Assessment 1: Pick the Verbs Pick out the verbs used in each sentence. Write your answers on a separate sheet.
For items 1-2, pick out the linking verbs in each item.
1. I am happy to help the frontliners by simply staying indoors.
2. I disagree that parents should not limit their children's use of gadgets.
For items 3-5, pick out the modal verbs.
3. You are stressed with your work. You should take a break.
4. To instill sense of responsibility, children must be taught to do household chores.
5. To maintain good health, experts recommend that you ought to eat the right kinds
and amount of food.

1. am

2. disagree

3. should

4. must

5. ought

Explanation:

Linking verbs are those words that help link the subject to the information about the subject. Linking verbs may or may not necessarily be actions but will act as the link between the subject and the information.

1. I am happy to help the frontliners by simply staying indoors.

In this sentence, "am" connects the subject "I" to the detail about the subject even though the word by itself is not an action word.

2. I disagree that parents should not limit their children's use of gadgets.

In this sentence, "disagree" is the linking verb as it links the subject with the information. Moreover, it also has a dual 'identity' as it is also an action word.

Modal verbs are those words such as "should, might, would, can" etc. These words indicate the possibility, the modality of the sentence.

3. You are stressed with your work. You should take a break.

4. To instill sense of responsibility, children must be taught to do household chores.

5. To maintain good health, experts recommend that you ought to eat the right kinds and amount of food.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)