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1
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Name the five principal parts of a verb

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infinitive, present, past, present participle and past participle

2
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What will the infinitive always have in front of it?

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to

3
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Which 2 principal parts parts will have helping verbs?

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The Present participle and the Past participle

4
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What is the difference between a regular and an irregular verb?

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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.

5
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What are the principal parts of the verb to swim. (practice with other verbs as well)

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To swim, swim, swam, swimming, have swum

6
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Name the 6 tenses

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Present, Past, Future, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Perfect.

7
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What is unique about the third person singular present tense?

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The verb ends in s, as in (he/she/it) sings.

8
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What helping verbs will the future perfect tense always have?

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Will have or shall have.

9
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What do the perfect tenses have in common?

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The helping verbs have, has or had.

10
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The Perfect tenses are formed by what principal part?

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The Past participle.

11
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What is the progressive form?

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The - ing form of the verb.

12
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What does it mean to conjugate a verb?

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To list a verb form with all its tenses, numbers and persons.

13
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Define active and passive voices.

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When the subject does the action it is active. When the action is being done to the subject it is passive voice.

14
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Give the first person singular present tense of the active and passive voice of to call.

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I call, I am called. (Practice with different tenses persons numbers and verbs!)

15
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What is the difference between a transitive and intransitive verb?

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A transitive verb requires and object to complete the thought; an intransitive verb does not.

16
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Transitive and Intransitive verbs are two types of what kind of verb?

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Action verbs

17
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What are the other types of verbs?

A

Linking and helping verbs.

18
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The verb must always agree with it’s subject in….?

A

Number

19
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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?

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The Subject

20
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List ten pronouns that are always singular in number.

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I he she it its him her his hers each either one neither everybody everyone no one nobody anyone anybody someone somebody.

21
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Lit four pronouns that are always plural in number

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We they them us Several both many few.

22
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Which five pronouns can take either a singular or plural verb?

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Some all any most none.

23
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Which voice will always have a helping verb?

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The Passive voice. (it will be a being helping verb :)

24
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With the pronouns that can go either way how do you determine which is required?

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The prepositional phrase that modifies the pronoun determines the number.

25
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Do singular subjects joined by or OR nor take a singular or plural verb?

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Singular

26
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What is the rule fora compound subject that inclueds both a singular and plural noun?

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The verb agrees in number with the subject nearer to the verb.

27
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Explain the rule for collective nouns.

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If a group acts as one unit, it requires a singular noun; if it suggests a collection of individuals acting separately, it id plural.