What is the antecedent in this sentence:
Faye jogs every weekend while she eats an ice cream sundae.
What is Faye?
100
What is an action verb?
Expresses physical or mental action. Tells what the subject does.
200
What is a type of Action Verb has no direct object?
Intransitive Verb.
200
What is an Object Pronoun?
A pronoun that is not a Subject Pronoun.
200
True or False:
This sentence is correct...
Bob likes the Hobbit because you can escape to a far-off fantasy land.
What is False. You should be replaced with he in reference to Bob.
200
What are the types of action verbs?
Transitive verbs and intransitive verbs.
300
What is a type of action verb that has a direct object?
Trasitive Verb.
300
What is a Possesive Pronoun?
A pronoun that shows ownership. ie. mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours etc.
300
The better sentence is...
A) Every race car driver has his favourite helmet.
B) Every race car driver has a favourite helmet.
What is B.
300
What is a linking verb?
Expresses as state of being. Tells what the subject is by 'linking' the subject to other words.
400
What are the most common helping verbs?
Forms of have and be.
400
What is a Reflexive Pronoun?
A pronoun that reffers back to another word in the sentence. ie. myself, himself, ourselves, herslef etc.
400
The better sentence is...
A) Each fan brought an autograph book for the driver o sign.
B) Each fan brought their autograph books for the driver to sign.
What is A.
400
What is the most common linking verb?
Be
500
Which sentance has a intransitive verb?
A) A fierce storm hit the coast.
B) The storm hit at two in the morning.
B) The storm hit at two in the morning.
500
What type of pronoun(s) are used in this sentence?
George lost his hat when he jumped from the building. Afterwards, he exclaimed, "That hat was mine, but now it is lost!"
What is Object Verbs and Possesive Verbs.
500
How can pronouns improve your writing?
They can 'tighten' the language and help avoid repetition.