Pronouns
What is a pronoun?
A word that replaces a noun.
What is the difference between a linking verb and an action verb?
A linking verb is a state of being. An action verb is something that someone is able to do.
What are the two criteria for a gerund?
Gerunds act like nouns, and usually end in -ing.
What is a homophone?
Two words that sound the same, but they are spelled differently and they have different meanings.
What are the two verbs in the sentence. "The man Jack follows the toddler into the graveyard, but he eventually loses the trail."
Follows and loses.
Give three examples of a singular pronoun.
He, she, it, his, her, its.
Describe a helping verb.
A verb that gives more specific information. Words like: could, should, will, can, did, etc.
What are the two criteria for infinitives?
Infinitives are to + an action verb.
Which word is possessive: whose or who's?
Whose.
How would you write a verb in the future tense?
Add the word "will" to the verb.
What is an antecedent?
What is the formula for a verb phrase?
Verb phrase = helping verb + action verb
OR Verb phrase = linking verb + action verb
Find the gerund. "One of my favorite things to do outdoors is hiking".
Hiking.
(Weather/Whether) you like Jack London's writing or not, his novels Call of the Wind and White Fang are now important depictions of the this period of history.
Whether
Person: Amy, Place: New York, Thing: apple, Idea: joy
She kicked him, and he ended up leaving. What is wrong with this sentence and how do we fix it?
The antecedents are unclear. You would need to replace a pronoun with a name.
Find the verb phrase: "Well." Tally sat up. "We should fix that right now."
should fix
Find the infinitive. "We went to the lake and my friends dared me to jump in first."
To jump.
The gold rush lasted less (then/than) three years in all.
than.
Give three reasons why something might need to be capitalized.
If someone doesn't like the food at this restaurant, they can go somewhere else. How can we fix this sentence?
If someone doesn't like the food at this restaurant, he or she can go somewhere else.
OR: If they don't like the food at this restaurant, they can go somewhere else.
Identify all three kinds of verbs. Apparently, the Rusties did have some fun. It is like a track. They would stick ground cars to it and they went as fast as they could.
Action: went... Linking: is... Helping: would
What is the infinitive phrase? "I wish I could come over to your house, but I have a long list of chores to finish before bed."
To finish before bed.
What is the difference between using effect and affect?
Effect is a noun while affect is a verb.
Explain how you know which words to capitalize in a title.
The first and the last word get capitalized as well as any other significant words.