english 2

Question 1

If you art sure if a word is a noun?

Answer 1

if you are not sure if a word is a noun put an A or THE in front of it. if it works then the word is a noun

Question 2

if you are talking about something you can count individually use

Answer 2

FEWER or MANY

Question 3

if you are talking about something that can not be counted individually like a blob

Answer 3

use LESS, ALOT OF, MUCH

Question 4

what almost always come before the noun

Answer 4

an adjective

Question 5

Use the present perfect tense if.

Answer 5

1. If the action happened in the past but continues into th present moment.

“I have eaten 16 cookies so far this week.”

2. The action happened in the past but continues to affect the present moment. “I have eaten all of the pie, so there isn’t any left for you.”

Question 6

use the present tense

Answer 6

1. the action is happening right now.
   “I am hungry” (right now)
2. the action happens happitually. “I am hungry every afternoon.”
3. You are stating a fact: Elvis Costello is a great songwriter.
   4.YOu want dramatic effect i
4. you are talking about the future. “She will leave for paris in the morning.”

Question 7

Use past tense if

Answer 7

the event happened in the past and does not continue to happen. “I ate it.”

Question 8

use past perfect tense if.

Answer 8

“The even before before tense” use if
1. You are discussing an action already in the past and you need to make clear another action happened even earlier. Think of past perfect as the double past tense. “Before I ate your dessert i had eaten 87 counts. “

2. You have an “if” clause followed by the conditional (would) and the present perfect: If i had thought about it first , i would not have eat all those doughnuts

Question 9

use future tense if

Answer 9

You are talking about events that will happen in the future. All statements using future tense have not yet happened, they are in the future. “ tomorrow i will go on a diet.”

Question 10

use future perfect tense if

Answer 10

this tense combines future and past. use future perfect if

An action is finished before a specified time in the future. “by next week i will have lost 10 pounds.”

Question 11

how many verb tenses?

Answer 11

6

Question 12

present participle

Answer 12

the -ing verb form this form of the verb goes with is or are to form the continuous tenses. is walking, are swearing, is loving. or on its own an adjective

Question 13

past participle

Answer 13

the form of the verb that goes with have to form the present perfect; have walked, have sworn, have loved.

Question 14

adverbs modify

Answer 14

verbs, adjectives or other adverbs

Question 15

adverbs often end in

Answer 15

-ly

Question 16

in placing adverbs

Answer 16

place them as close as possible to the word being modified