22:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level1-english\/?post_type=chapter&p=1398"},"modified":"2016-08-25T18:24:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T18:24:10","slug":"try-it-verbs","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-basicreadingwriting\/chapter\/try-it-verbs\/","title":{"raw":"Try It: Verbs","rendered":"Try It: Verbs"},"content":{"raw":"This activity is not graded. The text fields below are purely for self-reflection; you do not need to submit anything for this assignment.\r\n

Categorize<\/h2>\r\nLook at the bolded verbs in the following\u00a0paragraphs, and identify each as an active verb, a linking verb, or a helping verb. (Note:<\/strong> Gerunds, participles, and infinitives have not been bolded.) Record your answers in the text frame below\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2344\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"400\"]\"an Several macronarian sauropods; from left to right, Camarasaurus<\/em>, Brachiosaurus<\/em>, Giraffatitan<\/em>, and Euhelopus<\/em>.[\/caption]\r\n

In terms of iconic dinosaurs, the gargantuan sauropods are<\/strong> certainly up there. Sauropods\u00a0form<\/strong> one of the three major groups of dinosaurs (along with the mostly meat eating-theropods and the herbivorous ornithischians), and they were<\/strong> the biggest animals to ever walk this Earth.<\/p>\r\n

The end of the Jurassic period, some 145 million years ago, was<\/strong> a pretty important time for sauropods. Their diversity was<\/strong> already in decline through some of the latter part of the Jurassic, but it seems<\/strong> that they were<\/strong> hit<\/strong> pretty badly at the Jurassic\/Cretaceous boundary in an extinction event that may have been<\/strong> quite severe among land- and marine-dwelling animals.<\/p>\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"873972\"]Click to Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"873972\"]Your answer should look something like this. Please note that the helping verbs are followed by the verbs they help in brackets.\r\n\r\nActive verbs: form, hit\r\n\r\nLinking verbs:\u00a0are, were, was, was, seems, been\r\n\r\nHelping verbs: were [hit], may\u00a0have [been]\r\n\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n

Agreement<\/h2>\r\nRead through the paragraph below and select the verbs that agree in each sentence:\r\n

It (was\/were)\u00a0previously thought that diplodocids, a group of sauropods with narrow teeth, went extinct at the Jurassic\/Cretaceous boundary, along with other sauropods. Other sauropod groups\u2014such as rebbachisaurids and titanosauriforms\u2014(seems\/seem) to (has\/have)\u00a0been unaffected at the Jurassic\/Cretaceous boundary. This group-based selectivity of extinction (suggests\/suggest) that there (was\/were) a degree of targeting in extinction across the boundary, possibly as a result of different feeding styles or different\u00a0environments which the different sauropods lived in at the time.<\/p>\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"682838\"]Click to Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"682838\"]Your answer should look something like this:\r\n

was;\u00a0seem;\u00a0have;\u00a0suggests;\u00a0was<\/p>\r\nHere is the full paragraph with the correct verbs selected:\r\n

It was<\/strong> previously thought that diplodocids, a group of sauropods with narrow teeth, went extinct at the Jurassic\/Cretaceous boundary, along with other sauropods. Other sauropod groups\u2014such as rebbachisaurids and titanosauriforms\u2014seem<\/strong>\u00a0to have<\/strong>\u00a0been unaffected at the Jurassic\/Cretaceous boundary. This group-based selectivity of extinction suggests<\/strong>\u00a0that there was<\/strong> a degree of targeting in extinction across the boundary, possibly as a result of different feeding styles or different\u00a0environments which the different sauropods lived in at the time.<\/p>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]\r\n

Non-Finite Clauses<\/h2>\r\nIdentify if each\u00a0sentence uses a gerund, participle, or infinitive. Record your answers in the text frame below:\r\n
    \r\n \t
  1. Having lost the race, Karen felt as if she had also lost all hope.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Levi wanted to win.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Losing is not an option.<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. The other team was beaten by us.<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. The team beaten by us were bad sports about it.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"342824\"]Click to Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"342824\"]Your answer should look something like this:\r\n
      \r\n \t
    1. Having lost the race<\/em> is a present participle. In this sentence, it acts as an adverbial phrase.<\/li>\r\n \t
    2. To win<\/em> is an infinitive. In this sentence, it is a direct object.<\/li>\r\n \t
    3. Losing<\/em> is a gerund. In this sentence, it is the subject.<\/li>\r\n \t
    4. Beaten<\/em>\u00a0is a past participle. In this sentence, it is a part of the passive voice.<\/li>\r\n \t
    5. Beaten by us<\/em> is a past participle. In this sentence, it is an adjective phrase.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[\/hidden-answer]","rendered":"

      This activity is not graded. The text fields below are purely for self-reflection; you do not need to submit anything for this assignment.<\/p>\n

      Categorize<\/h2>\n

      Look at the bolded verbs in the following\u00a0paragraphs, and identify each as an active verb, a linking verb, or a helping verb. (Note:<\/strong> Gerunds, participles, and infinitives have not been bolded.) Record your answers in the text frame below<\/p>\n

      \"an<\/p>\n

      Several macronarian sauropods; from left to right, Camarasaurus<\/em>, Brachiosaurus<\/em>, Giraffatitan<\/em>, and Euhelopus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

      In terms of iconic dinosaurs, the gargantuan sauropods are<\/strong> certainly up there. Sauropods\u00a0form<\/strong> one of the three major groups of dinosaurs (along with the mostly meat eating-theropods and the herbivorous ornithischians), and they were<\/strong> the biggest animals to ever walk this Earth.<\/p>\n

      The end of the Jurassic period, some 145 million years ago, was<\/strong> a pretty important time for sauropods. Their diversity was<\/strong> already in decline through some of the latter part of the Jurassic, but it seems<\/strong> that they were<\/strong> hit<\/strong> pretty badly at the Jurassic\/Cretaceous boundary in an extinction event that may have been<\/strong> quite severe among land- and marine-dwelling animals.<\/p>\n