Sound Alikes
Find the error and describe in one word what this error is called:
Once upon a time, their was a boy named Fred.
Their should be there
Homophone
Which tense is used for an action completed at a specific time in the past? (Example: "I visited Paris in 2018.")
Past simple
Determine if a comma is needed:
"She wore a bright red dress."
Why or why not?
No comma is needed because we cannot add and between the adjectives:
She wore a bright and red dress.
Provide both the past simple and past perfect form of the following verbs:
Buy
Bite
Break
Bought
Had bought
Bit
Had bitten
Broke
Had broken
True or false:
If a verb has two vowel letters before the final consonant letter, do not double the consonant letter.
True
What word refers to two words that sound the same but have different spellings?
Homophone
I was walking is an example of what past tense?
Past Continuous
Where should the comma be placed in the following sentence? Why?
The solution indeed was simpler than we initially thought.
The solution, indeed, was simpler than we initially thought.
Commas should surround interrupting words.
Provide the past simple and past perfect tenses for the following verb:
Be
Be/was+were/had been
If the verb ends in "e", do you double the consonant letter?
For example:
Date
No, simply drop the "e" and add "ing" or "ed"
This homophone pair includes a word meaning "to cease" and another meaning "an animal's foot having claws and pads."
pause and paws
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms: "He ___ (live) in New York for five years" (still lives there) versus "He ___ (live) in New York for five years" (no longer lives there).
"has lived" and "lived"
Provide one rule regarding commas that separate a word from the rest of the sentence.
1. Use a comma when directly addressing a person
2. Use a comma around interrupting words
3. Use a comma around "yes" or "no"
Name a verb that follows this rule:
This type includes irregular verbs for which all the base form, past simple, and past perfect are the same.
cut/cut/cut
hurt/hurt/hurt
put/put/put
cost/cost/cost
Find the error in the following sentence:
Although they were in hidding, the refugees were too afraid to try running.
hidding should be hiding
The following word is an example of what type of speech?
Bow- a hair accessory
Bow- To bend at the waist as a sign of respect
Homograph
Define the present perfect tense.
Example:
I have lived in Paris for two years.
The present perfect tense is a grammatical tense used to express actions that have occurred at an unspecified time in the past or that started in the past and continue into the present. It is formed using the auxiliary verb "have" or "has" followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Name all of the FANBOYS.
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Describe the irregular verb rule that applies to the word fight (hint it affects the past simple and past perfect differently)
Fight/fought/had fought
This irregular verb rule states that the past simple and past perfect tenses are the same.
Provide the "ed" and "ing" forms of the following verbs:
worry
bleed
rain
worried/worrying
bled/bleeding
rained/raining
Define homonym.
Words that sound the same and have the same spelling, but different meanings.
Explain the difference in usage between "I have finished my homework" and "I finished my homework."
What is "I have finished my homework" indicates that the action has relevance to the present moment, suggesting the homework is done and may still affect the present, while "I finished my homework" refers to a specific time in the past when the homework was completed, with no direct connection to the present?
Name any four comma rules.
Possible responses:
Use a comma in lists or between adjectives.
Put a comma in front of a FANBOYS joining two independent clauses
After an introduction: these introductions are often prepositional phrases and subordinate clauses. They often discuss time with words like after, before, while, etc.
Exception: If we can put the word AND between two adjectives and the sentence reads okay, insert a comma. If the word AND does not make sense, no comma is needed.
Exception: If you can change the word order of the adjectives and the sentence reads okay, insert a comma. If the sentence looks bad, no comma is needed.
Commas around interrupting words
However
Indeed
Therefore
Of course
Namely
In fact
For example
I think
Use a comma after introductory adverbs:
Fortunately
Interestingly
Obviously
Surprisingly
Honestly
Similarly
Additionally
Consequently
Use commas when directly addressing a person
Use a comma to separate a statement from a question
Use commas around nonessential relative clauses, meaning clauses that do not change the meaning of the head noun. Do NOT put commas around essential relative clauses, meaning clauses that are essential to understanding the head noun.
Use commas before and after a quotation within a sentence.
Use a comma when the first word in a sentence is yes or no.
Provide an example verb for each of the following rules:
• Irregular verbs for which the past simple and past perfect are the same
• Irregular verbs for which the base and past participle are the same
sell/sold/sold
come/came/come
become/became/become
run/ran/run
One of our double rules was as follows:
In a one-syllable verb ending in one consonant letter preceded by one vowel letter, double the final consonant letter.
However there was an exception to this rule for three letters. What were the three letters?
w,x,y