Practice Makes Perfect

I was beaten by a robber. The car was not washed again. Tony is examined by the doctor. They are surrounded by the enemy. Was y ...

Has Iris taken the money? She will kiss the baby. Is Max building the fence? Her brother forgot the map. 52 Practice Makes Per ...

Subjunctive Mood The subjunctiveis used in some limited but important ways. It is used to express a demand, suggestion, or reque ...

The present tense subjunctive is used to express a demand, suggestion, or request. In these instances, the subjunctive must be u ...

Combine the phrase in parentheses with the indicative sentence. Change the verb to the present tense subjunctive. EXAMPLE: (I de ...

Dwayne requests ____. I must demand that ____. Will you suggest to him that ____? Rewrite the following sentences in the past ...

Combine the following phrases with the sentence shown in parentheses. EXAMPLE: If you were here,... (I am happy.) If you were he ...

Rewrite the following sentences using the present perfect tense for the verbs. EXAMPLE: He would buy a car if he had the money. ...

Adverbs You already know that adjectives modify nouns. For example: the bluehouse, our littlebrother, a sillypoem. Adverbsare al ...

And note that the adverb homedoes not end in -ly: We went homeafter work. You can also identify adverbs by asking certain questi ...

The children entered the classroom. (noisy) He said that my story was boring. (too) She talked to the little girl. (harsh) Juli ...

Contractions Contractionsare a combination of two words. Often they are a pro- noun and a verb. But not all verbs can be combine ...

Rewrite the pronoun and verb in each sentence as a contraction. You have been very unhappy. I am not going to work today. He wo ...

My cousin was not at work today. The girls do not like Mark. Is that man not your uncle? We should not spend so much time toget ...

Plurals Most English pluralsare formed quite simply. Just add -sto the end of a noun: dog dogs building buildings However, if ...

knife knives leaf leaves shelf shelves wife wives wolf wolves Certain other nouns form their plural in completely irregular ...

His brother is putting the pot in the box. Does the teacher know the man? The hero of the story was a child. My friend wants to ...

Punctuation The periodis a commonly used signal that a sentence has ended. It is used after two types of sentences: (1) the decl ...

Place either a period, an exclamation point, or a question mark at the end of each sentence. She took a book from the shelf and ...

You should use a comma to separate two independent clauses combined as a compound sen- tence. They are most often combined with ...