Feeling Lazy
Is this sentence active or passive? "I was shown how to play tennis by my coach?"
Passive
Does this sentence have a relative clause? If so, what is it? "My father went to the doctor on the mountain."
No (just a main clause and some prepositional phrases)
Does this sentence use a comparative or a superlative? "My family is the best."
Superlative "the best"
Does this sentence have an embedded clause? "My brother that works in Arizona makes very little money."
No - embedded clauses are always separated by commas
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Can a noun phrase stand on its own as a complete sentence?
What is the definition of a passive sentence?
In a passive sentence, the subject is not the one doing the action.
Does this sentence have a relative clause? If so, what is it? "The people who beat me up in middle school are now high school dropouts."
who beat me up in middle school
What is the comparative form of "happy?"
happiest
Is a full noun clause underlined here? "Whoever ate my strawberries will die!"
No, the subject "whoever" should also be included
Are the words in this sentence in the right order? "You should know how can you open a bank account.
No, they should be in statement order.
Is this sentence active or passive? "Barack Obama's presidency was considered historic."
Passive
What is this sentence's relative clause, and is it identifying or non-identifying? "The people who my grandpa knows are all old and cranky."
who my grandpa knows, identifying
What is wrong with this sentence? "I have always considered myself to be least intelligent of my siblings."
Superlative forms need to have "the" - "the least intelligent"
What kind of clause does this sentence probably need to be more complete? "She wishes."
A complement clause
What is the noun phrase in this sentence? "The evil red frog by the door ate my shoelaces."
The evil red frog by the door
Is this sentence passive or active? "I consider Tiger Woods overrated."
Active
What kind of relative clause can begin with the word "that?"
Identifying
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What is wrong with this sentence? "My paycheck is less good than my friend's?"
Which two types of clauses could describe the underlined section? "I insist she start picking up after herself!"
Subjunctive and complement
Howe would you reduce the adverb clause in this sentence? "After I had gone to the doctor, I began feeling even sicker."
"After having gone to the doctor, I began feeling even sicker."
Is this sentence passive or active? "I rode in the car that my brother drove."
Active
Does this sentence have a non-identifying relative clause, an identifying relative clause, or both? "My friend, who is the leader of a team that started a tech company, is now a billionaire."
Both: "who is the leader of a tech company" (non-ID), "that started a tech company" (ID)
Is the underlined word a comparative adjective or a comparative adverb? "I went to school earlier today than I did yesterday."
Comparative adverb
No, because there is normal 3ps agreement
How would you combine these two sentences into a single sentence that uses the underlined words to make a nominalization? "The temperature has dramatically increased this week. This has made people without air conditioning uncomfortable."
"The dramatic increase of the temperature this week has made people without air conditioning uncomfortable."