Adjective - CORRECT ANSWER Word or phrase that describes or modifies a noun
Adverb - CORRECT ANSWER Word or phrase that describes or modifies an
... [Show More] adjective,
verb, or other adverb
Predicate - CORRECT ANSWER The part of a sentence that explains what the subject
does or is like
Preposition - CORRECT ANSWER A word that tells the position of the noun; usually
found before the noun
Example: "When a snake slides through the ground..." (preposition is through)
Perfective - CORRECT ANSWER A verb for an item that has been completed
Progressive - CORRECT ANSWER A verb that shows something that is currently
happening
Pronoun-antecedent agreement - CORRECT ANSWER Matching like numbers of
pronouns and their antecedents: singular with singular, plural with plural
Colloquialism - CORRECT ANSWER An informal word or phrase
Second person - CORRECT ANSWER A narrative mode that addresses the reader as
"you"
When to use whom? - CORRECT ANSWER Use "whom" when you are referring to the
object of a sentence. Use "who" when you are referring to the subject of a sentence
(The "M" trick - if you can answer it with "him", use whom, but if you can answer it with
"he", use who)
Example: it is "Whom did you step on?" if you are trying to figure out that I had squished
Squiggly because whom is the one being squished - the object of the squishing.
Similarly, it would be "Whom do I love?" because you are asking about the object - the
target of the love.
When to use whose? - CORRECT ANSWER Use "whose" to find out which person
something belongs to
Examples: Whose camera is this? Whose dog is barking outside? Whose cell phone
keeps ringing?
When to use who? - CORRECT ANSWER If you were asking about the subject of these
sentences, then you would use "who." For example, "Who loves you?" and "Who
stepped on Squiggly?" In both these cases the one you are asking about is the subject -
the one taking action, not the one being acted upon.
Good vs. well - CORRECT ANSWER Good is an adjective while well is an adverb
answering the question how
Ex: How did I do the job? ...You did the job well.
Plural verb - CORRECT ANSWER In a plural verb drop the "s"
Example: "The churches inspire us." (Tip: both the subject and verb can't have an "s")
Singular verb - CORRECT ANSWER In a singular verb add a "s"
Example: "The church inspires us."
Preposition mnemonic - CORRECT ANSWER The boy can sit ON the box, BY the box,
ABOVE the box, BELOW the box, AROUND the box, or NEAR the box.
(Also includes TO and FROM)
First person, common possessive pronouns - CORRECT ANSWER Singular: mine, my
Plural: our, ours
Second person, common possessive pronouns - CORRECT ANSWER Singular: your,
yours
Plural: your, yours
Third person, common possessive pronouns - CORRECT ANSWER Singular: his, hers,
his, its
Plural: their, theirs
(*in all pronoun there is no apostrophe in its or theirs)
Use of: or, nor, and - CORRECT ANSWER When "or" or "nor" is used to connect
multiple subjects that are singular, a singular verb is required.
When "and" is used, a plural verb is required.
Example: "Neither Joan nor Ann enjoys studying math, but both Joan and Ann enjoy
study microbiology."
Subject-verb agreement - CORRECT ANSWER Using the right version of the verb to
agree with the subject
Example: One dog (subject) is (verb) sitting on the bench.
Antecedent - CORRECT ANSWER A noun that a pronoun refers back to
Example: "Mom went to the store before I could remind her." (Antecedent is mom;
pronoun is her; use pronouns only when the antecedent is clear)
A plural antecedent must have a ______ pronoun. - CORRECT ANSWER Plural; if the
noun apples is replaced by a pronoun, the pronoun must be they, and vice versa for
singular.
Indirect dialogue - CORRECT ANSWER Tells us about what someone said.
Example: "Allison says that she hasn't finished studying for the exam and it begins in 1
hour."
Direct dialogue - CORRECT ANSWER Tells exactly what someone said rather than
telling us about it. Offers a more specific perspective. Quotations always indicate
exactly what someone says.
Example: "Allison said, "I haven't finished studying for the exam and it begins in 1
hour.""
If one quote exists inside another quote, what do you use? - CORRECT ANSWER
Single quotations marks are used to indicate the inside quote
Quotation dialogue - CORRECT ANSWER If the quotation ends at the end of a
sentence, the period should be within the quotes.
If the quotation mark encloses a question or an exclamation, they should be within
quotation marks.
If the question mark or exclamation point applies to the whole question, then it should
be placed outside of the quotation marks.
A comma follows or comes before an attributive tag.
First word of direct dialogue is capitalized if it completes a full sentence.
Point of view - CORRECT ANSWER The prospective from which an author writes
First person point of view - CORRECT ANSWER When writing from a first point of view,
the narrator is a character within the story. (In non-fictional, the character is the author.
In fictional, the narrator may be any of the characters.)
Example: a diary, writing personal feeling towards a subject
Pronouns used in a first person point of view - CORRECT ANSWER I, my, we and our
Second person point of view - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to the reader as you. It is
speaking directly to the reader, using the pronoun "you".
Example: a letter or an e-mail
Pronouns used in a second person point of view - CORRECT ANSWER You [Show Less]