Book 2 Review Flashcards
What is the best way to find the subject of a sentence?
Locate the verb and ask the question who or what before the verb.
Give an example of a word that can be used as more than one part of speech.
Total can be used as a noun, verb, or adjective.
Ex. 1 The total is one hundred. (noun)
Ex. 2 I will total the score. (verb)
Ex. 3 It was a total disaster.
What is the difference between the simple subject and the complete subject? Give examples.
a. The simple subject is the principal word the sentence is about.
Ex. The best class in school is grammar.
Simple subject: class
Ex. The best class in school is grammar.
Complete subject: The best class in school
What is the difference between the simple predicate and the complete predicate?
a. The simple predicate is the verb, including helping verbs.
Ex. John is learning Latin in school.
simple predicate: is learning.
Ex. John is learning Latin in school.
complete predicate: is learning Latin in school
Give an example of a compound subject and a compound verb.
Ex. 1 Compound subject:
Fern and Avery went to bed early the night before the County Fair.
Ex. 2 Compound verb:
Wilbur stared back at the crowd and tried to look his best.
What are the principal parts of a verb?
The principal parts are the four basic forms of the verb.
Give the names of the four principal parts of an English verb with examples using the verb walk.
the infinitive to walk
the present participle walking
the past tense walked
the past particple have walked
What is the infinitive? Give examples.
The infinitive is the dictionary form of the verb preceded by the word to. The infinitive usually functions as a noun.
Ex. 1 Mary wants to learn Latin.
Ex. 2 To be or not to be, that is the question. To die, to sleep, to dream.
What is a participle? What are the two forms? Give examples .
A participle is an adjective formed from a verb (verbal adjective). the two participles are the present participle and the past participle.
Ex. 1 Present Participle:
The conquering Gauls stormed the gates of Rome.
Ex. 2 Past Participle:
The conquered Gauls surrendered to Caesar.
How is the present participle formed?
The present participle is formed by adding ing to the dictionary form.
How is the past participle formed?
The regular past particple is formed by adding d or ed to the dictionary form.
What is a regular verb?
A regular verb is one that forms its past and past participle by adding d or ed to the dictionary form.
Ex.I walk, I walked, I have walked.
What is an irregular verb?
An irregular verb is one that does not form its past and past participle by adding d or ed to the dictionary form.
Ex.I see, I saw, I have seen
Give the principal parts of the regular verbs live, play, look, and learn.
to live living lived have lived
to play playing played have played
to look looking looked have looked
to learn learning learned have learned
Give the principal parts of the irregular verbs see, write, come, do, fly and go.
to see seeing saw have seen
to write writing wrote have written
to come coming came have come
to do doing did have done
to fly flying flew have flown
to go going gone have gone
What are the names of the six Engllish tenses?
Present, Past, Future, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, and Future Perfect
Give the first person singular of the six English verb tenses using the verb walk.
Present I walk (he, she, it walks)
Past I walked
Future I will walk
Present Perfect I have walked (he has walked)
Past Perfect I had walked
Future Perfect I will have walked
What are the two main aspects of English verbs?
English verbs have progressive and emphatic forms.
What is the progressive verb form?
The progressive verb form shows continuous action and consists of the present participle with forms of the to be verb as helping verbs.
Give the progressive forms for the first person singular of the six English verb tenses using the verb walk.
Present I am walking
Past I was walking
Future I will be walking
Present Perfect I have been walking
Past Perfect I had been walking
Future Perfect I will have been walking
What is the emphatic form? Give examples.
The emphatic form shows emphasis or unusual stress. It is found in only two tenses, the present and past. It uses the helping verbs do, does, or did.
Ex. 1 Present Emphatic - I do walk (he, she, it does)
Ex. 2 Past Emphatic - I did walk
What are the two ways the words of a verb phrase can be separated? Give examples.
a. The subject is placed between the helping verb and the main verb and questions.
Ex.IsWilburwalking?DoesWilburwalk?
b. An adverb can be placed between the helping verb and the main verb.
Ex. Wilbur is not walking. Wilbur is always walking.
Give eight words that are always adverbs and often interrupt a verb phrase.
ever, never, not, almost, always, hardly, scarecely, seldom
What are the two types of direct questions?
The two types of direct questions are questions introduced by question words and yes/no questions.
How do you form a yes or no question? Give an example.
To form a yes/no question, put a helping verb first.
Ex. He likes Latin
Does he like Latin? Is he liking Latin? Did he like Latin?
What are the six common question words?
The six common question words are who, what, when, where, why, how.
