October topics
A male duck is called this.
What is a drake?
These three short prepositions are often confusing.
What are "at," "in," and "on"?
All Mariah Carey wants for Christmas.
What is "you"?
It is the most common word in English.
What is "the"?
This word may be replaced by "should," "had," and "were" in conditional sentences.
What is "if"?
These two quantifiers look almost identical, and each may be pronounced in two different ways with either an /i(:)/ or /aɪ/ sound.
What are "neither" and "either"?
"Boiling" and "freezing" are this type of adjective.
What are ungradable adjectives?
In the first Home Alone movie, Kevin's family travels to this city.
What is Paris?
These words follow a certain order (opinion, size, age, color, origin, material, purpose) when put together.
What are adjectives?
"Be quiet" is an example of this type of sentence.
What is an imperative sentence?
The singular form of the word "data" is called this.
What is "datum"?
They can be divided into the following categories: manner, degree, duration, frequency, time, and more.
What are adverbs?
This hemiparasitic plant in the Western world became associated with Christmas as a decoration under which lovers are expected to kiss, as well as with protection from witches and demons.
What is mistletoe?
This question word is not like the others from its category.
What is "how"?
We use this type of sentence to highlight the action in a sentence.
What are wh-cleft sentences?
"first," "second," "next," and "last" are examples of these numbers.
What are ordinal numbers?
These types of verbs consist of a transitive verb followed by two elements: a particle and a preposition.
What are phrasal prepositional verbs?
It is a song that people sing at Christmas.
What is a Christmas carol?
This word can be used instead of "isn't," "aren't," and so on.
What is "ain't"?
It refers to the use of the auxiliary verb "do," including its reflected forms "does" and "did."
What is do-insertion or do-support?
This type of noun usually takes a singular verb such as "is," but it sometimes takes a plural verb such as "are."
What is collective noun?
This type of verb does not require a direct object to indicate the person or thing acted upon.
What is an intransitive verb?
Three wise men gave Baby Jesus these three gifts.
What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
Academics argue about the number of these things, ranging from 2 to 4.
What are articles?
It is used to create the illusion that the readers feel as if they were witnessing an event unfold.
What is the immediate observer effect?