Lesson 17

Question 1

Give five difficulties in finding the subject, with examples.

Answer 1

a. When sentences express a command or request, the subject is always you.

Ex. Study your Latin

(You) study your Latin.

b. To find a subject in a question, turn the question into a statement.

Ex. What lesson did you study?

You did study what lesson?

subect: you verb: did study

c. The subject of a sentence is never a propositional phrase.

Ex. Neither of the students studied his Latin.

Neither is the subject. Students is the object of the preposition of.

d. Here is not usually the subject of a verb.

Ex. Here is the book.

The book is here.

Here is an adverb telling where. Book is the subject of the verb is.

e. The expletives there and it are not usually subjects of a verb.

Ex. 1 There are books on both tables.

Books are on both tables.

Books is the subject of the verb are. There gets the sentence started.

Ex. 2 It is important to study Latin.

To study Latin is important.

To study is the subject of the verb is. It gets the sentence started.

Question 2

What is a transitive verb? Give examples.

Answer 2

A transitive verb requires a direct object to complete its meaning.

Ex. 1 John ignored the insult.

Ex. 2 John completed his lesson.

Question 3

Give the adjective forms of the possessive pronouns.

Answer 3

my, your, his, her, its, our, your their

Question 4

Give the pronoun forms of the possessive pronoun.

Answer 4

mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs

Question 5

Many pronouns can also function as what part of speech?

Answer 5

Many pronouns also function as adjectives.

Question 6

Many verbs can be used both transitively and intransitively. Give examples.

Answer 6

Ex. 1 I eat pizza. transitive, pizza is a direct object.

Ex. 2 I eat every day. intransitive, every day is an adverb, not a direct object.

Question 7

Give the eight kinds of pronouns in pairs.

Answer 7

Personal and Possessive

Intensive and Reflexive

Relative and Interrogative

Demonstrative and Indefinite

Question 8

What is an intransitive verb? Give examples.

Answer 8

An intransitive verb does not require a direct object to complete its meaning.

Ex. sleep, laugh, look die, and the to be verb are always intransitive.

Question 9

What question does a direct object answer?

Answer 9

The direct object answers the question what or whom after an action verb.

Question 10

Define direct object. Give an example.

Answer 10

A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb.

Ex. The magister teaches Latin.