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TWO OR MORE SINGULAR NOUNS CONNECTED BY OR/NOR REQUIRE A ______ VERB.
- SINGULAR
- EX: THE HAT OR COAR IS MY FAVORITE ACCESORY.
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WHAT IS A COMPOUND SUBJECT?
TWO OR MORE NOUNS
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WHEN A COMPOUND SUBJECT IS CONNECT BY OR/NOR AND ONE IS SINGULAR AND THE ONE IS PLURAL, WHAT IS THE VERB AGREE WITH? SINGULAR OR PLURAL?
THE VERB AGREES WIT THE CLOSER OF THE TWO.
EX: THE BOYS OR HIS SISTERS EAT LUNCH WITH BETTY EVERY SUNDAY.
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IS THE WORD "EVERYBODY" SINGULAR OR PLURAL?
SINGULAR.
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IS THE WORD ANYBODY SINGULAR OR PLURAL?
SINGULAR
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T OR F
COLLECT NOUNS SUGGEST MULTIPLE PEOPLE BUT ARE CONSIDERED A SINGULAR ENTITY.
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NEITHER OF THE BOYS WAS/WERE READY.
WHICH OF THE UNDERLINED IS CORRECT?
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LAY/LIE ON THE SOFA MR. SMITH AND RELAX.
WHICH OF THE UNDERLINED IS CORRECT?
LIE.
LAY REQUIRES A DIRECT OBJECT, SOMETHING PHYSICAL.
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THE CHIEF TOOK/BROUGHT THE DINNER TO HIS PREFERRED PATRONS.
WHICH OF THE UNDERLINED IS CORRECT?
TOOK.
- YOU ASK PEOPLE TO BRING YOU THINGS.
- YOU TAKE THINGS TO WHERE YOUR GOING.
- YOU BRING THINGS HERE AND TAKE THINGS THERE.
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MEL OWNED A DINER/DINNER?
DINER.
- THINK YOU WANT TO EAT MORE, DINNER.
- YOU WANT TO PAY LESS DINER.
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WORDS THAT SOUND THE SAME BUT HAVE DIFFERENT MEANINGS. SOMETIMES SPELLED THE SAME.
HOMOPHONES
- EX:
- ROSE (FLOWER)
- ROSE (PAST TENSE OF RISE)
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IF A GROUP OF WORDS THAT CONTAIN A SUBJECT AND A VERB ACTS AS A ADJECTIVE, IT IS CALLED _________ _______?
ADJECTIVE CLAUSE.
EX:MY SISTER, WHO IS MUCH OLDER THAN I AM, IS AN ENGINEER.
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IF AN ADJECTIVE CLAUSE BECOMES STRIPPED OF ITS SUBJECT AND VERB THE RESULTING MODIFIER BECOMES A _______ ____?
ADJECTIVE PHRASE
- EX:
- HE IS THE MAN WHO IS KEEP MY FAMILY IN THE POORHOUSE.
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DEFINE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE.
- COMPARTIVE. 2 THINGS
- SUPERLATIVE. 3 OR MORE.
- NOTE THAT COMPARATIVE UTILIZES "THAN"
- SUPERLATIVE UTILIZES "THE"
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_______ CARRY THE IDEA OF BEING OR ACTION.
VERB
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NAME THE FOUR VERB FORMS.
- Base form
- Past form
- Present participle
- Past participle
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Adverbs are words that modify WHAT?
- •a verb
- (He drove slowly. — How did he drive?)
- •an adjective
- (He drove a very fast car. — How fast was his car?)
- •another adverb
- (She moved quite slowly down the aisle. — How slowly did she move?)
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A group of words containing a subject and verb acts as an adverb (modifying the
verb of a sentence), it is called -----------?
- Adverb Clause.
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- When this class is over, we're going to the movies.
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------------------------ frequently have adverbial functions (telling place and time, modifying the verb)
Prepositional phrases.
•He went to the movies.
•She works on holidays.
•They lived in Canada during the war.
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She moved slowly and spoke quietly.
VERB, ADVERB OR ADJECTIVES?
ADVERBS OF MANNER.
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