Practice Makes Perfect

Paul was born on May 2 1989 and Caroline was born on June 5 1989. No you may not go to the movies with Rich! Well that was an i ...

This document is important it will prove his innocence. Add these names to the list Irena, Helen, Jaime, and Grace. Quotation ...

The apostrophe is also used to form possessives. To make the meaning of a singular noun pos- sessive, add -’s. For plural nouns ...

She met several M.D.s at the party. Do you know Mr. Richards? The womens purses were all stolen. He wont join the other Ph.D.s ...

Infinitives and Gerunds You have already discovered infinitivesand how they are used as verbs. But infinitives can be used in ot ...

She gave me a gift to showher gratitude. To paytaxes is a privilege. Look at each sentence and decide how the italicized word ...

Relative Pronouns Relative pronounsare used to link two sentences that have the same noun or pronoun in them. Relative pronouns ...

There are specific uses for that, who, and which; however, in casual speech the relative pronoun thatcan be substituted for whoo ...

When the relative pronoun is that, the preposition always stands at the end of the relative clause: I like the man thatI work fo ...

Combine the following sentences by changing the second sentence to a relative clause. Use thatas the relative pronoun. I found ...

Follow the same directions. Usewhichas the relative pronoun. Pablo threw away the picture. The boys had found the picture. I li ...

Rewrite each sentence, changing the relative clause to its elliptical form. Omit the relative pronoun. EXAMPLE: She’s the girl w ...

Reflexive Pronouns Reflexive pronounsreflect back to the subject of a sentence. The English reflexive pronouns are: myself, your ...

Rewrite each sentence appropriately with the subject personal pronouns given. Change to the appropriate reflexive pronoun. I fo ...

He. She. We. They. The men. Replace the object personal pronoun in each sentence with the appropriate reflexive pronoun. Jerry ...

Possession Nouns form the possessivein two ways: (1) they become the object of the preposition of, or (2) they add the ending -’ ...

The equipment of the labwas outdated. The efforts of each manhelped to make the project a success. The many illnesses of the an ...

Possessive Pronouns Possessive pronounsare sometimes called possessive adjectives. No matter what you call them, their use is cl ...

Change the possessive pronoun 1 to a possessive pronoun 2 and omit the noun. EXAMPLE: She has my book. She has mine. The car on ...

Change the italicized word or phrase to the possessive pronoun counterpart of the subject of the sentence. EXAMPLE: He likes the ...