Grammar for high school admissions tests: Difference between revisions

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|''have''
|''have''
|''wondered''
|''wondered''
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| colspan="7" |<u>Irregular verb</u>:"spend"
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|''I''
|''have''
|''spent''
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|''You''
|''have''
|''spent''
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|''You (plural)''
|''have''
|''spent''
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|''He/ She / It''
|'''''has'''''
|''spent''
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|''They''
|''have''
|''spent''
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* indicates an action that was ongoing in the past and stopped happening in the past
* indicates an action that was ongoing in the past and stopped happening in the past
** ''I '''had played''' piano in the past, but I couldn't touch it now''
** ''I '''had played''' piano in the past, but I couldn't touch it now''
* note the singular
{| class="wikitable"
|+Past Perfect
!Singular
!Plural
|-
|I had played
|We had played
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|You had played
|You (plural) had played
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|He/ She / It had played
|They had played
|}


==== future perfect ====
==== future perfect ====
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'''5. set aside parenthetical information (appositives, relative clauses, etc.)'''
'''5. set aside parenthetical information (appositives, relative clauses, etc.)'''


ex. "Steve, my neighbor, is not very nice."
* ex.  
 
** ''Steve, my neighbor, is not very nice.''
  "Steve, who is my neighbor, is not very nice"
** ''Steve, who is my neighbor, is not very nice''


'''6. separate dates and place names'''
'''6. separate dates and place names'''