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What is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate?
What is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate?
What type of sentence asks a question?
What type of sentence asks a question?
What is the verb tense used to describe an action that happened in the past?
What is the verb tense used to describe an action that happened in the past?
What is the rule for subject-verb agreement when the subject is a plural noun?
What is the rule for subject-verb agreement when the subject is a plural noun?
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What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun?
What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun?
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What type of question do adverbs usually answer?
What type of question do adverbs usually answer?
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Study Notes
Clauses and Phrases
- A clause is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate.
- A phrase is a group of words that does not have a subject and a predicate.
- Independent clauses can stand alone as a sentence.
- Dependent clauses cannot stand alone as a sentence and need an independent clause to complete their meaning.
Types of Sentences
- Declarative sentences: state a fact or opinion (e.g., "The sun is shining.")
- Interrogative sentences: ask a question (e.g., "What is your name?")
- Imperative sentences: give a command or make a request (e.g., "Close the door.")
- Exclamatory sentences: express strong emotions (e.g., "What a beautiful day!")
Verb Tenses
- Present tense: happening now (e.g., "I am writing.")
- Past tense: happened in the past (e.g., "I wrote.")
- Future tense: will happen in the future (e.g., "I will write.")
- Verb tenses can be changed using -ed, -ing, or irregular verb forms.
Subject-Verb Agreement
- A singular subject takes a singular verb (e.g., "The cat sleeps.")
- A plural subject takes a plural verb (e.g., "The cats sleep.")
- Special cases: I, you, and they take plural verbs, while he, she, and it take singular verbs.
Adjectives and Adverbs
- Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns (e.g., "The big house.")
- Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (e.g., "She sings beautifully.")
- Adjectives usually answer "What kind?" or "How many?" questions, while adverbs answer "How?" or "When?" questions.
Pronouns
- Personal pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
- Possessive pronouns: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
- Reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves
- Pronouns replace nouns to avoid repetition and make sentences more concise.
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Test your knowledge of English grammar basics, including clauses, phrases, sentence types, verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns.
