MUSIC TO MY EARS
The sentence pattern used below.
Last night, Ed Sheeran taught the crowd a new chant.
S-V-IO-DO
In the pattern S-V-O-OC, what does OC stand for?
object complement
The verb that agrees with the subject below:
Some of the milk I bought for my cat ___ gone.
is, are, am
is
The words that complete the sentence in passive voice below.
Active: Volunteer students gave Yangco a bath last week.
Passive: Yangco ___ a bath by volunteer students last week.
was given
The verb tense used to express recently completed actions.
Unfortunately, tryouts for the soccer club have just ended.
present perfect
The degree of comparison used to describe something at the top of its category, usually when comparing three or more things.
Benson Boone's newest album was released last week, but it was met with controversy.
superlative degree
A type of relative clause that offers extra information about something but is unimportant and is set off by commas.
Mexico, which has lots of gorgeous beaches, is my next travel destination.
non-essential / non-restrictive relative clause
One of two types of articles that refers to unspecified things.
On April 10, 2025, a businessman and his driver were found dead on a roadside in Rodriguez, Rizal.
indefinite article
A type of word that modifies the main verb to indicate possibility, permission, intention, etc.
modals
Sentences that express the idea of an event or situation only if another event is fulfilled.
conditionals / conditional sentences
A type of verb that is used to indicate that the subject of the sentence is causing something to happen to another thing.
She made me finish her homework.
causative verbs
The phrasal verb that can complete the sentence:
We had to ____ our trip to Barcelona because of inclement weather.
call off, call out, set off, set out
call off
The type of verbal represented by the example below.
The helicopter heading to New Jersey on April 11, 2025 fell apart in mid-air and plummeted to the ground.
present participle
Telling someone what you or another person previously stated. This type of speech involves changing verb tenses, pronouns, modals, and other time expressions.
reported speech
These clauses are incomplete sentences even though they have a subject and a verb. They usually start with a conjunction or a relative pronoun.
Cherry likes to stay up late because no one bothers her at night.
dependent clause
The infinitive phrase below functions as a _____.
She decided to take a nap before starting her homework.
noun, adjective, adverb
noun
Rewrite the sentence below to the passive voice.
Volunteer students gave Yangco a bath last week.
Last week, Yangco was given a bath by volunteer students.
Name the three types of linking verbs that can be used in the SVC pattern.
Ben is a policeman.
He kept silent.
The music sounds sad.
be verbs, stative verbs, sense verbs
A type of conditional that describes an unreal, hypothetical situation in the present.
If I were a boy, even just for a day,
I'd roll out of bed in the morning
and throw on what I wanted then go
second / type II conditional
The missing word in the series of adjectives below.
opinion, size, age, ____, color, origin, material, purpose
shape
Every word in English belongs to at least one part of speech.
John Legend has a bachelor's degree in English.
Name all eight parts of speech.
noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection
Indirect speech is when we tell someone what another person said.
The Hollywood Reporter: Suzanne Collins' new novel "Sunrise on the Reaping" sold 1.5 million copies last week.
Turn this sentence into indirect speech.
The Hollywood Reporter said that Suzanne Collin's new novel "Sunrise on the Reaping" had sold 1.5 million copies the week before.
Modal verbs are words that express conditions such as possibility, ability, necessity, and permission.
According to PAGASA, April and May may be the warmest months, with maximum temperatures forecast at 39 degrees in Northern Luzon.
Give three other modals that indicate permissions or requests.
can, could, may, might, would
A subordinating conjunction is a word or phrase that links a dependent clause to an independent clause.
Give five examples of subordinating conjunctions.
after, although, as, because, before, even if, even though, if, in case, in order that, in the event that, once, if, provided that, since, so, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever, while
Causative verbs are used when the subject caused the action to happen, but didn't do it themselves.
I had my house painted last month.
Give two sentences with a causative verb each.
have, make, let, help
get, allow, force, permit, require, etc.