Verb Tenses
This tense is used for general truths.
What is the simple present?
This is the problem when you use commas to connect clauses.
What is a run-on sentence?
This is a very violent town described in Outliers.
What is Harlan?
We use these to connect clauses.
What are conjunctions?
This shows the organization of an academic paper.
What is the thesis?
This tense is used to show an action that happened before another action in the past.
What is the past perfect?
This is the problem when a writer includes irrelevant information in a paragraph.
What is off-topic?
This is the author of Outliers.
Who is Malcolm Gladwell?
We use these to avoid repeating nouns.
What are pronouns?
This is the best place for your final answer to the question of the prompt.
What is the conclusion?
This tense is used for an action that happened at a specific time in the past.
What is the simple past?
This is the problem when a writer says the same thing too many times.
What is repetitive?
Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, and part of 7.
What are the chapters in Outliers that we have read so far?
We use these auxiliary verbs in the future.
What are will and be going to?
This is the minimum number of sentences for a body paragraph in an academic paper.
What is five?
This tense is used to give background in a story.
What is past progressive?
This is the problem when the writer doesn't give enough details.
What is vague writing?
This is the occupation of Joe Flom.
What is a lawyer?
We use this auxiliary verb in the passive.
What is be?
This is the maximum number of sentences for a body paragraph in an academic paper.
What is 10?
A verb in this tense has been inserted into this sentence.
What is present perfect?
This is the problem when there are too many grammar mistakes.
What is unclear?
If you practice English 50 hours a week (with one 2-week vacation), this is how many years it will take you to reach 10,000 hours of practice.
What is four years?
We use this to add a noun phrase to a model sentence.
What is a preposition?
This is the best place for a really good personal story in an essay.
What is the introduction?