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*** therefore we eliminate A) because "workers" do not possess "opportunities", they are being "offered them," so C) | *** therefore we eliminate A) because "workers" do not possess "opportunities", they are being "offered them," so C) | ||
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== Verb == | == Verb == | ||
* verbs are the center of a sentence | * verbs are the center of a sentence and express action | ||
* verbs also act as descriptors to add information to a sentence | * but verbs can also act as descriptors, or modifiers, to add information to a sentence | ||
** ex.: "On my way to to the store, I saw my friend" v. "Going to the store, I saw my friend" | ** ex.: "On my way to to the store, I saw my friend" v. "Going to the store, I saw my friend" | ||
*** both express the same idea using different grammatical forms | *** both express the same idea using different grammatical forms | ||
=== multiple verbs=== | |||
* one or more verbs an act upon one subject | |||
* if so, they must maintain “parallel” tense (past, present or future) | |||
* ex.: | |||
** “He went to the store, bought food, and returned home.” | |||
* for SAT Writing, | === subject-verb agreement == | ||
* for SAT Writing, maintain subject-verb agreement | |||
** i.e. singular subject = singular verb form | |||
* identify the correct noun as subject, as test will try to confuse subject nouns from relative nouns | |||
=== transitive v. intransitive verbs === | |||
* transitive verbs require an object: | |||
** ex. “She offers” must be followed by an object (“she offers help” | |||
* transitive verbs often include an indirect object: | |||
** ex. “She offers help” may include an indirect object (“she offers them help | |||
* intransitive verbs require a preposition or adverb: | |||
** ex. w/ preposition: “She arrived” requires a preposition: “She arrived at the house” (note how “She arrived house” is incorrect, thus requiring a preposition) | |||
** ex. w/ adverb: “She arrived at the house late” (late = adverb bc it modifies the verb “arrive” – how did she arrive? she arrived late.) | |||
=== infinitives === | |||
* = the "to" form of a verb | |||
** in Romance languages, would be the unconjugated root verb ("jugar" means "to play"; "yo jugo" means "I play") | |||
* infinitives are NOT the action verb a sentence | |||
* instead, infinitives are used to express or describe the state or purpose of something or to give an opinion about it | |||
** infinitives answer ''who, what, or why'' | |||
** when assessing infinitives, as yourself what the verb is doing and how does the infinitive relate to it or the other words | |||
*** i.e., "I studied hard in order to pass the test." | |||
** i.e, infinitives act like adjectives, adverbs or nouns | |||
* as adjectives, infinitives describe a noun | |||
** ex. "I wanted her tears to disappear" | |||
*** "tears" = direct object; "to disappear" modifies not the verb "want" but the noun "tears," so "to disappear" is acting as an adjective | |||
* as adverbs, infinitives describe a verb | |||
** "One must study to learn" (or could be, ""To learn, one must study") | |||
*** "to learn" is an adverb modifying the verb "study" | |||
* as nouns, infinitives act as a thing or condition | |||
** as nouns, infinitives can be either the subject or object of a clause or phrase | |||
** ex. "To err is human; to forgive is divine" | |||
*** the subject of these clauses are both infinitives, the verbs are "is", and the objects/subject complements are the noun "human" and the adjective "divine" | |||
** ex. "I want to do something" | |||
*** here the infinitive "to do" is the direct object and "something" is the indirect object | |||
**** i.e., what do I want? "to do"; what do I want to do? "something" | |||
** ex. "My dog loves to chase his ball." | |||
*** what does my dog love? "to chase" (direct object); what does he love chasing? "his ball" (indirect object) | |||
== Pronoun == | |||
== Punctuation == | == Punctuation == | ||