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| To identify verb tense you should rely on your ear because? |
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| We don't typically speak with incorrect verb tenses |
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| Subject verb agreement is one of the...? |
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| Most often missed questions on the ACT |
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| Singular verbs must accompany what type of subject? |
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| Plural verbs must accompany what type of subject? |
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| When finding subject/verb agreement follow what three steps? |
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- Find the subject
- Isolate subject and verb
- Plug in proper verb
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| List the unusual verb tense words? |
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- Lay
- Lie
- Swim
- Swam
- Hang
- Hung
- Begin
- Began
- Begun
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| People lie in present tense, what do people do in past tense? |
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| Objects lay in present tense, what did they do in past tense? |
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| Collective nouns are always what? |
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| List indefinite pronouns? |
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| What is an indefinite pronoun? |
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| A pronoun in which the speaker doesn't specifically single out an individual |
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| Indefinite pronouns are always what? |
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| Compound subjects (ex. Bob and Sue) are always what? |
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| Neither Bob nor Sue is singular or plural? |
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| Bob or Sue is singular or plural? |
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| What is pronoun antecedent? |
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| The noun the pronoun represents, previously stated in the text |
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| The pronoun and the antecedent should agree in what ways? |
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| Whom can be used in place of? |
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| Who can be used in place of? |
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| What does comparative compare? |
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| What does superlative compare? |
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| Superlative normally ends in? |
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| Comparative normally ends in? |
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