Verbs
What tense is it?
“She was learning a lot about water.”
Past Participle/Continuous
Make it comparative: Deep
Deeper
Find the personal pronoun:
“At the game, we sold popcorn to the fans.”
“We” – First Person
TRUE OR FALSE
This is a correct example of parallel structure: He liked their courage, stamina, and style.
TRUE
Linking verbs most commonly use forms of this infinitive. Hint, an infinitive is (to + verb).
TO BE
What tense is it?
“I will have created a rocket in 10 years.”
Future Perfect
Make it superlative: Tiny
Tiniest
When using pronouns, you must also make sure that they agree with their what?
Antecedents
Correct or Incorrect:
“Brian disliked not only playing baseball but also to run long distances.”
INCORRECT
Adjective or Pronoun? That is MY sister's favorite book.
Adjective
Change to Past: We will go on a field trip.
We went on a field trip.
Her courage was the __________________ (remarkable) of anyone her age. SUPERLATIVE
Most Remarkable
Find the possessive pronoun:
“Jane takes pride in her outfits.”
“Her (outfits)”
Define Parallelism
Parallelism means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more elements in the sentence have the same level of importance.”
Identify the possessive pronoun: Although he has many special toys, the PlayStation is ours.
OURS
Spell these correctly for past: hurry, stop, play, dry, fly
hurried, stopped, played, dried, flew
He got ______________ (close) to the fire than I did, so his jacket melted. COMPARATIVE
Closer
Is this reflexive or intensive:
“My sister and I bought ourselves popcorn at the movie.”
REFLEXIVE
Combine these two sentences: Most writers hate neglect. They love to be acclaimed.
Most writers hate to be neglected but love to be acclaimed.
Most writers hate neglect but love acclamation.
This is who or what is doing the action or being identified or described in a sentence.
The Subject
Define Subject-Verb Agreement
When writing, it's important to make sure that subjects and verbs 'agree' with each other. That means that plural subjects should be matched to plural verbs and singular verbs should be matched to singular subjects.
What are the comparative and superlative forms for the adjective "little"?
Little... Less & Least
"What is up." What is the subject of the sentence?
None of the words is the subject. This sentence is a sentence fragment.
Multiple Choice:
A. Kim practices yoga every day for the relaxation and because it makes her more flexible.
B. Kim practices yoga every day because it's relaxing and for flexibility.
C. Kim practices yoga every day for relaxation and for flexibility.
D. Kim practices yoga daily for relaxing and getting flexibility.
C. Kim practices yoga every day for relaxation and for flexibility.
Find the 3 adjectives: My longest day was when I finished the hard test early in the school day.
longest, hard, school