Clauses
The type of relative clause in the sentence:
That's the player I threw the ball to.
What is an object relative clause?
The form of the verb phrase in this sentence:
He remembered to call his mother.
What is simple past?
I was told to wait here.
What is passive voice?
The type of verb in this sentence (transitive or intransitive/seperable/inseparable):
He took off his coat.
What is a separable transitive verb?
What is many or few?
The type of sentence below (simple, compound, complex):
He knocked her over and stole her purse.
What is a simple sentence?
The form of the verb phrase in this sentence:
He was packing for his trip.
What is the past progressive?
The voice of the following sentence:
She has seen him here before.
What is active voice? (It's in present perfect).
An example of an intransitive multi-word verb?
What is "the bomb went off"?
(Your answer will be different but must have the same properties).
A quantifier that can be used with non-count but not count nouns.
What is little or much?
The type of clause in the sentence:
When reminded of his childhood, the man decided to climb a large oak tree.
What is an adverbial clause?
The form of the verb phrase in this sentence:
He has traveled the world extensively.
What is the present perfect?
The tense of the following sentence in passive voice:
I was not notified.
What is simple past tense?
A multi-word verb meaning to submit (as in homework).
What is turn in?
A quantifier that is typically used with negative and interrogative statements, but not affirmatives.
What is much?
The type of adverbial clause in which the subject and auxiliary are removed, as in the sentence:
When cleaning the yard, you have to be careful.
What is a reduced relative clause?
The form of the verb phrase in this sentence?
They had been emailing each other for months.
What is the past perfect progressive?
The tense of the following sentence in passive voice:
The students' mistakes are corrected.
What is present tense?
An example of a sentence with a verb followed by a particle/preposition that is NOT a multi-word verb.
What is the cat fit in the box?
(Answers will vary)
A quantifier in English that you would use to translate "Otros libros" from Spanish.
What is "Other"?
(as in other books)
The problem with this common L2 error:
I don't know where did he go.
What is the rule that when a question is embedded as a noun clause, the question changes to sentence form: I don't know where he went?
They have been having a lot of problems.
What is the present perfect progressive?
What is the tense and aspect of the following sentence in passive voice?
The criminals have been brought to justice.
What is present perfect?
An example of a separable phrasal verb.
What is he picked up his book?
(Answers will vary)
A quantifier expression you would use to emphasize that not very many people arrived.
What is "few" people arrived? (not 'a' few)