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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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** ex. ''The bird flew around the house, then it flies away'' | ** ex. ''The bird flew around the house, then it flies away'' | ||
*** = incorrect because it the tense shifts from past "flew" to present "flies" in the same sentence, which does not make sense | *** = incorrect because it the tense shifts from past "flew" to present "flies" in the same sentence, which does not make sense | ||
** <u>test</u>: match the finite verb tense to another finite verb in the sentence or in a nearby sentence | ** <u>to test</u>: match the finite verb tense to another finite verb in the sentence or in a nearby sentence | ||
* <u>note</u>: a sentence may contain a different tenses | * <u>note</u>: a sentence may contain a different tenses | ||
** usually it will be in the subjunctive form, which means suggesting a possibility or "if this then that" scenario | ** usually it will be in the subjunctive form, which means suggesting a possibility or "if this then that" scenario | ||