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I (To Walk) present perfect.
What is "I have walked"?
Past/Present/ or Future Tense: Tony plays football in the spring.
present tense
Just between you and (I, me), I don't think we will make the deadline.
What is "me"?
Identify the nouns in the following sentence: Ms. Hayes was reading a cool book about ecosystems.
Ms. Hayes, book, ecosystems
Pronouns take the place of _________. Provide 2 examples of pronouns
noun; I, she, we, her, us, them, they, you, he, it, me, him
What type of noun always has to be capitalized?
What is a "proper noun"?
Past/Present/Future: Lindsay showed the class her journal.
past tense
The presentation had not yet (began, begun) when Charles arrived.
What is "begun"?
Identify the common nouns in the following sentence:
Christopher Columbus went to Portugal, because he was extremely interested in the sea and ships.
What are "sea, ships"?
What pronoun is missing? Nikki likes sports, and ____ also likes to watch games.
she
"Accuracy" is an example of what type of noun?
What is an "Abstract Noun"?
Identify the (helping and main verb) in the following sentence: They were running around the field.
were (helping) running (main)
What type of verb tense is this?
Emily (had finished) all of her homework in math class.
What is "Past Perfect" tense?
Before a job interview, you should lean about the (company's, companies') mission statement.
What is "company's"?
What does a possessive pronoun show? What does a possessive pronoun replace?
ownership, possessive noun
Identify the antecedent that the pronoun below replaces.
Serena and Brooke went to the mall. They shopped all day long.
What is "Serena and Brooke"? (pronoun is they)
Neither the board nor the committee (is, are) expected to approve the proposal.
What is "is"?
To (who, whom) should I address the letter?
What is "whom"?
We are moving our headquarters to New York (City, city).
What is "City"?
True or False: An antecedent is the word for which a pronoun stands.
true
Explain the difference between common nouns and proper nouns.
Common nouns name a person, place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns give the name of a person, place, thing, or idea and must always be capitalized.
A list of promotions (was, were) posted on the company site.
What is "was"?
What type of verb tense is this sentence using?
Molly has read a lot of books.
What is "present perfect" tense?
The industry has gone down since the (1990s, 1990's).
What is "1990s"?
(Who, Whom) do you think will get the promotion?
What is "Who"?