Nouns & Pronouns
Adjectives
Verbs & Adverbs
Exceptions
100

Name the collective noun in the sentence:

They stared in awe at the massive fleet sailing through the channel. 

fleet

100

What is the usual position of an adjective in a sentence?


Before the noun it modifies

100

What do adverbs modify?

verbs and adjectives

100

What's the difference between the meaning of "rise" and "raise"

rise means to ascend/get up
raise means to lift

200

Form the plural of these nouns:

gas

country

gases (ending in sxz ch and sh form plural by adding es)

countries (ending in y preceded by consonant form plural by changing y to I and adding es)

200

Name the Adjectives in this sentence:

The spiky cactus grew tall and stored the rare water that came near him.

The

spiky
tall
rare

200

In which sentence is "fast" acting as an adverb?

1. That is a fast train.
2. That train travels fast.

2nd sentence

200

What is the difference between "sit" and "set"?

sit means to take a seat
set means to put in a place

300

Which of these is NOT a type of pronoun?

Personal, Interrogative, Limiting, Relative, Reflexive

Limiting

300

Give the three degrees of these adjectives:

wealthy
difficult

wealthy wealthier wealthiest

difficult more difficult most difficult 

300

A verb must agree with its subject in what two things?

person and number

300

Which of the following are both the singular and plural form?

fish
foot
deer
goose

fish and deer are singular and plural

400

What is the difference between a Nominative of Address and an appositive?

Nom of Address is addressing someone directly, an appositive is renaming a noun.

400

In the sentence below, name the pronominal adjectives:

Those boys will be late to her party if they do not finish cleaning the messy house first.

Those (demonstrative)
her (possessive)

400

To form the passive voice, what do we add to the past participle?

a helping verb-some tense of the "to be" verb

Present: We are seen.
Past: We were seen.
Future: We shall be seen.

400

Explain the differences between "two" "too" and "to".

Which part of speech is each?

two-numeral adjective
too-adverb of degree
to-preposition 

500

Use "who" first as a relative pronoun and then as an interrogative pronoun.

The God who made us is infinitely good.

Who is God?


500

What does "the repetition of the article" in a sentence change about its meaning?

(explain what the repetition of the article is and by giving examples, show how it changes the meaning)

It means that we are speaking of two individuals or things instead of one.

I saw a friend and classmate today.

I saw a friend and a classmate today.

500

How are a conjugation of a verb and a synopsis of a verb different?

A conjugation arranges a verb according to all its attributes whereas a synopsis just shows the tenses and voices while keeping the same mood, person and number.

500
When we have a compound subject "Anna and Marie" do we use a singular or plural verb?

plural verb

Anna and Marie are good friends.