Final Exam Grammar :) Flashcards
(27 cards)
Name the five principal parts of a verb
infinitive, present, past, present participle and past participle
What will the infinitive always have in front of it?
to
Which 2 principal parts parts will have helping verbs?
The Present participle and the Past participle
What is the difference between a regular and an irregular verb?
A regular verb forms the past and past participle by adding ed or d to the infinitive. Irregular verbs change their spelling in various ways.
What are the principal parts of the verb to swim. (practice with other verbs as well)
To swim, swim, swam, swimming, have swum
Name the 6 tenses
Present, Past, Future, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Perfect.
What is unique about the third person singular present tense?
The verb ends in s, as in (he/she/it) sings.
What helping verbs will the future perfect tense always have?
Will have or shall have.
What do the perfect tenses have in common?
The helping verbs have, has or had.
The Perfect tenses are formed by what principal part?
The Past participle.
What is the progressive form?
The - ing form of the verb.
What does it mean to conjugate a verb?
To list a verb form with all its tenses, numbers and persons.
Define active and passive voices.
When the subject does the action it is active. When the action is being done to the subject it is passive voice.
Give the first person singular present tense of the active and passive voice of to call.
I call, I am called. (Practice with different tenses persons numbers and verbs!)
What is the difference between a transitive and intransitive verb?
A transitive verb requires and object to complete the thought; an intransitive verb does not.
Transitive and Intransitive verbs are two types of what kind of verb?
Action verbs
What are the other types of verbs?
Linking and helping verbs.
The verb must always agree with it’s subject in….?
Number
What if a prepositional phrase comes between the subject and the verb? Does the verb agree with the subject or the object of the preposition?
The Subject
List ten pronouns that are always singular in number.
I he she it its him her his hers each either one neither everybody everyone no one nobody anyone anybody someone somebody.
Lit four pronouns that are always plural in number
We they them us Several both many few.
Which five pronouns can take either a singular or plural verb?
Some all any most none.
Which voice will always have a helping verb?
The Passive voice. (it will be a being helping verb :)
With the pronouns that can go either way how do you determine which is required?
The prepositional phrase that modifies the pronoun determines the number.
