Misc. Class Notes Flashcards
The prisoner, “who is my brother,” escaped unharmed. What is that?
parenthetical
“The paint plus the ladder” mean/means my weekend is full. What is that, and which verb.?
- compound subject
2. mean
A reflexive pronoun indicates there is a pronoun for both the (1) and the (2).
- subject
2. object
For unknown gender pronoun, always avoid (1).
him or her/she or he
A (1) is a form of a verb used as a modifier (usually an adjective). It is a form of a verb but is never the (2) verb, or (3) of the sentence. It can also be an (4).
- participle
- finite
- operational
- adverb
“Leaving”(1) her husband home, she “went”(2) to Disneyland.
- participle, modifies “she”
2. finite verb
He “came”(1) home “wasted”(2).
- finite
2. participle,
The “satisfied”(1) cat “taunted”(2) the “excited”(3) dog.
- participle
- finite
- participle
“Having been thrown”(1) from the horse, the rodeo clown “was”(2) “tired”(3) but happy.
- participle
- finite
- participle
The woman “running”(1) five miles a day
improved her health.
- present participle, modifies woman
The woman “improved”(1) her health “running”(2) five miles a day.
- finite
2. present participle, modifies improved
“Battered”(1) and “beaten”(2), the fighter “fell”(3) to the mat.
- past participle, modifies fighter
- past participles, modifies fighter
- finite verb
The statue “stood”(1) “supported”(2) by beams.
- finite
2. past participle, modifies stood
A dangling modifier is a (1) or (2) that purports to modify a particular noun but-on closer inspection-does not.
- participle
2. infinitive
“Seen from across the bay,” one gets a great view of the city.
- participle, dangling modifier
