| A | B |
|---|
| (You're, Your) a good friend! | You're (You are) |
| Make sure (you're, your) last Jekyll payment is in on time. | Your (possessive-- your last payment not someone else's) |
| Grandma was too (weak, week) after the surgery. | Weak -- feeble, not strong |
| Next (weak, week) you get Friday off! | Week-- 7 days |
| I love fall (weather, whether)! | weather--atmospheric conditions |
| Please ask (whether, weather) she will be available. | whether -- if that will be the case |
| (Whose, Who's) jacket is this? | Whose --those belonging to whom: used without a following noun |
| (Whose, Who's) going to the game on Tuesday? | Who's -- contraction for Who is |
| What are the 8 linking verbs that are almost always LV unless they are "sweet little helpers"? | Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been |
| Raccoons are (active at night, adj.) creatures. (seclusion, nocturnal, provoke, ludicrous) | nocturnal -- active at night |
| When I had the flu, I wanted to be in __ (separated from other people, isolated, n.).(seclusion, nocturnal, provoke, ludicrous) | seclusion -- separated from others |
| Nick tried to_ (anger; stir up; arouse, v.) Kayla, so she whacked him on the head. (seclusion, nocturnal, provoke, ludicrous) | provoke -- anger |
| Part of that movie seemed __ (ridiculous, absurd, adj.). (seclusion, nocturnal, provoke, ludicrous) | ludicrous -- ridiculous |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now--What is the SUBJECTIVE PRONOUN in this sentence? a. he b.his c. now d. extremely | he -- subject of the sentence |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now -- what is the verb or simple predicate in the sentence? | is -- from the contraction he is |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now--COLD is what part of speech | adjective describing he |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now--IN is what part of speech? | prep |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now--EXTREMELY is what part of speech? | adverb modifying the adjective COLD |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now--HIS is what part of speech? | Possessive Pronoun -- HIS lab |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now--the SIMPLE SUBJECT is what? | He -- you have to separate He, the subject pronoun, with IS, the linking verb |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now--the PREDICATE ADJECTIVE is what? | COLD -- He is extremely COLD. Is he the pronoun is the name JIM then he's COLD JIM. |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now--What type PREP PHRASE is in the sentence--adj. or adv.? | Adverb modifying the verb IS |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now--How many and what type CLAUSES does this sentence have? | 1 independent clause |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now--The sentence PURPOSE is what? | declarative |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now--What TYPE sentence is this? | A SIMPLE sentence = 1 independent clause |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now-- The VERB is transitive or intransitive? | Intransitive because there is NO DO! |
| hes extremely cold in his physics lab now-- NOW is what part of speech? | NOW is an adverb telling when |
