Sin And Syntax Quiz 2: Verbs

Front 1

static

Back 1

express a state of being or quietly link starlet noun and adj without demanding attention

Front 2

static

Back 2

to be- am is was were appear become seem prove remain
5 senses; look taste smell feel sound

Front 3

dynamic

Back 3

transitive or intransitive

Front 4

transitive

Back 4

take direct object to express action
ex: show lend cost

Front 5

intransitive

Back 5

do not take direct object. can stand on their own. Ex; i run

Front 6

auxiliary/helping verbs

Back 6

accomplices in action

Front 7

auxiliary

Back 7

may might could should would have can must will am are is was were (sidekicks)

Front 8

verb phrase

Back 8

combo of auxiliary and main verb

Front 9

helping verbs

Back 9

conjugate tenses, indicate volition (will lurch), possibility (might lurch), oblication (must lurch), express a negative, transform thoguht into question, or emphasize

Front 10

participle

Back 10

form of active verb ending in -ing or-ed

Front 11

sins

Back 11

is, being, passive voice, couch potato,editing, airhead, action not abstraction, split infinitives, back formation

Front 12

either error or extraneous

Back 12

bad thing about being

Front 13

we notice

Back 13

instead of it has come to my attention, use

Front 14

blur relationship between the agent and the aciton

Back 14

people purposefully use passive voice to

Front 15

couch potato writing

Back 15

drab linking verbs ; seems appears- unwilling to commit to strong idea

Front 16

couch potato

Back 16

feel look smell sounds tastes

Front 17

thinks

Back 17

feels inequal to

Front 18

couch potato

Back 18

does get go has put utilize prioritize implement

Front 19

airhead

Back 19

verbs everyone uses but make no sense

Front 20

airhead

Back 20

revolve around, center around

Front 21

false limbs

Back 21

meaningless words writer uses instead of finding strong ones. use strong verbs instead of phrases of nouns or adj tacked onto general purpouse verb

Front 22

call fax email

Back 22

instead of make contact with, say

Front 23

tend to

Back 23

instead of exhibit a tendency to, say

Front 24

action not abstraction

Back 24

nabbing the nearest noun turned into a verb doesn't beat finding the best verb

Front 25

rooster-tails to audition, to moralize, to stump

Back 25

ex of good nouns turned into a verb because it gives an image and conveys an action.

Front 26

to write
to finish
to touch
to enter
to talk
to reorganize

Back 26

change
to author
to finalize
to impact
to input
to interface
to prioritize to...

Front 27

back formation

Back 27

forming a verb fom a noun
ex; to rob from robber

Front 28

burgle from burglar

Back 28

bad back formation

Front 29

split infinitive

Back 29

when an adverb or phrase wedges itself in the middle of an infinitive

Front 30

split infinitive

Back 30

to proudly go

Front 31

imperative command

Back 31

carnal pleasure