38. Which of the following sentences contains a helping verb? (1 point)
Eduardo looked in the basement, but the puppy wasn’t there.
Sakkom hung wind chimes because she loves the sound.
Roger has never performed a solo in his life. The leader of the troop took the scouts to the lake.
39. In the following sentence, “famous” is the complement. What kind of complement is it?
“In 1975, Margaret Thatcher became famous as the first woman leader of the British Conservative Party."
(1 point) predicate adjective direct object predicate nominative indirect object 40. Choose the answer that correctly identifies the underlined word.
“The ice fields of the north are still relatively barren.” (1 point)
direct object indirect object predicate nominative predicate adjective 41. Choose the answer that correctly identifies the underlined word.
"The grain of the western prairies is a major source of income." (1 point)
direct object indirect object predicate nominative predicate adjective 42. Choose the answer that correctly identifies the underlined word.
“Western Canada also gives us the art of the Kwakiutl Indians.” (1 point)
direct object indirect object predicate nominative predicate adjective 43. In the following sentence, what kind of phrase is “to play basketball”?
“Porpoises have been trained to play basketball.” (1 point) prepositional participial infinitive 44. In the following sentence, what kind of phrase is “to the library”?
“I will be going to the library soon.” (1 point) prepositional participial infinitive gerund 45. In the following sentence, what kind of phrase is “Moving away”?
“Moving away made my little cousin sad.” (1 point) prepositional gerund infinitive participial 46. What is the tense of the underlined verb in the following sentence?
“I will be studying his painting techniques this summer.”
(1 point) present emphatic present perfect progressive future progressive present progressive 47. What is the verb mood of the sentence? Wear your coat when you are in the snow. (1 point) indicative mood imperative mood subjunctive mood True or False 48. You should avoid unnecessary shifts in verb tense when writing. (1 point)
TRUE FALSE 49. Passive voice adds directness to your writing. (1 point)
TRUE FALSE For questions 52–55 match the vocabulary words with the appropriate definitions.
personification sound device stage direction author’s purpose 50. ways to use sounds in poetry to achieve certain effects (1 point)
51. giving human qualities to non-human subjects (1 point)
52. identified as physical movements of characters in a play (1 point)
53. reason a writer writes about a topic (1 point)

Became is a linking verb so the complement cannot be a direct or indirect object. Those are only used with action verbs. Famous is an adjective, not a noun, so it is predicate adjective.

40. Predicate adjective

The subject of the sentences is fields. The main verb "are" is a linking verb that links fields to the description of barren. This eliminates the options direct and indirect objects. Since barren is an adjective, the correct answer must be predicate adjective.

41. Predicate Nominative

The subject of the sentence is grain. This sentence uses the linking verb "is" to link grain to source. This leaves predicate adjective or nominative as the only options left. Source is a noun so the best answer is predicate nominative.

42. Us = Indirect Object, Art = Direct Object

Gives is an action verb so the predicate options are immediately eliminated. The direct object is touched first if you were to carry out the action of the sentence. In this case, you would touch the art first. It is the direct object because it directly is involved in the action. The indirect object is us. It receives the direct object and therefore is indirectly involved in the action of the verb.

43. Infinitive

Infinitive phrases contain verbs. Play is a verb in this phrase.

44. Prepositional

Prepositional phrases begin with a preposition and end with a noun. They do not contain verbs. To is a preposition and library is a noun.

45. Gerund

A gerund is a verb that ends with -ing that is used as a noun.

46. future progressive

Future progressive tense uses the helping verbs will+be and the -ing form of the verb.

47. imperative mood

The imperative mood is a command or a request. This sentence is giving a command.

48. True

You should avoid anything unnecessary when writing, especially shifts in verb tense as that can confuse the reader.

49. False

Passive voice does not add directness to your writing because passive voice is indirect.

50. sound device

Sound devices are ways to use sounds in poetry to achieve certain effects. Some of these sound devices include alliteration, onomatopoeia, and rhyme.

51. personification

Personification is giving non-human things human-like qualities, like saying that the trees danced in the wind. Trees are not humans but they are described as doing the human action of dancing.

52. stage direction

Stage directions tell what the actors are doing on stage and what the setting looks like.

53. author's purpose

The author's purpose is the reason a writer writes about a topic - it's purpose.