Verbs
Past, Present, and Future.
What are the three main / simple verb tenses?
I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they.
What are the subjective/nominative case pronouns?
Person and number.
In what way must the verb always agree with the subject?
What kind, how many, which one.
What does an adjective tell?
Have, has, or had.
Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them.
What are the objective case pronouns?
Matching the verb with the object of the preposition.
What is a common mistake of verb agreement?
When, where, how, or to what extent.
What does an adverb tell?
When do you use a capital letter?
Perfect.
What is the term used to describe verb tenses used for completed actions?
Subjective.
What is another name for the nominative case?
Treat them as a plural subject unless they express a single idea.
How do we treat singular subjects connected by AND?
Comparative.
What form do you use when comparing two things?
Articles, prepositions, or conjunctions, unless they are the first word.
Which words should NOT be capitalized in a title?
Rise, is rising, rose, has risen.
What are the 4 principal parts of the verb that means "to go upward?"
Several, few, both, many.
What words/pronouns are always plural?
They may take a singular verb, or agree with the nearest subject.
What verb form is used for compound subjects joined by "or" or "nor?"
Superlative.
What do you use when comparing more than two things?
To set off a short direct quotation and the parts of a divided quotation, unless other punctuation marks are used.
When do we use a comma?
Raise, is raising, raised, has raised.
What are the four principal parts of the verb that means "to move something upward?"
Myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
What are the reflexive or intensive pronouns?
It's case depends on its use in the subordinate clause.
When do you use who or whom in a clause?
Fewer.
A quotation within a quotation.
When do you use single quotation marks?