ENGLISH (FOR QUIZ 1)

Question 1

How do you identify a phrase?

Answer 1

It has the following:
- no verb
- no subject
- neither subject nor verb

Question 2

It can contain a phrase (or several phrases) but has a subject and verb working together.

Answer 2

Clause

Question 3

A verb form that functions as an adjective, adverb, or noun in a sentence.

Answer 3

Verbal

Question 4

What are the three types of VERBAL?

Answer 4

1). Participles
2). Gerunds
3). Infinitives

Question 5

A _______ is also a verb form ending in -ing but it is used as a noun.

Answer 5

Gerund

Question 6

Describe an infinitive?

Answer 6

TO + VERB = INFINITIVE

ex.
TO SLEEP
TO WALK
TO READ

Question 7

A verb that functions as an adjective in a sentence?

Answer 7

Participle

Question 8

Participle can be divided into two. What are they?

Answer 8

1). Present participle
2). Past participle

Question 9

Differentiate PRESENT and PAST participle.

Answer 9

Present participle - always ending in -ing

Past participle - always ending in -ed or irregularly formed.

Question 10

Refers to the similarity of words, phrases, and clauses in structural patterns and functions in a sentence.

Answer 10

Parallelism

Question 11

A sentence error that refers to a lack of parallelism is called?

Answer 11

Faulty parallelism