Can't We All Just Get Along? (Subject-Verb Agreement)
This is the #1 rule for subject-verb agreement.
What is...
Singular Subject = Singular Verb
Plural Subject = Plural Verb
This type of clause can "stand alone"...
What is an independent clause?
A pronoun has to agree with its antecedent in gender, in number, and in person. What are meant by these three things?
What is Gender: Masculine/ Feminine/ Neutral
Number: Singular/ Plural
Person: 1st, 2nd, 3rd?
What is ONE reason we may add information to a paragraph?
What is to provide additional evidence or to clarify a point?
This is the highest score you can make on the English portion of the ACT.
What is a 36?
Team, Everyone, Family, etc. are all examples of...
What are collective nouns?
Commas and dashes can be used to offset this type of information in a sentence.
What is non-essential?
What pronoun could replace the one in this sentence to make it more grammatically correct?
I need to speak with the head supervisors, however, she is usually nowhere to be found.
What is they?
In order to know if you need to add or delete information, you need to get the ____ or main idea of a paragraph/ essay.
What is the gist?
This is the score you have to make on the ACT to receive the HELP Grant.
What is a 20?
Correct the following two sentences:
All of the girls want/ wants to make the squad.
The audience cheers/ cheer for the speaker.
What are want/ cheers?
What is the parenthetical element in this sentence?
Mrs. Zlatmonovic, who is a florist, lives next to me, however, I rarely ever see her.
What is "who is a florist"?
*Daily Double*
Give an example of a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person pronoun.
What are I, You, and They? (Examples)
If one were to see the words "mogul", "Fortune 500", and "investment", he or she could assume that the text or paragraph is about...
What is business?
This strategy involves you getting rid of all of the possibly wrong answers to be left with the correct answer.
What is process of elimination?
The recent survey conducted across several high schools revealed unexpected results. While many students prefer STEM subjects, a growing number of teenagers is choosing to enroll in fine arts and humanities electives.
A. NO CHANGE
B. are
C. has been
D. was
What is B. (are)?
Famous author Maya Angelou, who wrote the celebrated memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, delivered an inspiring inaugural poem in 1993.
A. NO CHANGE
B. who wrote the celebrated memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings delivered
C. who wrote the celebrated memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings delivered
D. who wrote the celebrated memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, delivered,
What is A. (No Change)?
During the annual science symposium, each of the finalist researchers was asked to present their findings to the panel of judges before the ultimate winner was announced.
A. NO CHANGE
B. his or her
C. its
D. our
What is B. (his or her)?
The vast ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica contain roughly 99 percent of the freshwater on Earth. For decades, glaciologists relied primarily on localized field measurements to track seasonal melting patterns. However, the advent of satellite altimetry in the late twentieth century fundamentally altered this paradigm. By emitting radar or laser pulses toward the Earth's surface and measuring the precise time it takes for them to bounce back, these orbiting sensors can detect tiny shifts in ice elevation across thousands of square miles. Consequently, researchers can now identify rapid localized thinning that ground-based monitors would have inevitably missed, giving climate scientists a far more dynamic, comprehensive picture of global ice-mass loss.
Question
The main purpose of the passage as a whole is to:
A. dispute the reliability of traditional field measurements used by glaciologists.
B. argue that space agencies should dedicate more funding to satellite altimetry programs.
C. describe how satellite altimetry has improved scientists' ability to monitor ice sheets.
D. outline the physical mechanisms responsible for global ice-mass loss in polar regions.
What is C. (describe how satellite altimetry has improved scientists' ability to monitor ice sheets.)?
If you use this strategy correctly, you should be able to identify if a sentence makes sense or not by simply skimming over it.
What is Read Out Loud?
The collection of rare manuscripts, which includes several primary source documents from the early Renaissance, were preserved in a climate-controlled vault at the university library.
A. NO CHANGE
B. are preserved
C. was preserved
D. have been preserved
What is C.(was preserved)?
The solar array—designed by a team of high school engineering students and funded entirely through community donations—generated enough electricity to power the entire science exposition.
A. NO CHANGE
B. and funded entirely through community donations, generated
C. and funded entirely through community donations generated
D. —and funded entirely through community donations generated
What is A. (No Change)?
Neither the head curator nor the assistant archivists expected her cataloging system to be adopted by major museums across the country.
A. NO CHANGE
B. them
C. their
D. its
What is C. (their)?
[1] The vast ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica contain roughly 99 percent of the freshwater on Earth. [2] For decades, glaciologists relied primarily on localized field measurements to track seasonal melting patterns. [3] However, the advent of satellite altimetry in the late twentieth century fundamentally altered this paradigm. [4] By emitting radar or laser pulses toward the Earth's surface and measuring the precise time it takes for them to bounce back, these orbiting sensors can detect tiny shifts in ice elevation across thousands of square miles. [5] Consequently, researchers can now identify rapid localized thinning that ground-based monitors would have inevitably missed, giving climate scientists a far more dynamic, comprehensive picture of global ice-mass loss.
Question
The author includes the explanation in Sentence 4 ("By emitting radar or laser pulses... bounce back") primarily to:
A. contrast the technological limits of ground-based field measurements with orbital tracking systems.
B. clarify the physical mechanism behind satellite altimetry that enables expansive geographical coverage.
C. prove that satellite laser sensors produce more accurate data than conventional radar instruments.
D. illustrate how fast climate change is accelerating polar ice-mass loss.
What is B. (clarify the physical mechanism behind satellite altimetry that enables expansive geographical coverage.)?
*Daily Double*
This is the job of a semicolon.
What is to separate two independent clauses/ complete sentences?