Pronoun Agreement & Reference:
Does the pronoun agree? "Everybody took their seat."
No, it should be "Everybody took his or her seat."
Identify the subject and verb in this sentence: "The cat runs quickly."
Subject: cat, Verb: runs
Is "walked" a regular or irregular verb?
Regular
Is this a fragment or a complete sentence? "Because I was tired."
Fragment
Choose the correct verb: "The dog (bark/barks) loudly."
barks
Correct this sentence: "The team won their game."
The team won its game.
What is a subject?
The person, place, thing, or idea that performs the action in a sentence.
What is the past tense of "go"?
went
Fix this fragment: "The boy running down the street."
The boy was running down the street.
Does this sentence have subject-verb agreement? "They is late."
No, it should be "They are late."
What’s wrong with this sentence? "Jessica told her sister that she could borrow her car."
It’s unclear who "she" and "her" refer to.
Choose the correct verb: "They (is/are) going to the store."
are
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
DOUBLE POINTS!!
What makes a verb irregular?
Identify the error: "I went to the park I played soccer."
Run-on
"The team are winning the game.
The team is winning the game.
Correct the pronoun reference: "The students went to the library because they wanted to check out a book."
Correct as is.
Find the verb in this sentence: "She quickly finished her homework."
finished
Change "run" to its past participle.
The past participle of "run" is "run."
Here's how it's used in a sentence:
Correct this run-on: "She likes coffee she drinks it every morning."
She likes coffee, and she drinks it every morning.
Identify the error: "Each of the students are responsible."
Should be "Each of the students is responsible."
Fix this pronoun agreement: "Someone left their backpack."
Someone left his or her backpack.
Explain how to find the subject in an interrogative sentence.
Convert the question to a statement and find the noun performing the action.
Change "drive" to its past tense.
drove
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What is a fragment?
Explain the rule of subject-verb agreement.
The subject and verb must agree in number: singular subjects take singular verbs, plural subjects take plural verbs.