English Grammar

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Parts of Speech

• Nouns
• Verbs
• Subjects
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Clauses and Phrases
• Pronouns
• Who vs. Whom
• Who, That, Which
• Adjectives and Adverbs
• Prepositions
• Other Parts of Speech

Punctuation

• Periods
• Commas
• Semicolons
• Colons
• Quotation Marks
• Parentheses and Brackets
• Apostrophes
• Hyphens
• Dashes
• Ellipses
• Question Marks
• Exclamation Points
• Other Punctuation

English Composition

• Writing an Essay
• Creative Writing
• Researching for an Essay
• Online Communication
• Literary Devices
• Written Etiquette
• Point of View

Tenses

• Present
• Past
• Future

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• What does the root in admit mean?
• What does the prefix auto mean?
• What does the suffix troph mean?
• How can you write a sentence that uses "fence" as the object of a prepositional phrase?
• Which word could be eliminated from the sentence: "Time, as a matter of fact, is up." for a stronger effect?
• What is the noun clause in the sentence: "My great dream is that people will truly love one another."?
• What does a declarative sentence always end in?
• What is the future progressive form of the word "arrive"?
• What part of speech is procrastinating?
• What is a heptastich?
• Which figure of speech gives inanimate objects or ideas humanlike qualities?
• What is prefix and/or suffix in the word "illogical"?
• What is the past tense of the verb "go"?
• What does an adjective clause do?
• What pronoun is a writer likely to use frequently in an autobiography?
• What is the relationship between verbs, direct objects and indirect objects?
• What is the noun in the sentence "Justin told me to work on my book."?
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• What is a compound adjective?
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• The prefix "octa-" means what?
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• "who is there?" or "whom is there?" I hear people use both, which is more correct? Can we interchange both words as we like it?
• Affect v.s. effect, when would you use each of them?
• I.e. versus e.g., my teachers use both when she/he is giving us examples, what is the difference? or is there no difference at all?
• Which of the following words are adverbs or adjectives?: uncaring, undermine, unforgiving, uniformity, universal, unkempt, unprecedented, unworthy, unpretentious, unwarranted
• What is another term for an independent clause?
• He was angry but he decided to meet her. (Make it a complex sentences.)?
• Identify the type of clause that is underlined in the following sentence? We were standing in the house where William Shakespeare was born. Question options: adjective adverb noun independent
• In the following sentence, what word is being modified by the underlined adverb clause? They greeted the newcomer as if they had known him forever. Question options: They greeted newcomer forever
• Scientists estimate there are a million species that exist today, (yet/however) over 99% that ever existed are extinct. which is correct?
• What is the subject, direct object, indirect object, and object of the preposition in this sentence?
• What is the independent clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: We were late for our flight because of a traffic jam.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: Whenever I feel sad, I lose my appetite.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: The statue was built in 1925, it is over 100 feet tall.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: I recommend that you take the red boat, it is the fastest.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: The bull that tried charging at us is back in the pen.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: Boone created the trail because pioneers needed a path through the Cumberland Gap.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: Someone had not shut the gate completely, so the cat ran out.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: My uncle is a serious organic farmer, who puts a lot of thought into his techniques.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: Is this the book that your grandfather gave you for your birthday?
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: When the water boils, add the eggs.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: I set up my computer as soon as I brought it home.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: When he turned on the flashlight, they saw two black bats flying haphazardly through the air.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: The road is safe, as long as there is no ice.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: Dolly must clean up her room before she goes out.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: The woman who works at that desk is absent today.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: We will go to the bookstore after lunch, unless you went there already.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: If we don't run late, we will get good seats.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: Let us try to be on time, last time we were late.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: The birds that usually perch on my deck have migrated south.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: The cat that is sitting in the window weighs twenty-six pounds
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: The cat that is sitting in the window weighs twenty-six pounds.
• What is the subordinate clause of the following sentence? is it a noun, adjective, or adverb clause?: The guy who ran through the doors is running late to his appointment.
• Many countries hold festivals to honor their founders. What is the simple subject in this sentence?
• How many phonemes are there in the word "dogs"?
• What is the voice of the verb in the sentence: "Mrs. Walker told scary stories to her class."?
• What is the mood of the verb in the sentence: "Do not cross the line."?
• What is cacophony in English grammar?
• What are some examples of how I can use cacophony in a sentence?
• Can anyone use the word "cacophony" in a sentence? Not an example of cacophony, but the word itself, in a sentence.
• What is euphony? How is this different from cacophony?
• Is there a specific way in which to identify what is cacophony and what is euphony?
• If cacophony is a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds, is there a word like this, only is refers to odors? If I said "a cacophony of smells", would that make sense?
• “The whole house was constantly in a state of inundation, under the discipline of mops and brooms and scrubbing brushes." What does inundation mean?
• How is cacophony pronounced?
• How does the "cacophony" of the press change everything?
• Can cacophony also be onomatopoeia?
• What is cacophony's use or purpose in poetry?
• Of the following 2 sentences, which is an example of cacophony: "To go away to die somewhere in the limberlost of distances." "The alcoholic truck-driver and the cat-skinner sit beside me."?
• What does this "Romeo and Juliet" quote mean: "Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest!" It is an example of cacophony but what does it mean?
• How do poetic devices (alliteration, cacophony, euphony, metaphors, onomatopoeia, personification, rhyme, symbols, etc) enhance a poem?
• What are three sentences each for vociferous, ambivalent, cacophony, bemused, blase`, candor, capricious, and sycophant?
• What does redundancy mean?
• What does redundant mean? Can a person be redundant?
• What is the difference between "learned" and "learnt"? Is "to learn" a regular or an irregular verb?
• Why is the phrase "Emily's sister gave birth to a pair of twins?" redundant?
• When using the word disseminate, is it redundant to say "throughout" afterwards, since the definition of disseminate is "to spread/disperse throughout"?
• Which of these sentences is grammatically correct: He shut the door behind him and descended the stairs to the sidewalk below. or: He shut the door behind him and descended down the stairs to the sidewalk below? Why?
• Is this the correct way to use the word redundant in a sentence: "There are some redundant sentences in this paragraph that does not go with the topic." ?
• Is this sentence redundant: The players alternate taking turns?
• How is the word reminiscing used in a sentence?
• In the question: "Is it worth it?" Isn't it redundant to have the subject pronoun "it" twice?
• Lemonade is fizzy, but if you leave it out for a while, it becomes flat. So what is the verb that means "to lose fizz"?
• Is "performing act" redundant?
• What is a "special verb"? How are they used?
• What is a synonym for the noun "challenge"?
• What would be a good sentence for "relinquish," used as a verb?
• Why are irregular verbs irregular? Were they made this way deliberately, or when patterns were observed retrospectively did some just not fit?
• What is the difference between the terms "obsolete" and "redundant"?
• How do you use the verb "plight" in a sentence?
• What is the meaning of "loquacious" as a part of speech?
• What is a synonym for "grace" in this sentence: "30+ statues grace the street-scape in downtown New York City"?
• Why do people say English is the hardest language to learn?
• How do you say, "Can you cook Japanese food?" in Japanese?
• Is, "I did do my homework" correct?
• What is another word for redundant with the same meaning?
• Why isn't conversate a word?
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