ANSEWERS English 021 Midterm Make-up Practice Name______

I Subject Verb Agreement

Circle the Subject. Underline the verb. Make them agree if they do not.

1. The teacher with her students travel to Mexico every year.

Subject: teacher; Verb: travels (singular verb)

2. Jason and Lorrie loves to dance.

Subjects: Jason, Lorrie Verb: love (plural verb; "to dance" is not the verb because an infinitive cannot be a verb.

3. Not only Lorrie, but also her sisters loves dancing.

Subjects: Lorrie, sisters; Verb: love (plural verb)

The rule for "or," "nor," "Either...or," "Neither...nor," and "Not only...but also" is the verb must agree with the nearest subject.

4. Either of the guys runs in the race.

Subject: Either; Verb: runs. (singular verb; see list of singular indefinite pronouns below)

5. Neither his teammates nor Johnny runsin the race.

Subject: teammates; verb runs (singular verb)

List all the singular indefinite pronouns. Also, write the chant we use to remember them.

each, either, neither

one, everyone, anyone, someone, no one.

everybody, anybody, somebody, nobody.

everything, anything, something, nothing

Chant: "Each, either, neither; all the ones, all the bodies, and all the things."

II. Verb Form and Tense.

Fill out the chart below with the verbs below:

1. Lie (to rest); 2. Lay (to put); 3. Lie (untruth); 4. Be 5. Sing; 6. Walk; 7. Begin; 8. Rise; 9. Raise; 10. Have; 11. set; 12. sit.

Present / S-form / Past / Past Participle / Present Participle / Infinitive
lie (rest) / lies / lay / have lain / is lying / to lie
lay / lays / laid / have laid / is laying / to lay
lie (untruth) / lies / lied / have lied / is lying / to lie
be, am, are / is / was, were / have been / is being / to be
sing / sings / sang / have sung / is singing / to sing
walk / walks / walked / have walked / is walking / to walk
begin / begins / began / have begun / is beginning / to begin
rise / rises / rose / have risen / is rising / to rise
raise / raises / raised / have raised / is raising / to raise
have / has / had / have had / is having / to have
set / sets / set / have set / is setting / to set
sit / sits / sat / have sat / is sitting / to sit

Give an example of each verb tense for the verbs Stop and Drive:

  1. Future: will stop; will drive
  2. Present Perfect: have stopped; have driven
  3. Past Perfect: had stopped; had driven
  4. Future Perfect: will have stopped; will have driven
  5. Present Progressive: is stopping; is driving
  6. Past Progressive: was stopping; was driving
  7. Future Progressive: will be stopping; will be driving
  8. Present perfect progressive: have been stopping; have been driving
  9. Past perfect progressive: had been stopping; had been driving
  10. Future perfect progressive: will have been stopping; will have been driving

Make this statement below a passive statement:

I placed the beaker on the table.

Passive: The beaker was placed on the table.

The past participle, present participle, and infinitive are called "verbals" because they do not always act as verbs. Remember 3, 2, 1.

All 3 can be phrases, 2 (the participles) can be adjectives, one (present participle) can be nouns. When a present participle is used as a noun, it is called a "gerund."

All three verbals can be phrases:

Past participle:

Broken beyond recognition, my iPhone would never make another call.

Present particle:

Waiting for you in the rain, I got wet.

Infinitive:

To be or not to be, that is the question.

  1. What is the verb of this sentence:I had to eat healthy or die.

Verbs of the sentence: had, die ("To eat" cannot be a verb because it is an infinitive"

  1. Write a sentence with the present participle of “wait” as an adjective.

I was sitting in the waiting room.

  1. Write a sentence with a past participle of “bake” as an adjective.

For desert we had baked apples.

  1. Write a sentence with a present participle of “drive” as fragment.

Driving home, I got into an accident.

  1. Write a sentence using the verb “exercise” as a gerund.

Exercising is healthy (Exercising is the subject of the sentence. Therefore, it is a gerund.)

III. Pronouns

Cross out each pronoun error (if there is an error) and write the correction below it. If there is no error write "correct" below the sentence.

I'm going to cross out the prepositional phases and list the pronoun errors.

  1. List the three types of pronoun errors we discussed in class.

Pronoun reference, pronoun agreement, and pronoun point of view.

  1. One of my friends entered their dog in a Frisbee tournament.

This is a pronoun agreement error. One is the subject. Therefore, "their" is incorrect because the antecedent is "one."

The pronoun should be either "his" or "her," but not both because you would know the gender of your friend. If you did use "his or her," I would mark it correct even though in this case it is not the best answer.

  1. If I work with an irresponsible lab partner, you will find it difficult to complete experiments successfully.

This is a pronoun point of view error, so you don't have to cross out the prepositional phrase. However, when you have time, it is always best to cross out the prepositional phrases to make sure it is not an agreement error.

  1. When the car banged into the wall, it was damaged.

This is a pronoun reference error because we don't know if the antecedent is "car" or "wall." Since it is not a pronoun agreement error, you don't have to cross out the prepositional phrase. However, when you have time, it is always best to cross out the prepositional phrases to make sure it is not an agreement error.

  1. Neither of the men was aware that their voice was being taped.

This is a pronoun agreement error. "Neither" is the antecedent and is singular, so the plural pronoun "their" is incorrect. "Their" should be changed to "his." (We know they are men.)

  1. If anybody in the men’s club objects to the new rules, they should speak up now.

This is a pronoun agreement error. "Anybody" is the antecedent and is singular, so the plural pronoun "they" is incorrect. "They" should be changed to "he." (we know they are men)

  1. Come to the movie with John and I. (by the way, what is the subject of this sentence?)

Correct answer "Come to the movie with John and me."

“With” is a preposition, so you need the pronoun to be the object of the preposition, and "I" is the subject, and "me" is the object.

A simple trick: when you have a compound subject, cross out one of the subjects to easily see the pronoun form of the other.

"Come to the movie with John and I."

The noun for which the pronoun stands is the antecedent.