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In which of the following sentences is the main verb in the past progressive tense?

Because Eli has a car, Alex has been expecting him to drive them both to the mall.

Carlos had given Janet twenty dollars to purchase pizza for the party.

Emily has opened bank accounts in every city in which she was interned.

Whenever it rained the clogged gutters were overflowing.

The passive voice is formed when a verb phrase contains...

A "to be" helping verb and the past participle of a transitive verb.

A "to be" helping verb and the past participle of an intransitive verb.

A "to have" helping verb and the past participle of an intransitive verb.

A "to do" helping verb and the past participle of an intransitive verb.

"I am buying all of my family's holiday gifts early this year." The main verb of this sentence is in the ___ tense.

Present perfect

Future perfect

Future progressive

Present progressive

Which is the most acceptable way to correct the following fused sentence? "It was close to fall the trees were losing their leaves."

It was close to fall; the trees were losing their leaves.

Because it was close to fall, the trees were losing their leaves.

It was close to fall. The trees were losing their leaves.

All of the above are equally acceptable.

Which of the following sentences does NOT contain an example of an irregular verb?

The bell had rung at 3:00 PM.

By December, the lake was frozen solid.

They have drunk themselves under the table.

She has walked off the pier without looking.

"The cable company cut off our Internet service because we didn't pay the bill." Which of the following statements is true regarding the preceding sentence?

The main verb of the sentence is the modal verb “pay” and the contraction “didn’t” combines two helping verbs

The main verb of the sentence is the transitive verb “pay”, and “the bill” functions as its direct object.

The main verb of the sentence is the intransitive verb “cut”, and “our internet service” is the object of the preposition “off”

The main verb of the sentence is the phrasal verb “cut off”, and “our internet service” is its direct object.

Be, Become, and Feel are...

Linking and irregular verbs

Linking and regular verbs

Action and regula verbs

Action and irregular verbs.

Which of the following sentences uses quantifiers CORRECTLY?

I'd like some carrots, please.

At the nursery, Melinda picked up a large amount of seedlings for her botany experiment.

There were less students taking the course this year than last.

All of the above are correct.

"Near forests, residents must always put their garbage securely in bear-proof traps." In this sentence, which word is an adverb, and which is the word it modifies?

Bear-proof/trash cans

Securely/garbage

Securely/put

Near/put