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31 Cards in this Set
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4 main types of pronoun errors |
1. Unclear pronoun reference/ambiguous antecedent. 2. Incorrect case. 3. Hypercorrection (misuse of reflexive). 4. Incorrect pronoun-antecedent agreement. |
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Name the Pronoun Error: Gill and Nancy took her cat to the vet. |
Unclear pronoun reference/ambiguous antecedent - two possible antecedents. Correct Sentence : Gill and Nancy took Gill's cat to the vet. |
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Name the Pronoun Error: Flu season has begun, and this worries me. |
Unclear pronoun reference/ambiguous antecedent - ungrammatical antecedent Correct Sentence: Flu season has begun, and this event worries me. |
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Name the Pronoun Error: It said on the radio that Hurricane Matthew has hit Haiti. |
Unclear pronoun reference/ambiguous antecedent - mysterious antecendent. Correct Sentence: CBC said on the radio that Hurricane Matthew has hit Haiti. |
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Name the Pronoun Error: When I saw the Tim Horton's box, I wanted one. |
Unclear pronoun reference/ambiguous antecedent - missing antecedent Correct Sentence: When I saw the Tim Horton's box, I wanted a doughnut. |
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Name the Pronoun Error: Everyone has their strengths. |
Incorrect pronoun-antecedent agreement. Correct Sentence: Everyone has his or her strengths. |
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Name the Pronoun Error: Bob and myself went to the store. |
Hypercorrection. Correct Sentence: Bob and I went to the store. |
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Name the Pronoun Error: The one who stole the money was him. |
Incorrect Case. Correct Sentence: The one who stole the money was he. |
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Principal Parts of Verbs |
1. Infinitive 2. Past Tense 3. Past Participle 4. Present Participle |
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Conjugate "run" into the 4 principal parts. |
1. Infinitive: to run 2. Past Tense: ran 3. Past Participle: run 4. Present Participle: running |
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Conjugate "look" into the 4 principle parts. |
1. Infinitive: to look 2. Past Tense: looked 3. Past Participle: looked 4. Present Participle: looking |
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5 Properties of Verbs. |
1. Number 2. Person 3. Voice 4. Mood 5. Tense |
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Name the 2 verb voices. |
1. Active 2. Passive |
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Name the 3 verb moods. |
1. Indicative 2. Imperative 3. Subjunctive |
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The indicative mood is used for... |
Statements of facts and questions. |
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The imperative mood is used for... |
Commands or requests. |
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The subjunctive mood is used for... |
An unlikely possibility, a wish, a command, or an event contrary to fact. |
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Name the twelve verb tenses |
1. Simple Present 2. Simple Past 3. Simple Future 4. Present Perfect 5. Past Perfect 6. Future Perfect 7. Present Progressive 8. Past Progressive 9. Future Progressive 10. Present Perfect-Progressive 11. Past Perfect-Progressive 12. Future Perfect Progressive |
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How are perfect tenses created? |
to have + past participle |
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How are progressive tenses created? |
to be + present participle |
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How are perfect-progressive tenses created? |
to have + been + present participle |
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Name the categories of verbs |
linking vs. action regular vs. irregular transitive vs. intransitive auxiliaries and modal auxiliaries |
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Linking or action verb and why: Harry appears sad. |
Linking. Linking verbs have predicate complements. Act as an equals sign. |
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Linking or action verb and why: Harry appears in potions class. |
Action. It is something the subject is doing. |
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What is the difference between regular and irregular verbs? |
Regular Verbs: The past tense and past participle are made by adding "ed" to the end. Irregular Verbs: The past tense and past participle are not made by adding "ed" to the end and are often different from each other. |
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What is a transitive verb? |
A verb that requires a direct object for the action to be performed upon. The car hit the curb. |
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What is an intransitive verb? |
A verb that does not require a direct object for the action to be performed upon. The gymnast twirled. |
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What is an auxiliary verb? |
A "helping" verb - to be, to have, to do. Helps to create the different tenses. They change their form based on tense. She is playing piano. |
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What is a modal auxiliary? |
can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, used to, ought to. They do not change their form based on tense. |
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What is a verb phrase? |
An auxiliary verb + a main verb. |
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Name 3 verb errors. |
1. Incorrect principal part. 2. Incorrect verb tense. 3. incorrect mood. |
