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Grammar for high school admissions tests: Difference between revisions
Grammar for high school admissions tests (view source)
Revision as of 22:18, 11 May 2023
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* teach = to provide learning | * teach = to provide learning | ||
* learn = to receive or engage in learning | * learn = to receive or engage in learning | ||
* ex. | * ex. ''The student learned from what the teacher taught'' | ||
== Punctuation == | == Punctuation == | ||
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in compound objects, remove the first noun and test the pronoun | in compound objects, remove the first noun and test the pronoun | ||
> Steve and I went to the park. | > Steve and I went to the park. | ||
> Steve and me went to the park | > Steve and me went to the park | ||
me went to the park = wrong | me went to the park = wrong | ||
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|others | |others | ||
|''others know enough'' | |''others know enough'' | ||
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* '''''each, every, few, some,''''' etc. can be either a determiner (modifier) or pronoun | * '''''each, every, few, some,''''' etc. can be either a determiner (modifier) or pronoun | ||
** as determiners, these words modify a noun: | ** as determiners, these words modify a noun: | ||
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** ''He yelled angrily'' << correct | ** ''He yelled angrily'' << correct | ||
*** or ''He is angry'' << the adjective "angry" is the subject complement connected by the linking verb "is" | *** or ''He is angry'' << the adjective "angry" is the subject complement connected by the linking verb "is" | ||
* adverbs that do not use the '''''-lly''''' | |||
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!adverb | |||
!adjective | |||
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|better | |||
|better | |||
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|fast | |||
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|hard | |||
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|late | |||
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== homophones == | == homophones == | ||