Chapter 7. Concise, Consistent, Clear

Question 1

What’s the infinitive tense?
What’s present perfect tense?
What’s the simple tense?
What’s the past perfect?

Answer 1

Infinitive- used with the word to.
Present perf.- used w/ word has or are
Simple past- just simple past tense
Past Perfect- uses the word had/were

Question 2

What’s the difference between a passive voice and an active voice and when do you choose a passive voice as the answer?

Answer 2

Passive voice- the ball was kicked by Robert
Active voice- Robert kicked the ball
Choose the passive voice answer only when it’s free of grammatical errors.

Question 3

How do you find the subject of any sentence with a prepositional phrase?

Answer 3

Look to the left and make sure it matches with the verb.