Identify the helping verb or verbs in the following sentences:

aleksklad [387]

Explanation:

First let's look at the difference between active and passive voice:

"Active voice means that a sentence has a subject that acts upon its verb. Passive voice means that a subject is a recipient of a verb's action."

1) The coconut cream pie was gobbled down by the starving Scouts.

What's the subject? The coconut cream pie. What is it doing? Nothing. Its the scouts that are preforming the verb of the sentence. In order to find active voice, we must make that Scouts the subject of the sentence.

The starving scouts gobbled down the coconut cream pie.

2)The little village was drenched by a blinding downpour.

Let's try a different approach. What is the verb? Drenched. Now what is doing the drenching? The down pour. Whatever noun is preforming the verb will be the subject of an active voice sentence. So . . .

A blinding downpour drenched the little village.

In short, in active voice, the main subject must be doing the main verb

Answer:

I'm not going to give an explanation for all of these, but I encourage you to try some of these yourself using the methods introduced above i.e find the main verb and from there find what is doing the verb, or find the main subject and create the sentence around it so it's doing the action.

3) The angry city council slashed the budget.

4) The swarming fans toppled the football goal posts.

5) The silver moonbeams caressed the pale rose petals

6) The governor issued a stern warning to striking workers

(Note: Here, striking is not the verb of the sentence but an adjective to describe workers. Could also be a gerund, I'm not sure. Either way, it's not the main verb.)

7) The playful ponies pranced upon the field.

8) The stead beat of drums filled the air.

9) Through the fog and mist, the old light house sent a beacon of assurance.

(Note: Through the fog and mist is a prepositional phrase and could be put at the end of the sentence or the beginning)

10) Mrs. Hawkins told stories of hardship and suffering.

(Note: suffering is part of the preposition and thus is not the main verb)

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3 years ago

Read the passage from the Kennedy-Nixon debates.

koban [17]

I took the test and I think the answer is B. Positive!

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3 years ago

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What are the main characteristics of mammals and reptile

klasskru [66]

Answer:

Mammals: 

1)It has four chambered hearts.

 2) they are warm blooded animals who give birth to their younger ones.

3)have hair all over the bodies.

4)oil glands and sweat glamds are present in their body.

Reptiles:

1) they are vertebrates.

2)they are cold blooded.

3)all species fertilize eggs internally.

4)their bodies is completely covered with scales.

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1 year ago

CAN SOMEONE CHECK THIS FOR PUNCTUATION AND SPELLING PLEASE

True [87]

Answer:

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Results for Another source from the article – Teacher Attrition and Retention – says that teachers under the age of 30 are 5.32 times more likely to attrite out of the profession than those just 5 years older. This is an interesting fact and highlights the issue even more. Even math and science where there is a high demand for teachers cant seem to hold on to their young educators for very long. If these teachers only stay a year, or two, what effect does this have on the students? They suffer, too. The Department of Justice and the National Education Administration says we spend more than 50% more on inmates in prison per year than on students in schools. Does this make sense? No. If teachers arent invested in their profession, education, then we cant expect kids to be either. With no role model to look up to, a kid might be led into a life of drugs and crime and end up in jail.

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2 years ago

Write a Shakespeare sonnet from the perspective of act II

kvasek [131]

Romeo and Juliet . drama. great love poem

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