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Noun - answers A person, place, thing, or idea
(e.g. person- man, doctor,
place- river, Paris, mountains, home.
Thing - dog, book, sports car)
Subject - answers Actor
When a sentence has : Each, One, Body, Thing. The sentence is plural or singular? -
answers Each, One, Body, Thing are Always singular
None of my stamps (have/had) lost their value - answers Have, because None can be
both singular or plural look to next word which is stamps which is plural so need plural
version so drop S
subject-verb agreement - answers Agreement in number between a subject and a verb.
If the subject is singular, the verb is singular. If the subject is plural, the verb is plural.
E.g. Harriet runs very fast. Susie and Harriet run very fast
Each of the boys (carries/carry) his books - answers Carries, because Each signifies it
is singular so we need the singular verb so add an S
Verb - answers Describes an action or state of being
Inside the mall (sit/sits) Santa - answers Sits, because Santa is the subject and is
singular so the verb needs to be singular so add an S
Inside the mall (sit/sits) Santa and his elves - answers Sit, because now with the elves
the subject is plural and needs a plural verb so drop the S
Are they singular or plural versions of the Noun and Verb? The bees sting. - answers
Plural Noun being Bees.
Sting is also plural because with verbs you drop the S to make plural
Whats wrong with the statement: The churches inspires awe? - answers Churches and
inspires are opposite. Churches is a plural subject and inspires is a singular verb. So
one needs to lose an S and either both become plural or singular
How to make a Verb Plural? - answers Drop the S to make Plural.
Add an S to make singular.
,(E.g. The Cat Scampers. cat is the subject, scampers is the verb. since a singular
noun/subject need a singular verb so add an S to scamper)
Ashley or Rob (buy/buys) the book to share - answers Buys. Because Or between the
subjects makes it singular, so then we need the singular verb so add the S
Collective Noun - answers This refers to a group of people or things but usually takes a
**Singular noun form. For example: The team is on its way to victory.
Singular or Plural: Is? - answers Singular verb
Singular or Plural: are? - answers Plural
Peaches and Cream (is/are) my favorite dessert - answers Is, because pleaches and
cream is a collective noun, so Is, is the singular verb
Who vs. Whom - answers Who = Subject. try substituting he for who.
Whom = Object (an object receives the action) try substituting him for whom
This vs These - answers Both indicate something is Near.
This = Singular. These = Plural
That vs Those - answers Both Indicate something is Far.
That = Singular. Those = Plural
I should (have/of) drank more coffee - answers Have, because need a verb. Of, then
would be should've.
Have = Verb. Of = Preposition (expresses location, I ordered a cup Of coffee)
Between Vs Among - answers Between = 2 people. (Just between you and me)
Among = more than 2 (you're among friends)
Each other vs One another - answers Each other = 2 people. (my mom and i talk to
each other)
One another = more than 2 (my family talks to one another)
In vs Into - answers In = static (Im in the mall).
Into = movement (Im walking into the mall)
Batman threw Joker from a two story building.
Active or Passive writing? - answers Active, because the subject of Batman is led, then
the verb which is threw, then the object which is Joker
Joker was thrown from a building by Batman.
Active or Passive writing? - answers Passive, because the subject Batman is last, the
verb is towards the beginning and the object Joker is first
,Lay vs Lie - answers Lay- when laying *Something down.
Lie- when lying *Myself down.
i before e - answers except after c, or when sounded like "ay"
as in neighbor and weigh
(IE words: believe, field, relief
CEI words: ceiling, deceit, receive
EI words: freight, reign, sleigh)
desert - answers arid land
dessert - answers a sweet treat
Remember that with dessert, you'd like seconds.
effect - answers effect is usually a noun, executed, produced or brought about, effect is
something that happens due to a cause
affect - answers Affect is usually a verb, made an impact on, it is past tense
It's - answers it is or it has
(if can't replace with it is or it has wrong use)
e.g. The courses began in June, and since then, it's been booming.
Its - answers possessive form of the pronoun "it"
e.g. Columbia University has often shown that the principle is among its core values.
Inference - answers A conclusion one can draw from the presented details.
adverb - answers A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
adjective - answers A word that describes a noun
Suffix - answers An affix that appears at the end of a word
A colon ( : ) - answers A colon introduces items in a list or a definition
Semicolon ( ; ) - answers Used to link 2 ideas.
Affix - answers letters placed at the beginning or end of a word that changed its
meaning
Prefix - answers An affix that appears at the beginning of a word
Root word - answers The base word you start with before adding prefixes or suffixes
, Pronoun - answers A word that takes place of a noun
Syllable - answers A unit of speech heard as a single sound; one "beat" of a word or
phrase.
Homograph - answers Two words that are spelled the same, but have different
pronunciation and meaning
Homophone - answers a word that has the same sound but a different meaning as
another word
Independent Clause - answers expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a
sentence. Has both a subject and a verb.
Dependent Clause - answers A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone
as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or
adverb
Imperative Sentence - answers A sentence that requests or commands
3 Categories of Pronouns - answers Personal, Possessive, and Reflexive
Exclamatory sentence - answers sentence that expresses great emotion such as
excitement, surprise, happiness and anger (!)
Declarative Sentence - answers A sentence that makes a statement.
e.g. Martin expressed his fear of diving in the deep ocean trench.
Simple sentence - answers A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no
dependent clause
Complex sentence - answers A sentence with one independent clause and at least one
dependent clause
Conjunction - answers A word used to join words or groups of words
Synonym - answers A word that has the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another
word
Use a Comma - answers Comma before and after conjunctions,
Comma with conjunctions
Dangling Modifier - answers A word, phrase, or clause that modifies a word not clearly
stated in the sentence.