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Subject-Verb Agreement
Pronouns
Possessive vs. Plural
Verbs
Sentence Fragments
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When a subject is singular, the verb must be...
What is singular? When a subject is plural, the verb must also be plural.
100
A word used in place of a noun that stands for a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a pronoun?
100
Add this letter to most nouns to form the plural.
What is "s"?
100
A verb describes _________________.
What is an action, a condition, or a state of being? Example: supported, seems, is or are
100
A sentence is a fragment if it does not __________.
What is express a complete thought?
200
The number of a subject is not usually changed by a ________ following the subject
What is a phrase? Example: The woman with the laptop computers is named Brenda.
200
Pronouns can be in one of three cases: subject, object, or _________.
What is possessive?
200
Add this group of letters to nouns that end in s, sh, ch, x, and z to form the plural form.
What is "es"?
200
A ________ ________ is when two or more verbs work together as one verb.
What is a "verb phrase"? Example: is going, will complete, has worked
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A ___________ is a group of words that contains both a subject and predicate.
What is a clause?
300
The indefinite pronoun _____ can be singular or plural.
What is "none"?
300
True or false: Object pronouns include me, you, him, her, it, us, or them.
What is true?
300
When forming the plural of this type of noun, consisting of two or more words, the main word is the one that becomes plural.
What is a compound noun? Examples: sisters-in-law, editors in chief, vice presidents
300
A helping verb indicates a verb phrase. An example of a helping verb is:
What is: do, did, has, have, am, are, is, was, were, had, can, will, may, could, might have, would, or shall
300
A clause that has a subject and predicate but cannot stand alone is a ____________ clause.
What is dependent?
400
The easiest way to determine subject-verb agreement is to figure out the ______ ________. This may require you to rearrange the sentence.
What is the simple subject?
400
Myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
What is reflexive or intensive pronoun? Bonus: Who can tell me the difference between reflexive and intensive pronouns?
400
Add an ________ to a word to indicate possession.
What is an apostrophe?
400
Lie means to recline; lay means to place something. The past tense of lie is:
What is "lay"? The past participle is lain. The past tense of "lay" is laid; the past participle of "lay" is also laid.
400
The difference between a phrase and a clause is...
What is a phrase is a group of related words but does not contain both a subject and predicate; a clause contains both a subject and a predicate.
500
For this question, identify the correct verb for the sentence. Each of the job applicants (were/was) given ten minutes to speak to the president of the company.
What is "was"?
500
Identify if this sentence has an error; if it does have an error, then identify the error. Remember this should be done in the form of a question! Brendan's snoring was so loud that he distracted everyone in class from the exciting pronoun reference lecture.
What is "he"? The correct pronoun should be "it" because the pronoun is referring to "snoring."
500
"Whose" is the ________ form of a word, while "who's" is a _______.
What is possessive and contraction?
500
Identify which type of verb "look" is in each of the following sentences: Sam looked fat. Sam looked for his wallet.
What is linking and action? Remember that linking verbs connect the subject with the word(s) after the verb, and action verbs describe an action.
500
Identify whether the following is a sentence or a sentence fragment: Although David’s passport was valid at that time.
What is fragment? Bonus: For 100 points, turn this fragment into a complete sentence.