Agreement in Inverted Sentences
Most sentences begin with this.
What is the subject?
Name 2 singular indefinite pronouns.
(anybody, neither, anyone, nobody, anything, no one, each, nothing, either, one, everybody, other, everyone, somebody, everything, someone, little, something)
Indicates whether a pronoun refers to the person speaking, spoken to, or about.
What is person?
Names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a NOUN?
The state Colonel Sanders, from Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, was born.
What is Indiana?
What does inverted word order mean in a sentence?
What is the Verb comes before the Subject?
Name 2 plural indefinite pronouns.
(both, few, many, others, several)
Indicates whether a pronoun is singular or plural.
What is number?
A word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase.
What is a PRONOUN?
The number of pleats in a chef's hat.
What is 100?
Double Bonus if you know what the 100 folds represent!
Mrs. P's hint to help you find the subject.
What is eliminate the prepositional phrases?
Name 2 singular/plural indefinite pronouns.
(all, any, more, most, none, some)
A personal pronoun must agree with it's antecedent in both _____ and _____.
What is person and number?
From the Latin verbum meaning word, is a word that in syntax conveys an action, an occurrence, or a state of being.
What is VERB?
In the original 1902 version of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy did not have a pet dog named Toto. Instead, what was her pet?
What is a COW named Imogene?
When is There or Here the subject of a sentence?
What is NEVER!
Mrs. P's hint to help you identify the indefinite pronoun.
A pronoun must always have this.
What is an antecedent?
The word or phrase which controls the verb in the clause, that is to say with which the verb agrees.
What is SUBJECT?
The name of the blob of toothpaste you put on your toothbrush.
Find the correct verb:
Beyond the horizon (looms, loom) 350 Japanese airplanes.
What is loom?
(airplanes = subject)
Find the correct verb:
Many of the ships that crossed the Atlantic Ocean during World War II (was, were) filled with supplies.
What is were?
(Many = subject)
NEVER use _____ to refer to the person you are writing about!
What is YOU?
An expression that gives its meaning to a proform.
What is an ANTECEDENT?
The original flavors of a 3 Musketeer bar.
What are VANILLA, CHOCOLATE, and STRAWBERRY?
Originally came in packs of 3, thus the name 3 Musketeer bar.