grammar Flashcards
Some ACT gurus claim that up to a —–
quarter of grammar questions do not require a correction.
or “no change” on the ACT English
halt the punctuation questions are
comma questions
how many punctuation rules
6
What inserts pauses to makes sentences sound right?
Comma’s
What sets off three or more items on a list?
a comma
what is an aside?
An aside is a clause that is related, but not essential. to the sentence.
a clause that is held between two commas that even if taken out of the sentence, the sentence would still make sense.
An Aside
What separates independent clauses that begin with conjunctions like and but or so?
A Comma
A clause is independent if
A clause is independent if it can be read on its own. It has a subject and a verb and doesn’t require any more information to make sense.
dependent phrase
a phrase that makes no sense on its own
—link independents clauses and dependent phrases
Commas
In a sentence with quotations followed by so and so said?
The phrase within quotations end in a comma
If there are multiple adjectives describing a noun
you should put a comma between them if you can say and between them
a semi colon is -
stronger than a comma but weaker than a period
A semi colon connects two
independent clauses when they do not have a conjunction word (and, but, so)
what two things are interchangeable on the ACT
periods and semicolons. the ACT will NOT give you both a semicolon and a period as an answer choice.
A Colon–
Comes aster an independent clause and introduces a list, an explanation, or an explanatory quotation.
We use apostrophes for
two reasons, to indicate possession and to contract two words into one word.
to indicate possession. for singular nouns that do not end in “s”
jus add ‘s .
Mom’s car
Dad’s dog
to indicate possession. for singular nouns ending in “s”
add an ‘s “Tess’s car”
to indicate possession. for plural nouns ending in s
add an s’ “parents’ house”
to indicate possession. for plural nouns not ending in s
add an ‘s “children’s toys”
its
the possessive form of it
their
the possessive form of they
singular words miss used as plural
anyone , anything, everything, everyone, everybody, neither, nor, either, or, somebody, nobody, none, each
the modifying phrase
needs to be next to the thing it modifies
