Unit III Review Flashcards
Give five difficulties in finding the subject, with examples.
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.
Give the eight kinds of pronouns in pairs.
Personal and Possessive
Intensive and Reflexive
Relative and Interrogative
Demonstrative and Indefinite
Many pronouns can also function as what part of speech?
Many pronouns also function as adjectives.
Give the pronoun forms of the possessive pronoun.
mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs
Give the adjective forms of the possessive pronouns.
my, your, his, her, its, our, your their
What is a transitive verb? Give examples.
A transitive verb requires a direct object to complete its meaning.
Ex. 1 John ignored the insult.
Ex. 2 John completed his lesson.
What is an intransitive verb? Give examples.
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.
Many verbs can be used both transitively and intransitively. Give examples.
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.
What is the difference between the active and passive voice?
In the active voice, the subject performs the action of the verb. In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb.
Change a sentence from active to passive voice.
Caesar conquered the Gauls. (active)
The Gauls were conquered by Caesar. (passive)
When is the passive voice used? Give an example.
The passive voice is used when the doer of the action is unknown, concealed, or less important than the receiver of the action.
Ex. 1 The cookies were taken from the cookie jar.
Ex. 2 Rome was not built in a day.
