part c: fill in the blank
write a word or phrase that matches the verb type in parentheses.
21. ______________ is my favorite activity. (gerund)
22. she hopes ______________ the test. (infinitive)
23. the sky ________ cloudy. (linking verb)
24. they ______________ been waiting for hours. (helping verb)
25. ive never seen such a ______________ film! (participle)

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### 21.
# Brief Explanations:
A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun. So we need a gerund (verb + ing) as the subject. For example, "Reading" (from the verb "read") can be used here as it's a gerund and makes sense in the sentence structure.
# Answer:
Reading (or other valid gerunds like Swimming, Writing etc.)

### 22.
# Brief Explanations:
The infinitive form of a verb is "to + base form of the verb". The verb "hope" is followed by the infinitive, so we need "to + verb" here. The context is about the test, so a verb like "to pass" (from "pass") fits as "She hopes to pass the test" is grammatically correct.
# Answer:
to pass (or other valid infinitives like to ace, to take etc. depending on context)

### 23.
# Brief Explanations:
Linking verbs connect the subject to a subject complement (describing the subject). Common linking verbs include be verbs (am, is, are, was, were etc.). The subject "The sky" is singular, so the appropriate linking verb (be verb) here is "is" as "The sky is cloudy" correctly links the subject to the adjective "cloudy".
# Answer:
is (or other valid linking verbs like became, seems etc. depending on context, but "is" is the most common here)

### 24.
# Brief Explanations:
Helping verbs (auxiliary verbs) are used with main verbs to form verb phrases. In the present perfect continuous tense (which is the case here with "been waiting"), the helping verb for the subject "They" (plural) is "have". So "They have been waiting for hours" is correct as "have" is the helping verb here.
# Answer:
have

### 25.
# Brief Explanations:
A participle can be a present participle (verb + ing) or past participle (verb + ed or irregular forms) that functions as an adjective. For example, "fascinating" (present participle from "fascinate") or "boring" (present participle from "bore") or "exciting" etc. can be used here to describe the film. A past participle like "amazing" (from "amaze") also works. Let's take "fascinating" as an example, it's a present participle acting as an adjective to describe the film.
# Answer:
fascinating (or other valid participles like boring, amazing, exciting etc.)

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