Auxiliary Verbs Answers

Directions:

Identify the underlined verbs in the sentences below by using the following code:

F    finite verb                 N   nonfinite verb

Examples: _N_ Beth was adjusting the thread tension guide on the sewing machine.

_F_ 1. Two-year-old graham Gasta won first prize in last Sunday’s Tiny Tots Parade.

_N_ 2. Fifteen million refugees are awaiting asylum.

_F_ 3. The hypermarket contains one long aisle just for cat food.

_N_ 4. Demand for ticket at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati has been so high that scalpers have been getting $35 a ticket.

_F_ 5. A lowland gorilla ripped a drinking fountain from the wall of his cage.

_F_ 6. Three hundred thousand motorcyclists gathered this week in Sturgis, South Dakota for the Black Hills Motor Classic.

_N_ 7. In Saudi Arabia, Donald Duck is called Batut, and in Finland he is known as Aku Ankka.

_F_ 8. Lava from a volcano closed the last road out of Kalpana Tuesday.

_F_ 9. At 208 feet, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina is the tallest lighthouse in the country.

_N_ 10. Someone has cooked cabbage in this building almost every day this week.

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