Take 2!

Ready for more action? This month’s workout, “Verbs, Part 2,” focuses on paragraphs 5.117–43 of CMOS 17, which cover mood, tense, number, and other useful concepts.

With this quiz we complete our coverage of verbs, but don’t worry, we’re not done with chapter 5 just yet. And if you haven’t yet taken our first quiz on verbs, see “Verbs, Part 1.”

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Note: Style guides and dictionaries sometimes disagree. This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of The Chicago Manual of Style.

[Editor’s note: This quiz relies on and links to the 17th edition of CMOS.]

Chicago Style Workout 46: Verbs, Part 2

1. The property of a verb that determines whether it is active or passive is called

agency

voice

2. “We will consider the matter carefully” is

active

passive

3. A verb’s three moods are indicative, imperative, and

interrogative

subjunctive

4. In the imperative mood, the unstated subject is

I

you

5. The subjunctive mood is useful for expressing something that is

subordinate

hypothetical

6. The property of a verb that relates to the time in which an act, state, or condition occurs or occurred is called

tense

chronology

7. “The scene takes place aboard the Titanic” is an example of the

continuous present

historical present

8. Verbs in English can be said to have no future tense.

True

False

9. Verb tenses that denote a comparatively more remote time by indicating that an action has been completed are called

perfect

progressive

10. When a plural predicate noun follows a singular subject, the verb should be plural: My downfall are sweets.

True

False

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