English, ATI Manual

Question 1

is this word spelled correctly?
compatible

Answer 1

YES

Question 2

Plural forms of nouns can also apply to PROPER NAMES. How would you pluralize the Ross family?

Answer 2

The Rosses

*Can think of another word like boss. How would you pluralize boss? Bosses.

Question 3

Plural form of “roof”

Answer 3

Roofs

Question 4

Plural form of “tornado”

Answer 4

Tornadoes

Question 5

plural of salmon

Answer 5

salmon

Question 6

plural of deer

Answer 6

deer

Question 7

plural of moose

Answer 7

moose

Question 8

compound noun

Answer 8

mother-in-law
court-martial

Question 9

affect vs effect

Answer 9

affect can be used as a noun for feeling, emotion, or mood. Affect as a verb means to influence.

effect can be used as a noun that means result. effect as verb means to bring about

affect: the sunshine affects plants

effect: the new rules will effect order in the office

Question 10

homographs

Answer 10

have same spelling but have multiple meanings

example: content as a noun vs content as an adjective

Question 11

general nouns vs specific nouns

Answer 11

general more abstract… words like beauty, strength, truth, peace (ideas)

specific are like concrete nouns like baby, friend, father, town, park, city, hall, rainbow

Question 12

personal pronouns

Answer 12

singular
first person: I, me, my, mine
second person: you, you, your, yours
third person: he, she, it, him, her, it, his her, hers, its

plural
we, us, our, ours
you, you, yours, yours
they, them, their, theirs

Question 13

intensive pronouns

Answer 13

I myself, you yourself, he himself, we ourselves, they themselves, you yourselves etc etc

Question 14

relative pronouns

Answer 14

which, who, whom, whose

Question 15

interrogative pronouns

Answer 15

what, which, who, whom, whose

Question 16

demonstrative pronouns

Answer 16

this, that, these, those

Question 17

indefinite pronouns

Answer 17

all, any, each, every, either/neither, one, some, several

Question 18

reciprocal pronouns

Answer 18

each other, one another

Question 19

transitive verbs vs intransitive verbs

Answer 19

transitive:
He plays the piano. The piano was played by him.

a transitive verb is a verb whose action (drive, run, jump, etc) points to a receiver (car, dog, kangaroo).

intransitive:
He plays. John writes well.
Intransitive verbs do not point to a receiver of an action. In other words, the action of the verb does not point to a subject/object.

Question 20

common linking verbs

Answer 20

linking verbs link the subject of a sentence to a noun or pronoun - or link a subject with an adjective

verbs like appear, be, become, feel, grow, look, seem, smell, sound, taste

Ex: I am John. I smell roses. I feel tired.

Question 21

active voice vs passive voice

Answer 21

Active voice:
Jon drew the picture.
(Jon doing the action).

Passive voice:
The picture is drawn by Jon.
(The subject “picture” is receiving the action from Jon).

Question 22

future tense:
present perfect tense:
past perfect tense:
future perfect:

Answer 22

future tense:
Ex: “I will walk to the store tomorrow.”

present perfect tense:
Ex: I have walked to the store three times today.

past perfect tense:
Ex: Before I walked to the store (Action 2), I HAD WALKED to the library.

future perfect:
Ex: When she comes for the supplies (future moment), I WILL HAVE WALKED to the store (action completed in the past).

Question 23

indicative mood used for

Answer 23

facts, opinions, questions

Fact: you can do this
Opinion: I think that you can do this.
Question: Do you know that you can do this?

Question 24

subjunctive mood used for

Answer 24

wishes and statements that go against fact
Wish: I wish that I were going to do this
Statement against fact: If I were you, I would do this. (This goes against fact because I am not you).

Question 25

Definite articles vs indefinite articles

Answer 25

definite: I lost THE bottle that belongs to me.

indefinite: Does anyone have A bottle to share? (“A” and “AN”)

Question 26

positive, comparative, superlative degrees

Answer 26

positive degree
Ex: This work is difficult

comparative degree
Ex: This work is more difficult than your work.

superlative degree
Ex: This is the MOST DIFFICULT work of my life.

Question 27

Adverbs

Answer 27

modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

*Usually answer one of these questions: When? Where? How? Why?

*Adjectives answer “which one, what kind of, how many?”

NOT and NEVER are also adverbs!!!

Although many adverbs end in -ly, NOT ALL ADVERBS END IN -LY

Examples: early, friendly, holy, lonely, silly, ugly

Question 28

coordinating conjunctions

Answer 28

and, but, yet, or, nor, for, so
Examples: The rock was small, but it was heavy.
She drove in the night, and he drove in the day.

Question 29

Correlative conjunctions

Answer 29

Either…. or
Neither… nor
Not only… but also

Either you are coming, or you are staying.
He not only ran three miles, but also swam 200 yards.

Question 30

Subordinating conjunctions

Answer 30

common ones are:
after, although, because, before, in order that, since, so that, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, whether, while

Ex: I am hungry because I did not eat breakfast.

He went home WHEN everyone left.

Question 31

Commas (rules)

Answer 31

before a coordinating conjunction:
Bob caught three fish, and I caught two fish.

between items in a series:
I will bring the turkey, the pie, and the coffee.

use between coordinate adjectives not joined with and
The kind, loyal dog followed me home

kind AND loyal (makes sense if u link them with AND) as opposed to the kind AND brown dog … that sounds weird so that would be incorrect

direct address:
You, John, are my only hope.

contrast:
You are my friend, not my enemy.

Question 32

hyphens

Answer 32

numbers 1-99 HAVE HYPHEN ONLY!!!

Correct: one hundred fifty-one