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63 Cards in this Set
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All verbs must agree with their subject in what |
Number |
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A non-essential clause decribes a what |
Noun |
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Non essential are usually followed by what? |
Verbs |
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2 types of verb questions appear on the sat: |
Sub_verb agreement Verb-tense and form |
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Sometimes and error might appear _____ the non essential clause |
Within |
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Sometimes you will see subject verb agreement questions based on _____ beggining with _____. |
Essential clauses; that |
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What is a distraction to keep you from hearing the disagreement between the subject and the verb |
Unusual syntax |
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Singular nouns |
There is There was There has been |
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Plural nouns |
There are Thee where There have been |
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When neither and nor are used with two singular nouns the verb should be what |
Singular |
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Collective nouns= |
Singular |
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A number of |
Plural |
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The number of |
Singular |
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Each |
Singualar |
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(Every) one |
Singular |
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Gerunds when used as subjects |
Singular |
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Verb tense and form errors regularly appear on the sat in specific formats and in what |
Highly predictable ways |
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Date in the past= |
Simple past |
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Any sentence that includes a date or time period In the past and that describes a completed action that contain a verb in the what |
Simple past |
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Would and ____ are switched only with one another |
Will |
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You should not mix past and what in the same sentence |
Future |
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Past tense should not contain the word |
Will |
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Present tense should not contain the word |
Would |
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The word ____ should not generally appear in a clause beggining with ___. |
Would; if |
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Infinitive |
To form of the verb |
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Gerund |
Ing form of the verb |
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To be |
Being |
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Running |
To run |
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Gerunds and what are always switched with one another |
Infinitives |
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A gerund is a ____ that acts as a ____. |
Verb; noun |
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Whrn a verb acts as an adj it is a |
Participle |
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You must place a ____ before the____ in order for a sentence to make sense. |
Preposition; gerund |
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Sometimes both a gerund and an infinitive are acceptable |
In such cases neither will be considered an error |
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In general it is necessary to allow your ear in order to determine whether the gerund or infinitive is correct |
There's no rule that governs which one is used |
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The _____ used after any form of the verb to have |
Past participle |
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The verb tense that is formed by combining have or has + past participle is the |
Present perfect |
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*** when the words ___or___ appear the present perfect is usually required |
For; since |
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The simple past rather than the past participle will always incorrectly follow a form of the verb____ |
To have |
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Sentences that contain general truth always use the |
Present verb form |
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Past |
Had |
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Present |
Has have |
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Past perfect= |
Had + past participle |
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Hint |
Sometimes these sentences describe two events or actions that occurred in the past |
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The______ is used to indicate that one of those actions occurred before the other |
Past perfect |
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Thw phrase ______ is usually a tip-off that the Past Perfect is required |
By the time |
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Had |
Past perfect |
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Has |
Present perfect |
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Will have |
Future tense |
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Next to verbs what is the most commonly tested part of speech on the ACP |
Pronouns |
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2 kinds of pronoun questions that appear on the SAT |
Pronoun antecedent Pronoun case |
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What is used to replace a noun |
Pronoun |
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An____ is simply the word (noun, pronoun, or gerund) to wich a pronoun refers |
Antecedent |
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All pronouns must agree with their |
Antecedents |
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One |
3rd person |
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You |
2nd person |
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One and ____ are frequently switched with one another |
You |
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They cannot be matvhed within a sentence |
But must remain consistent throughout |
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More than any other pronoun ____ is likely to be wrong |
It |
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Hint |
Sometimes it is unclear which antecedent a pronoun refers to |
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Do so |
Correct |
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Do it |
Incorrect |
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Any pronoun that appears in a sentence must have a_____ that is a noun, pronoun, or gerund. |
Clear antecedent |
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If a sentence includes a ____ without an ____ that sentence can not be correct no matter how obvious it's meaning may be |
Prniun ;Antecedent |