What is a verb phrase? What does the main verb show?
A verb phrase is made up of more than one verb. It has a main verb and one or more helping verbs.
The main verb shows action.
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1.Why are irregular verbs difficult?
2.What are the present tense, past tense, and past with has, have or had for the following words: read, and be?
1. They're difficult because you can only memorize them.
2. Present: read; is/are
Past: read; was/were
Past (has, had or have): read; been
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What are five examples of possessive pronouns?
My, mine, your, hers, his, theirs, their....
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What is an inflection added to a word that denotes the time an action takes place?
What is the tense
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What is a verb?
It is an action word or describes what something is like.
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What are some common helping verbs? List five
am, is, are, was, were, will, would, should, has, have, had, do, does, cna, should, should.....
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What are the singular pronouns? (there are 7)
I, me, he, she, him, her and it
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1.What possessive pronouns are used before a noun?
2.What are used on their own?
3. What possessive pronouns can be used before a noun or on its own?
1.My, your, her, our and their
2. Mine, yours, hers, ours, and theirs
3. His and its
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What is only one of something called?
What is singular?
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What does plural mean?
What is more than one of something?
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What do you add to most present tense verbs when the noun is plural or I, you, we or they?
Nothing
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What are the plural pronouns? (There are 4)
We, us, they, and them
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1.In a contraction where does the apostrophe go?
2. What are the contractions for cannot and will not?
1. The apostrophe goes were the letters were taken out.
2. Can't; won't
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What is something called when it does not follow a rule or what is expected?
Irregular
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What is a word used to replace a common or proper noun?
Pronoun
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How do you make most present tense verbs agree with singular nouns or he, she, or it? (Provide an example sentence)
What lesson was this?
By adding an -s or -es.
Ex. Night comes after day.
Subject Verb agreement lesson
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1.What are the subject pronouns?
2. What are the object pronouns?
1.I, you, he, she and it
2. me, you, him, her and it (they are used in the predicate of a sentence after an action verb or with a preposition)
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What are the three question an adjective usually answers about a noun?
1.What kind?
2.How many?
3. Which one?
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What is it when something is O.K. together?
What is an agreement?
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What is it called when you show ownership of something?
Possessive
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1.How do you show regular present tense verbs?
2.How do you show regular past tense verbs?
3.How do you show regular future tense verbs?
1.Present tense need to follow subject agreement rules.
2.Past tense needs to add -ed.
3.Future tense needs to add the helping verb will before the verb.
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Before you use a pronoun to replace an antecedent what questions should you ask about the antecedent?
1. Is the antecedent singular or plural?
2.Is it masculine (boy), feminine (girl), or neuter (it)?
Finally choose the pronoun that fits.
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What are the special adjectives called articles? when do you use them?
They are a, an and the. A and an are used only with singular nouns. The is used both with singular and plural nouns.
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What does contraction mean?
It's when something gets smaller or two words are made into one.
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What is the proper or common noun called that the pronoun in the sentence is talking about?