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Flashcards: Identify and Correct Incorrect Shifts in Verb Voice and Mood: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.D

Choose which answer choice best expresses the underlined portion of the following sentence. If the original sentence is the best choice, select “NO CHANGE.”

It was a beautiful day at the lake - and a lucky one too. Jim cast his fishing rod into the water and within minutes a fish was caught.

NO CHANGE

Jim cast his fishing rod into the water and within minutes fish were being caught.

Jim’s fishing rod was cast into the water and within minutes a fish was caught.

Jim cast his fishing rod into the water and within minutes he caught a fish.

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Flashcards: Identify and Correct Incorrect Shifts in Verb Voice and Mood: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.D

Choose which answer choice best expresses the underlined portion of the following sentence. If the original sentence is the best choice, select “NO CHANGE.”

It was a beautiful day at the lake - and a lucky one too. Jim cast his fishing rod into the water and within minutes a fish was caught.

Your answer:

NO CHANGE

Your answer:

Jim cast his fishing rod into the water and within minutes fish were being caught.

Your answer:

Jim’s fishing rod was cast into the water and within minutes a fish was caught.

Correct answer:

Jim cast his fishing rod into the water and within minutes he caught a fish.

Explanation:

Answer: "Jim cast his fishing rod into the water and within minutes he caught a fish." The original sentence mixes the active voice (“Jim cast his fishing rod into the water” with the passive voice (“a fish was caught”). This sets up an unclear meaning - do we really know that “a fish was caught” means that Jim caught it? Or did Jim cast his rod and someone else caught a fish? The correct answer uses the active voice for both verbs of the sentence: Jim cast his rod and Jim caught the fish. This makes it crystal clear what happened in the sentence.

Flashcards: Identify and Correct Incorrect Shifts in Verb Voice and Mood: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.D

Choose which answer choice best expresses the underlined portion of the following sentence. If the original sentence is the best choice, select “NO CHANGE.”

The student handbook mandates that students wear appropriate clothing to school and are abiding by the honor code, which prohibits cheating on tests and copying others’ homework assignments.

abide

should be abiding

they are abiding

NO CHANGE

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Flashcards: Identify and Correct Incorrect Shifts in Verb Voice and Mood: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.D

Choose which answer choice best expresses the underlined portion of the following sentence. If the original sentence is the best choice, select “NO CHANGE.”

The student handbook mandates that students wear appropriate clothing to school and are abiding by the honor code, which prohibits cheating on tests and copying others’ homework assignments.

Your answer:

should be abiding

Your answer:

they are abiding

Your answer:

NO CHANGE

Correct answer:

abide

Explanation:

Answer: “abide” The sentence uses the imperative mood - the verb form that commands - to say that the student handbook mandates two things. Because of that, you should connect both verbs mandated by the handbook to the phrase “the handbook mandates that students ______” The handbook mandates that students wear appropriate clothing. And the handbook mandates that students abide by certain rules. Note that the -ing form of the verb suggests that that is ongoing, but the mandate really conveys the idea that this is a command for all times, not a temporary, current action.

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All Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts Resources

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