Basic Grammatical Terms
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John likes to eat toast with eggs and fruit.
What is the subject of this sentence?
John's breakfast.
John.
Toast.
What John prefers to eat for breakfast.
2
Susan and Alex were married last September.
What is the subject of this sentence?
Marriage
Susan
What happened last September.
Susan and Alex
3
To err is human.
What is the subject of this sentence?
making mistakes
to err
human
it depends on what your definition of "is" is.
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The object of a sentence is:
a thing that is used to do something in the sentence.
its main point.
never a person or an abstract idea.
that which receives the action of the main verb.
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The hammer hit Jim on the head.
The direct object of this sentence is:
Jim.
Jim's head.
the hammer.
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Jim gave the hammer to Steve.
The indirect object of this sentence is:
"to Steve"
"the hammer"
"Jim"
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After reading pp. 45-59 in the English Grammar book, answer the following questions.
A "transitive" verb is a verb
of motion.
of transition.
which can take a direct object.
which needs no subject.
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Steve ate Mr. Johnson's dog, Max.
The verb in this sentence is
in the past tense.
intransitive.
transitive.
passive.
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An intransitive use of the verb "to smoke" would be:
I smoke.
I am smoking.
I smoke Virginia Slims.
I smoke too often.
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An infinitive is a form of the verb which
has no person or number.
has no tense or number.
has infinite meanings.
is the dictionary form of the word.
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The perfect infinitive of "to be" is
to been.
has been.
having been.
to have been.
12
Steve loves bad company.
The person of the verb in the sentence above is:
Steve.
3rd person plural.
1st person singular.
3rd person singular.
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Conjugation is
the inflection of verbs.
a word that connects clauses.
the inflection of nouns and adjectives.
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Tense in a verb expresses
the level of stress of the subject.
whether the action occurs in the past, present, or future.
whether the action is a fact, command, or a hypothesis.
the number of speakers.