Transcript MBUPLOAD-2044-1-Grammar_Review_Test_Prep_2

GRAMMAR REVIEW
#2
DIRECTIONS:
Choose the sentence in which the verb agrees with its subject
.
• A]
• The commanding officer, as well as all
the troops, was honored for courage
under fire.
• B]
• The commanding officer, as well as all
the troops, were honored for courage
under fire.
ANSWER
• A]
• The commanding officer, as well as all
the troops, was honored for courage
under fire.
• Phrases such as together with, as well as, and
along with are not the same as and. The
phrase introduced by as well as or along with
will modify the earlier word (mayor in this case),
but it does not compound the subjects (as the
word and would do).
• The mayor as well as his brothers is going to
prison.
• The mayor and his brothers are going to jail.
•
PART = SUBJECT
GOALS = SUBJECT
Collective nouns
• Collective nouns such as committee and jury can be treated as
singular or plural, depending on whether they refer to a single
unit or multiple individuals.
Most indefinite pronouns such as each, either, neither or one
are always singular and take a singular verb.
• The indefinite pronouns both, few, many, others and several are
always plural and take plural verb forms.
• Several indefinite pronouns (all, any, enough, more, most, none,
some) can be singular or plural depending on the context in
which they are used.
The relative pronouns who, which or that take verbs that agree
with the word the pronoun refers to.
Choose the sentence in which
the pronoun agrees with its antecedent.
A] Some of the drivers on the road insist
that their cars have standard
transmissions.
B] Some of the drivers on the road insist
that his or her cars have standard
transmissions.
ANSWER
• A] Some of the drivers on the road insist
that their cars have standard
transmissions.
• Intended meaning = plural:
• drivers …. their
subject-verb agreement
problems
• Check your draft for subject-verb agreement problems by
circling each sentence's subject and drawing a line with an
arrow to that subject's verb.
• You should be able to do this for each sentence. A verb must
agree with its subject in number and in person. In many cases,
the verb must take a form depending on whether the subject is
singular or plural: The old man is angry and stamps into the
house, but The old men are angry and stamp into the house.
• Lack of subject-verb agreement is often just a matter of
leaving the -s ending off the verb [“THIRD PERSON
SINGULAR” of regular, present-tense verbs] out of
carelessness, or of using a form of English that does not have
this ending. Sometimes, however, this error results from
particular sentence constructions.
WHICH SENTENCES
ARE CORRECT?
• 1.
• A] The contract has too many if’s.
• B] The contract has too many ifs’.
• 2.
• A] For some letters, students were filing up to the
stage by the 20's and 30's, but for the Q's, X's, and
Z's, students were going up in 2's and 3's.
B] For some letters, student's were filing up to the
stage by the 20s and 30s, but for the Qs, Xs, and Zs,
students were going up in 2's and 3's.
AMSWERS
• 1.
• A]
• The contract has too many if’s.
• 2.
• A] For some letters, students were filing up
to the stage by the 20's and 30's, but for the
Q's, X's, and Z's, students were going up in
2's and 3's.
Child’s = singular possessive
Yankees =
plural
possessive
Its = possessive
pronoun
SEE MORE AT THE LINKS
BELOW
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http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/sv_agr.htm
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/easywriter3e/20errors/
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/nsmhandbook/errors.html
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http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/smhandbook/pages/bcs-main.asp?s=01000&n=00010&i=01010.01&v=&o=&ns=0&uid=0&rau=0
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http://aliscot.com/bigdog/agreement_pa.htm
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