Grammar rules

Question 1

What is the subject-verb agreement rule?

Answer 1

The subject and verb of a sentence must agree in number

Question 2

When is a verb singular or plural?

Answer 2

If it has an “s” at the end the verb is singular. If it does not have an “s” at the end the verb is plural

Question 3

How do you know if a verb is singular or plural?

Answer 3

using the he/they test. Put a he and a they in front of the verb to know if it is singular or plural.

Question 4

_ pronouns are singular.

Answer 4

Indefinite

Question 5

What are some examples of indefinite pronouns?

Answer 5

everyone, someone and no one

Question 6

When two subjects are joined by _ they usually take a _ verb.

Answer 6

“and”, plural

Question 7

What are collective nouns?

Answer 7

Nouns representing a group of individuals

Question 8

collective nouns can be _ or _ depending on the context. Most commonly, collective nouns take a _ verb.

Answer 8

singular, plural, singular

Question 9

When do collective nouns take a singular verb?

Answer 9

When the entities they refer to act independantly

Question 10

When do collective nouns take a plural verb?

Answer 10

When the entities they refer to act collectively

Question 11

Words or phrases that come _ _ the arguement do not affect the arguement. These are called _ _.

Answer 11

in, between, intervening phrases

Question 12

What is a preposition?

Answer 12

Location word. Examples include of, on, behind, ahead e.t.c

Question 13

What is a prepositional phrase?

Answer 13

A phrase which comes after a preposition

Note: Ignore prepositional phrases

Question 14

What is the rule for pronoun usage?

Answer 14

A pronoun must agree in number and gender with its antecedent

Question 15

What is the antecedent?

Answer 15

The noun a pronoun refers back to

Question 16

Pronouns should have clear _ to avoid confusion.

Answer 16

antecedents

Question 17

Pronouns have different _ depending on their _.

Answer 17

forms, function

Question 18

What are the types of pronoun forms?

Answer 18

subjective, objective and possesive

Question 19

What are modifiers?

Answer 19

Modifiers are words which make a small change to the sentence by adding detail

Question 20

Modifiers should be placed _ the words the modify to avoid confusion.

Answer 20

near

Question 21

State the rule for dangling modifiers-

Answer 21

modifiers should clearly modify the intended subject or noun

Question 22

Adjectives should be used correctly when _ two or more items.

Answer 22

comparing

Question 23

Comparisons should be in _ structure.

Answer 23

parallel

Question 24

What are verb tenses?

Answer 24

They indicate the time at which an action takes place

Question 25

What are the types of verb tenses?

Answer 25

Future perfect, future simple, present perfect, present simple, past simple, past perfect and conditional tense

Question 26

What is future perfect tense?

Answer 26

Indicates an action that will be completed before a time in the future

Question 27

What is future simple tense?

Answer 27

Tense indicating a future action

Question 28

What is present perfect tense?

Answer 28

An action completed in the past with a present result

Question 29

What is present simple tense?

Answer 29

Indicates a habitual action

Question 30

What is past simple tense?

Answer 30

Indicates an action completed in the past

Question 31

What is past perfect?

Answer 31

Indicates an action completed before another action in the past

Question 32

What is the rule for verb tenses?

Answer 32

They should be maintained through a sentence or a paragraph

Question 33

What is a conditional tense?

Answer 33

Used to express an action that is dependant on a condition or hypothetical situation

Question 34

What is conditional perfect tense?

Answer 34

Used to expresses hypothetical actions which would have been completed under certain condition

Question 35

What is the present perfect continuous tense?

Answer 35

Used to express an action that started in the past and continues in the present

Question 36

What is the past perfect continuous tense?

Answer 36

Used to express an action that started in the past and continues in the past before a past action

Question 37

_ _ on sentences by properly seperating _ clauses

Answer 37

avoid, run, independant

Question 38

How do you join two independant clauses using a comma?

Answer 38

comma + fanboys conjunction

Question 39

Use _ between introductory clauses, phrases or words.

Answer 39

commas

Question 40

Use two _ , at the _ and at the _ of a phrase to seperate non-essential clauses from essential clauses

Answer 40

commas, beginning, end

Question 41

Use commas to seperate _ _.

Answer 41

listed, items.

Question 42

Use commas to seperate two _ _ that describe the _ _.

Answer 42

coordinate, adjectives, same noun

Question 43

Use commas to set off all _ names, items in dates (except the _ and _), addresses (except the _ _ and _), and _ in names.

Answer 43

geographical, month, day, street number and name, titles

Question 44

Ensure that senteces have a _ , _ and are not _.

Answer 44

subject, verb incomplete

Question 45

Rule for apostrophes?

Answer 45

Use apostrophes to indicate possesion or contraction(shortening of a word).

Question 46

Use semicolons to seperate _ _ or items in a series that already contain _.

Answer 46

independant, clauses, commas

Question 47

Use a period at the _ of a sentence.

Answer 47

end

Question 48

Use colons to _ a list or to _ , _ , _ , _ and state an _.

Answer 48

introduce, amplify, explain, quote, example