Exercises on Verbs

Exercise #1 Study each of the following sentences. Double underline the verbal element and underline the indirect object and direct object. Also specify the type of object by writing IO and .above each of them IO DO .The minister granted journalists an interview .1 IO DO .I gave each of the boys an apple .1 IO DO .Jim paid the man in the booth a quarter .2 IO DO .The agent has sold the couple a house .3 IO DO .They will buy their father and mother a present .4 IO DO .My mother taught me this song .5 IO DO .The company may have offered John’s wife a high salary .6 IO DO ?Can you tell me who wrote this book .7 IO DO .He asked her if she would drive him home .8 IO DO .She informed her mother-in-law, Elizabeth, that she had not changed her plan .9

Exercise #2 Study each of the following sentences. Double underline the verbal element; then, underline the direct object and the objective complement. Also specify the type of object .by writing DO and OC above each of them DO OC .We elected Jimmy President .1

1 IO DO .They made him a member of the club .2 DO OC .He painted his house yellow .3 DO OC .We have found him dishonest .4 DO OC .They considered his conduct a scandal and a disgrace .5 DO OC .She may cut her hair short .6 DO OC .We found it a trying and difficult task for beginners .7 DO OC .They might have considered the job finished .8 DO OC .They will appoint you as chairman of the committee .9 DO OC .They will appoint you to be chairman of the committee .10

Exercise #3 In the blank provided on the left, indicate the function of the underlined structure of .coordination by using the following abbreviations IO - indirect object DO - direct object OC - objective complement M - modifier SC - subjective complement S - subject P - predicate DO .Jane usually comes to visit her uncle and aunt in summer .1 OC .Either his mistakes or his bad luck keeps him poor .2 SC .That book is neither interesting nor accurate .3 OC The object is to make our research readable and comprehensible .4

2 DO .In my spare time, I enjoy reading novels or watching television .5 OC .The English found oranges grown in Florida juicy and sweet .6 S The committee concluded that the management, not the work-force, should .7 .be responsible for the damage IO .The company paid Helen and her husband a large sum of money .8

Exercise #4 In the following sets of sentences, comment on the changes of transitive and .intransitive use and corresponding changes in meaning .They’re growing. They’re growing bigger. They’re growing bigger cabbages 1 (They are becoming larger is size. (Complete intransitive verb (They are growing in size too. (Incomplete intransitive/linking verb .I’m writing. I’m writing a letter. I’m writing him a letter 2 Complete intransitive – Mono transitive – Di-transitive !Save me. Save me some. Save me, somebody 3 .Mono intransitive in the imperative mood Di-transitive in the imperative mood = keep some food for me Mono transitive in the vocative mood .They called me. They called me a doctor. They called me a good doctor 4 - Mono transitive – Complex transitive - Di-transitive .She teaches. She teaches me. She teaches me the violin 5 Incomplete intransitive – Mono transitive – Di-transitive

Exercise #5 .Explain the cause of ambiguity in each of the following sentences .We bought her pearl necklaces last month .1 Her' can be a possessive adjective and thus bought is a mono transitive verb = the' thing that we bought was her pearl earrings. Or 'her' can be an object form of the .pronoun and thus 'bought' is a di-transitive verb = we bought pearl earrings for her

3 .Mother has baked potatoes for dinner .2 has' can be an auxiliary verb and baked is the main verb = Mother has cooked" potatoes for dinner. Or 'has' can be a main verb meaning 'eats' and baked is a .'participial adjective describing the noun 'potatoes

.They are discouraging students .3 are' can be an auxiliary verb and 'discouraging' is the main verb = Some other' people are demotivating these students. 'are' can be a main verb and 'disncouraging' can be a participial adjective describing the students. Thus the students themselves are .discouraging or demotivating

Exercise #6

:Identify the underlined part in the sentence below by circling a or b

.Located on the River Thames, London is a tourist attraction visited by many tourists A B C a. Finite A b. Non-Finite a. Finite B b. Non-Finite a. Finite C b. Non-Finite

Exercise #7 Explain the difference between each pair of sentences .a. She found it easily .1 .b. She found it easy a. 'found' is a mono transitive verb = She was looking for some thing and .she found it in an easy way b. 'found' is a complex transitive verb and easy is an object complement = .She was trying to do r answer something and it was easy .a. We called him .2 .b. We called him champion a. 'called' is a mono transitive verb and the sentence means we .phoned him b. 'called' is a complex transitive verb and the sentence means we named .him champion

Exercise #8

:Rewrite the following sentences correcting all the sentences .He is being Palestinian .1 ______He is Palestinian .I haven’t a lot to do .2 ______.I don't have much to do .The trash was took by the dustman .3 ______The trash was taken by the dustman .He has send me much information about my research topic .4 _____.He has sent me much information about my research topic__

Exercise #9

:(Identify the underlined part in the sentence below by circling the appropriate letter(s

.The committee held a meeting to discuss punctuality A B C D

finite verb .a D collective noun .a A nonfinite verb .b uncountable noun .b adverb phrase .c countable noun .c transitive verb .d common .d intransitive verb .e abstract noun .e collective noun .a D main verb .a B countable noun .b finite verb .b uncountable .c nonfinite verb .c noun transitive verb .d common .d intransitive verb .e abstract noun .e

Exercise #10

.The waitress served the customers delicious food A B C D

a. in the subjective case A b. in the accusative case c. in the dative case d. in the vocative case

5 mono—transitive verb .a B di-transitive verb .b complex transitive verb .c a. in the subjective case C b. in the accusative case c. in the dative case d. in the vocative case a. in the subjective case D b. in the accusative case c. in the dative case d. in the vocative case

6 Exercise #10

.Laughter is the best cure A B C

a collective noun .a A an uncountable noun .b a count noun .c a proper noun .d an abstract noun .e main verb .a B complete intransitive .b incomplete intransitive .c modal auxiliary .d linking verb .e a collective noun .a C an uncountable noun .b a count noun .c a proper noun .d an abstract noun .e a concrete noun .f