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7-verbs-7



True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

A.7 A verb that explains an action that is still happening now and has happened in the past is in the past perfect tense.
 

 2. 

A.7 A verb that states an action that happened before another event in the past is in the present perfect tense.
 

 3. 

A.7 A verb that has happened numerous times or at an unknown time in the past is in the present perfect tense.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 4. 

A.7 What type of verb helps the main verb explain an action?
a.
transitive
c.
helping
b.
intransitive
d.
All of the above
 

 5. 

A.7 What is a verb phrase?
a.
two or more verbs positioned side by side in a sentence along with an adjective
c.
three helping verbs followed by a main verb, noun, adjective, and pronoun
b.
one or more helping verbs followed by a main verb
d.
None of the above
 

 6. 

A.7 What does a helping verb do?
a.
helps the main verb to make a statement
c.
helps the main verb explain an action
b.
acts as a link between the adjective and the period
d.
Both A and C
 

 7. 

B.7 “I have been to many college football games in my life.”

The verb is in
a.
present perfect tense.
b.
past perfect tense.
 

 8. 

B.7 “She has been a teacher for as long as I can remember.”

The main verb is in _______ perfect tense.
a.
present
c.
future
b.
past
 

 9. 

A.7 “When she walked into her class the children were working.”

The main verb is in _______ perfect tense.
a.
present
c.
future
b.
past
 

 10. 

B.7 They _________ eaten at many fancy restaurants in the course of their lives.
a.
has
c.
have
b.
had
 



 
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