Gerund & Appositive
what are the two types of appositives?
Restrictive Appositive and Nonrestrictive Appositive
I asked them where ____ going. choose the right answer.
A. were they
B. they were
B
direct speech and indirect speech
List the coordinating conjunction used in compound sentence.
FANBOYS( for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
Which item in the sentence is not parallel with the others?
beautiful flowers, swimming at the beach, delicious coffee.
swimming at the beach
True or false? If a verb ends with "-ing" from, it is must be a gerund.
False. it can also be present participle
Could you tell me ___? choose the right answer.
A. why you are late
B. why are you late
C. why late you are
A
Quoted speech: She asked, “Are you coming?”
Reported speech: _________________________.
She asked if I was coming./ She asked if we were coming.
choose the right answer:
A dependent clause can begin with a relative pronoun or a ________?
A. a coordinating conjunction
B. a subordinating conjunction
B. a subordinating conjunction
The car that has been stolen was parked in front of his house.
The car was parked in front of his house.
Combine the sentence into one sentence with an appositive:
Polar bears are large and furry animals. They eat seals but not penguins.
Polar bears, large and furry animals, eat seals but not penguins.
True of False
Could you tell me if is the doctor available right now?
False
She said "I'll call you later."
change it into reported speech.
She said she would call me later.
identify the sentence structure of the following sentence:
After the change in senior management, the company failed miserably.
Simple sentence
Which option is correctly parallel?
A.The committee will discuss policies, regulations and new ideas.
B.The committee will discuss policy, regulations and idea.
C.The committee will discussing policies, regulations and new ideas.
D.The committee discussed policies and regulation and new ideas.
A.
The committee will discuss policies, regulations and new ideas.
identify the function of the gerund in the sentence: Her passion is dancing.
subject complement
start the sentence with "I don't know"
Did the teacher go on the training course?
I don't know if the teacher went on the training course.
How is the tense typically changed when converting from direct to reported speech?
A. Past tense changes to present tense
B. Future tense remains unchanged
C. Past tense changes to past perfect tense
C. Past tense changes to past perfect tense
Identify the sentence structure:
The administration did not enforce wearing of masks nor did they take serious interest in testing.
compound sentence structure
"Although tired and grumpy, Laura agreed to babysit for her sister-in-law." in this sentence, is the first half sentence" Although tired and grumpy" an independent clause, dependent clause or not a clause?
Not a clause
choose the sentence with gerund phrase:
A: The running water is cold.
B: She thinks about moving to a new city
C: She is reading a book right now.
D: The barking dog woke up the entire neighborhood.
B
start the sentence with "I don't know"
Had I had dinner before I met Jack?
I don't know if I had had dinner before I met Jack.
Have you seen your brother this afternoon?
complete the sentence: She asked me ____________.
She asked me whether I had seen my brother this afternoon.
Identify the sentence structure:
Despite opposition from the overworked train drivers, the transport department is planning to bring back trains that have been under repair to ease crowding, a move, with some politicians jumping on to the side of drivers.
complex sentence structure
Correcting the errors in sentence to make it parallel structure.
We must either raise revenues or it will be necessary to reduce expenses.
We must either raise revenues or reduce expenses.