English Grammar Demystified - A Self Teaching Guide
30 English Grammar Demystifi ed Written Practice 2-3 Circle all the nouns in the following sentences. Psychologists now believe ...
the predicate to the subject. In this case, it links believer to doctor. Later in this sec- tion, you will learn much more about ...
32 English Grammar Demystifi ed The being verb was does not provide a picture, but it does link the subject, truck, to words (ad ...
It (seems/seem) unfi nished with no plaster in most of the rooms and no main staircase. People (grows/grew) tired of seeing Mrs ...
34 English Grammar Demystifi ed Jethro seemed tired after all that yard work. Betsy seemed to have less back pain. Their cat see ...
The picnic rescheduled for sometime in June. I so happy that you remembered me. The child expects that chair hers. As they bake ...
36 English Grammar Demystifi ed There is one more combination you should know about, and that is the linking verb combined with ...
When two adjectives (playful,tan) describe a noun, they are usually separated by a comma: Aplayful,tan beagle won the competitio ...
38 English Grammar Demystifi ed COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES Descriptive words follow a pattern when they are used in comparisons. F ...
Finally, some adjectives take completely different forms to express comparisons: Describing Word Comparison of Two Comparison of ...
40 English Grammar Demystifi ed Ted is sympatheticer than Juan. That dress is the beautifulest in my closet. Adverbs Using adv ...
Unfortunately, some adverbs don’t follow the -ly rule. They keep the same spell- ing. The words that are often misused are fast ...
42 English Grammar Demystifi ed Written Practice 2-10 Circle the correct word to complete each sentence. He plays basketball (g ...
CHAPTER 2 Introduction to the Parts of Speech^43 Object Pronouns Receive Subject Pronouns the Action Ownership Pronouns I me my, ...
44 English Grammar Demystifi ed As incredible as it may seem, there is much more to learn about the correct use of pronouns, so ...
CHAPTER 2 Introduction to the Parts of Speech^45 The preposition under introduces the phrase under the porch. What does this pre ...
46 English Grammar Demystifi ed Written Practice 2-13 In the following sentences, fi rst fi nd the subject (it is not in the pre ...
that correlative conjunctions come in pairs that relate to one another. Examples are either/or,neither/nor,both/and,not only/but ...
48 English Grammar Demystifi ed Karra had always loved sewing, but she didn’t take sewing lessons until she was in her thirties ...
Articles are considered either defi nite or indefi nite. In the fi rst example sentence, the article the points to a specifi c m ...
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