Grammar S2 7 & 8 2024-2025

Question 1

Modifiers

Answer 1

Need to be next to the word they are describing/modifying

Question 2

Dangling modifiers

Answer 2

Involve phrases at the beginning of sentences

Question 3

Misplaced modifiers

Answer 3

Involve the order of words and phrases within sentences

Question 4

When a sentence begins with a modifying phrase what must the intro be immediately followed by?

Answer 4

A comma and then the noun it is describing

Question 5

Fix 1

Answer 5

Replace the incorrect noun with the correct one, making any necessary changes to preserve the meaning of the sentence

Question 6

Fix 2

Answer 6

You can turn the intro phrase into a clause that includes the subject the phrase is meant to be describing

Question 7

Where do single word modifiers go?

Answer 7

Adverbs and adjectives generally go before the word they’re modifying, while prepositional phrases go after what they’re modifying

Question 8

Present tense

Answer 8

When you’re talking about the things that are currently happening or things that are considered facts

Question 9

Present progressive

Answer 9

Also considered a form of the present tense, formed with the present tense of “to be” + the gerund -ing

Question 10

Simple past

Answer 10

Any sentence that describes a completed action should contain a verb in the past tense, typically formed by adding -ed to the verb

Question 11

Present perfect

Answer 11

Actions that began in the past but are still continuing in the present, formed with has/have + the past participle, for regular verbs, the past participle is formed by adding -ed to the verb

Question 12

Past perfect

Answer 12

When a sentence describes two completed actions, the past perfect is used for the action that came first, the past perfect tense is formed with had + the past participle

Question 13

Basic consistency rule regarding verbs

Answer 13

Verbs should remain consistent in tense or form throughout a sentence

Question 14

Shift in tense

Answer 14

You can have a shift in tense and the sentence can still be correct if the verbs are in different clauses

Question 15

When do you use would and will?

Answer 15

Use would in sentences with past tense verbs and will in sentences with present or future tense verbs
On tests with answer choices will have or would have assume they are always incorrect because they tend to cause improper tense switches and make sentences unnecessarily wordy
The would have construction can only be used for something that could have happened, but didn’t

Question 16

Conditional tense

Answer 16

Would + the verb, use the conditional tense to describe things that could occur or things that haven’t yet occurred from the perspective of the past

Question 17

Future tense

Answer 17

Will + the verb, use the future tense to describe things that have not yet occurred or could occur in the future

Question 18

Gerunds

Answer 18

Verb ending in -ing

Question 19

Infinitive

Answer 19

Formed by adding to + the verb

Question 20

Participle

Answer 20

Verbs that act like an adjective (typically, participles ending in -ing or -ed, but note that there are irregularly formed participles)