Nouns & Pronouns
Name the collective noun in the sentence:
They stared in awe at the massive fleet sailing through the channel.
fleet
What is the usual position of an adjective in a sentence?
Before the noun it modifies
What do adverbs modify?
verbs and adjectives
What's the difference between the meaning of "rise" and "raise"
rise means to ascend/get up
raise means to lift
Form the plural of these nouns:
gas
country
gases (ending in sxz ch and sh form plural by adding es)
countries (ending in y preceded by consonant form plural by changing y to I and adding es)
Name the Adjectives in this sentence:
The spiky cactus grew tall and stored the rare water that came near him.
The
spiky
tall
rare
In which sentence is "fast" acting as an adverb?
1. That is a fast train.
2. That train travels fast.
2nd sentence
What is the difference between "sit" and "set"?
sit means to take a seat
set means to put in a place
Which of these is NOT a type of pronoun?
Personal, Interrogative, Limiting, Relative, Reflexive
Limiting
Give the three degrees of these adjectives:
wealthy
difficult
wealthy wealthier wealthiest
difficult more difficult most difficult
A verb must agree with its subject in what two things?
person and number
Which of the following are both the singular and plural form?
fish
foot
deer
goose
fish and deer are singular and plural
What is the difference between a Nominative of Address and an appositive?
Nom of Address is addressing someone directly, an appositive is renaming a noun.
In the sentence below, name the pronominal adjectives:
Those boys will be late to her party if they do not finish cleaning the messy house first.
Those (demonstrative)
her (possessive)
To form the passive voice, what do we add to the past participle?
a helping verb-some tense of the "to be" verb
Present: We are seen.
Past: We were seen.
Future: We shall be seen.
Explain the differences between "two" "too" and "to".
Which part of speech is each?
two-numeral adjective
too-adverb of degree
to-preposition
Use "who" first as a relative pronoun and then as an interrogative pronoun.
The God who made us is infinitely good.
Who is God?
What does "the repetition of the article" in a sentence change about its meaning?
(explain what the repetition of the article is and by giving examples, show how it changes the meaning)
It means that we are speaking of two individuals or things instead of one.
I saw a friend and classmate today.
I saw a friend and a classmate today.
How are a conjugation of a verb and a synopsis of a verb different?
A conjugation arranges a verb according to all its attributes whereas a synopsis just shows the tenses and voices while keeping the same mood, person and number.
plural verb
Anna and Marie are good friends.