Grammar Myths & Concepts

Nouns: TRUE or FALSE?

100

A noun can be present or past tense.

FALSE

200

Noun phrases can have many different functions in a sentence.

TRUE

300

A noun phrase (form) can predicate (function) in a sentence.

FALSE

400

A noun phrase can modify another noun.

TRUE

500

A pronoun always replaces a noun alone.

FALSE

Busting Grammar Myths:TRUE or FALSE?

100

People who don't speak or write correctly are just lazy.

FALSE

200

People used language better in the past.

FALSE

300

You can use "they" and "them" to refer to a singular person.

TRUE

400

Texting abbreviations makes people more stupid about language.

FALSE

500

Our first President, George Washington, was a general in the War of Independence.

Appositive

GRAMMAR BLOCKS: Show Me

100

my family

200

could have spoken

300

toward our destination

400

any questions

500

extremely healthy

Verbs: TRUE or FALSE?

100

Every verb has only two tenses, period.

TRUE

200

A past tense verb is always marked with <-ed>.

FALSE

300

The verbs be, have, and do are main (or content) verbs.

TRUE

400

The verbs be, have, and do are helping (or function) verbs.

TRUE

500

The structure "is running" is the infinitive of the verb "run."

FALSE