1 "A" words
abase
to humiliate;degrade
balk
to stop, block abruptly
malevolent
To become better artists, we must continue to find good teachers and we must continue entering competitions.
True
The subject of the sentence is receiving the action of the verb. Passive or active voice?
Passive voice
Neither the mechanic nor his workers (was, were) able to get the car running again.
What is were?
You choose the subject closest to the verb to determine when there are two subjects.
Hungry, the leftover pizza was devoured.
What is hungry?
Hungry is a single-word adjective, but not describing anyone.
Hungry, we devoured the leftover pizza.
Abate
to reduce; lessen
banal
dull, commonplace
Rescue
Abduct
The violin had a broken string, a cracked bridge, and the endpin was loose.
False- a loose endpin.
The subject is performing the action. Active or passive?
What is active voice?
There (was, were) seven new houses built in our neighborhood.
What is were?
There...houses=plural
Rummaging in her giant handbag, the sunglasses escaped detection.
What is "rummaging in her giant handbag"?
No word exists for this phrase to modify. Neither sunglasses nor detection has fingers to make rummaging possible.
Rummaging in her giant handbag, Melissa failed to find her sunglasses.
abdicate
to give up a position
bard
a poet, often a singer as well
catalyst
balk
Alarmed by the sirens, hid under the staircase was the woman, frightened in her house.
false- the frightened woman hid under the staircase in her house.
Mary listened to the music.
What is active.
What is ask?
brothers is closest to the verb
On her way home, Jane found a gold man's watch.
What is gold man's?
This suggest that a gold man owns a watch.
On her way home, Jane found a man's gold watch.
abduct
to kidnap
beguile
to decieve; to charm; to enchant
gift
bane
I thought the boy was tall and blonde.
True
Jerry was handed the note.
What is passive?
We were amazed to discover that one of the horses (was, were) limping severely.
What is was?
The child ate a cold bowl of cereal for breakfast this morning.
What is cold bowl?
The child ate a bowl of cold cereal.
aberration
something that differs from what is normal
benevolent
marked by goodness or doing good
self-indulgence
abnegation
The lady in the accident suffered a broken hip, several fractured ribs, and her lung was punctured.
False- how can you correct this?
Before Katherine was allowed to go out, she had to finish her homework.
What is passive?
Everything on those shelves (has, have) a special purpose.
What is has?
Everything is a singular indefinite pronoun (ends in singular-"thing"
We ate the lunch that we had brought slowly.
What is brought slowly?
This suggests that we brought a lunch slowly.
We slowly ate the lunch that we had brought.