Following the Plan (Book 5 New)

Question 1

What are the two types of direct questions?

Question 2

How do you form a yes or no question? Give an example.

Answer 2

To form a yes/no question, put a helping verb first.

Ex. He likes Latin

Does he like Latin?

Question 3

What are the six common question words?

Question 4

Which conjunctions can be used to form compound subjects or compound predicates? Give examples.

Answer 4

The conjunctions and, but, and or can be used to form compound subjects or compound predicates.

Ex. Miriam and Rachel have finished their work.

They may sew or read.

Rachel is not sewing but reading.

Question 5

What part of speech is the word not?

Answer 5

An adverb

Question 6

What is a simple sentence? Give examples.

Answer 6

A simple sentence has only one skeleton. It may have a compound subject or a compound predicate, but it is still a simple sentence.

Ex. Joan washed the dishes. (Simple subject and predicate)

Joan washed and dried the dishes. (Simple subject, compound predicate)

Joan and Judy washed and dried the dishes. (Compound subject, compound predicate)

Question 7

What is a compound sentence? Give an example.

Answer 7

A compound sentence is made of two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction.

Ex. Joan washed the dishes, and Judy dried them.

Answer 8

A comma splice is the mistake of joining two simple sentences with only a comma.

Question 9

What is a run-on sentence?

Answer 9

A run-on sentence is made when two simple sentences are written together without a conjunction, and sometimes even without a comma.

Question 10

What is normal word order?

Question 11

What is inverted word order?

Question 12

What kind of sentences use inverted word order?

Question 13

Is the word there ever the subject of a sentence?

Question 14

What is a concrete noun? Give examples.

Question 15

What is an abstract noun? Give examples.

Question 16

What is an appositive? Give examples.

Question 17

What is a noun of direct address? Give an example.

Question 18

Which verb shows ownership?

Question 19

Which indefinite pronouns need to be used with singular verbs?

Question 20

Which indefinite pronouns need to be used with plural verbs?

Question 21

What are the principal parts of a verb?

Question 22

Give the names of the three principal parts of an English verb with examples using the verb walk.

Question 23

Give the principal parts of the irregular verb raise.

Question 24

Give the principal parts of the irregular verb rise.

Question 25

Give the principal parts of the irregular verb lie.

Question 26

Give the principal parts of the irregular verb lay.

Question 27

What is a linking verb?

Question 28

What is the most common linking verb?

Question 29

Forms of the to be verb may be used as linking verbs or helping verbs. Give an example of each.

Question 30

What verbs in addition to the to be verb can be linking verbs?

Question 31

Use smell as an action verb and a linking verb.

Question 33

Define predicate adjective. Give an example.

Answer 33

A predicate adjective is an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject.

Ex. Mr. Zuckerman is tired.

Question 34

What is an antecedent?

Answer 34

An antecedent is the noun or pronoun in the main clause that the relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb refers back to.

Question 35

What is an indefinite pronoun? Give examples.

Answer 35

An indefinite pronoun refers to an unnamed, non-specific antecedent.

Ex. All, any, each, few, many, other, some, several, somebo

Question 36

Define and give the interrogative pronouns.

Answer 36

The interrogative pronouns ask questions. They are who, whose, whom, which, what.