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Grammar for high school admissions tests: Difference between revisions
Grammar for high school admissions tests (view source)
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== Verb mixups == | |||
=== lie v. lay: === | === lie v. lay: === | ||
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** ''Please pass the salt'' = correct | ** ''Please pass the salt'' = correct | ||
** ''May you pass the sale'' = incorrect | ** ''May you pass the sale'' = incorrect | ||
=== teach v. learn === | |||
* teach = to provide learning | |||
* learn = to receive or engage in learning | |||
* ex. | |||
** ''89'' | |||
** ''The student learned from what the teacher taught'' | |||
== Punctuation == | == Punctuation == | ||
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*** you can switch them | *** you can switch them | ||
**** and it means the same thing | **** and it means the same thing | ||
== Adverb == | |||
* adverb modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb | |||
* in the high school entrance exam, the adverb may be measured by confusion with an adjective | |||
* ex. | |||
** ''She ran home quick'' | |||
*** << incorrect, as "quick" modifies the verb "ran" so it needs to be the adverb, "quickly" | |||
** He yelled angry | |||
*** << incorrect as "angry" is an adjective, which modifies a noun | |||
*** ''He is angry'' << correct | |||
**** as the adjective "angry" here is the subject complement of "He" | |||
== Misc skills and assessment topics == | == Misc skills and assessment topics == | ||
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* high school will commonly use: | * high school will commonly use: | ||
** ''there, they're, their'' | ** '''''there, they're, their''''' | ||
*** ''there'' = indicates specificity or location | *** ''there'' = indicates specificity or location | ||
*** ''they're'' = contraction of "they are" | *** ''they're'' = contraction of "they are" | ||
*** ''their'' = plural possessive pronoun | *** ''their'' = plural possessive pronoun | ||
** ''its, it's'' | ** '''''its, it's''''' | ||
*** ''its'' = singular possessive pronoun | *** ''its'' = singular possessive pronoun | ||
*** ''it's'' = contraction of "it is" | *** ''it's'' = contraction of "it is" | ||
** ''then, than'' | ** '''''then, than''''' | ||
*** ''then'' = indicates a chronology (next) or a prior time ("since then") | *** ''then'' = indicates a chronology (next) or a prior time ("since then") | ||
*** ''than'' = makes a comparison | *** ''than'' = makes a comparison | ||
** '''''to, too, two''''' | |||
*** ''to'' = preposition (or particle) indicating a direction or purpose | |||
*** ''too'' = also | |||
**** ''two'' = 2 | |||
* college admissions tests may also use: | * college admissions tests may also use: | ||
** ''site, cite, sight'' | ** ''site, cite, sight'' | ||
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*** ''art, electricity, happiness, money, music, rice, water, etc.'' | *** ''art, electricity, happiness, money, music, rice, water, etc.'' | ||
*** note that these non-count nouns are singular ("art is...") | *** note that these non-count nouns are singular ("art is...") | ||
=== nothing v. any === | |||
* '''''nothing''''' indicates an absence of something | |||
* '''''any''''' indicates a lack of or generality of something | |||
** ''are there any people here?'' < asks if anyone is possibly there? | |||
** ''nothing is going on'' << indicates an absolute absence | |||
=== questions === | === questions === | ||
* a narrator may ask a question that seems like a spoken quotation, but it may not need quotation marks | * a narrator may ask a question that seems like a spoken quotation, but it may not need quotation marks | ||
** ex. | ** ex.''What are we doing next?'' | ||
*** as opposed to | |||
*** ''"What are we doing next?" Steve asked'' | |||
* tests may present a question that contains an error in "has" or "had" for a question | * tests may present a question that contains an error in "has" or "had" for a question | ||
** turn the question into a statement and see if the subect-verb match is correct | ** turn the question into a statement and see if the subect-verb match is correct | ||