Grammar and Grandpa
The correct way to say, "Me and her are winning this game."
What is, "She and I are winning this game?"
These are the two rules to identify passive voice.
What is:
1) When the actor and the subject are not the same
2) To Be + Past Participle
This is the most important sentence in an essay.
What is the thesis statement?
Henry wanted to go for a walk, to eat Scamp, and take a nap.
What is: Henry wanted to go for a walk, to eat Scamp, and to take a nap?
The professor's favorite animal.
What is a dog?
The correct way to say, "My husband and I's dog went to the vet."
Our dog went to the vet.
This is the list your professor has been begging you to memorize to help you with passive voice.
What are the eight forms of the verb to be?
This is the most important sentence in a paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
The students wanted a day off, an easy A, and to cancel the final exam.
The students wanted to take a day off, to earn an easy A, and to cancel the final exam.
The professor's favorite team.
Who are the New York Yankees?
The correct way to say, "Me and him seen the eclipse."
What is, "He and I saw the eclipse?"
These are the eight forms of the verb "to be."
What is am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been?
These are the sentences that help transition your subtopics from one paragraph to the next.
What are transitions?
Next week we have one homework assignment due, two class days to prepare for the final exam, and to get our notes ready.
Next week we have one homework assignment due, two class days to prepare for the final exam, and seven days to get our notes ready.
The amount of notes allowed on the final exam.
What is one page (any size) front and back?
Write this sentence correctly: TBH, afaik we were gonna start the class on time.
To be honest, as far as I know we were going to start the class on time.
This is the correct way to say, "The bag had been left in the classroom."
What is, "Someone had left the bag in the classroom?"
*Alternative answers will be considered.
The number of sentences that must require citations per paragraph in this class.
What is two?
Summer break is for swimming, relaxing, and vacation.
Summer break is for swimming, relaxing, and taking vacations.
The full name of your textbook.
What is the Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handbook?
Write this sentence in scholarly language: The kids didn't wanna go to school, but their moms made them.
*Answers may vary: must change kids, didn't, wanna, and moms
This is the correct way to say, "The man had been given a puppy, but the puppy was better off with the professor."
Someone gave the man a puppy, but the puppy was better off with the professor.
The number of pages of original text you should have for each long quote you use.
What is five?
A "parallel list" means this.
All parts of the list are in the same grammatical format.
The date and time of the final exam for this class.
*I'm not entering the answer here because the correct answer is different for every class.