Some dogs is nice.
What is "are" (replacing "is") between "dogs" and "nice"?
A word to which a later pronoun pronoun refers back.
What is an antecedent?
This is used to describe a noun.
What is an adjective?
Mr. Bean swims better than the other teachers.
What is a comparative modifier?
Already late for the match, Ronaldo couldn't find their energy drink.
What is "his" (replacing "their") between "find" and "drink"?
The women wears earings.
What is an incorrect usage of subject-verb agreement?
Correct:
The women wear earings.
Jack ate his cookies.
In the previous sentence, "Jack" is ____ to which "his" refers.
What is the antecedent?
To describe a verb, adjective, or adverb, use___.
What is an adverb?
Of all the teachers, Mr. Bean is the best.
What is a superlative modifier?
You lay down for a nap.
What is "lie" (replacing "lay")?
Already late for the match, Ronaldo couldn't find their soccer ball.
What is an incorrect usage of pronoun-antecedent agreement?
Correct:
Already late for the match, Ronaldo couldn't find his soccer ball.
These refer to persons or things that have not been specified.
What are indefinite pronouns?
The number of dogs living in Pennsylvania varies from year to year.
What is an example of collective nouns(sing.)?
These types of nouns can be either singular or plural and some examples are: family, group, number.
What are collective nouns?