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|First person | |First person | ||
|I am | |I '''am''' | ||
|We are | |We '''are''' | ||
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|Second person | |Second person | ||
|You are | |You '''are''' | ||
| You (all) are | | You (all) '''are''' | ||
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|Third person | |Third person | ||
|He / She / It is | |He / She / It '''is''' | ||
|They are | |They '''are''' | ||
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the SAT test will only ask students to select between third person singular ("'''it'''") and third person plural ("'''they'''") | the SAT test will only ask students to select between third person singular ("'''it'''") and third person plural ("'''they'''") | ||
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**past, present, future | **past, present, future | ||
**and sub-categories of them | **and sub-categories of them | ||
* | *'''HAS''' and '''HAVE''' finite verb forms are '''PRESENT TENSE''' | ||
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*HAD | *'''HAD''' finite verb forms are '''PAST TENSE''' | ||
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!Present Perfect | !Present Perfect | ||
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|Singular | | rowspan="3" |Singular | ||
|It worked | |It worked | ||
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| It '''had''' worked | | It '''had''' worked | ||
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|It interacted | |It interacted | ||
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|It '''had''' interacted | |It '''had''' interacted | ||
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|It did* | |It did* | ||
|It was doing | |It was doing | ||
|It '''had''' done* | |It '''had''' done* | ||
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|Plural | | rowspan="3" |Plural | ||
|They worked | |They worked | ||
|They were working | |They were working | ||
|They '''had''' worked | |They '''had''' worked | ||
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|They interacted | |They interacted | ||
|They were interacting | |They were interacting | ||
|They '''had''' interacted | |They '''had''' interacted | ||
|- | |- | ||
|They did* | |They did* | ||
|They were doing | |They were doing | ||
|They had done.* | |They '''had''' done.* | ||
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* note that '''HAVE''' can also create a "perfect participle" that is '''non-finite''' (does not have a subject) | |||
** ''Having practiced hard, the team won the championship'' | |||
** "having practiced" = perfect participle | |||
*** and creates the participle phrase, "having practiced hard" | |||
* for use on the digital SAT, see [https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-practice-test-2-digital.pdf Practice Test 2, Module 2, question 18]: | |||
'''18''' For thousands of years, people in the Americas | |||
______ the bottle gourd, a large bitter fruit with a | |||
thick rind, to make bottles, other types of containers, | |||
and even musical instruments. | |||
A) to use | |||
B) have used | |||
C) having used | |||
D) using | |||
* We see that the sentence needs a finite verb (a sentence must have a finite verb) | |||
* We can identify "people as the subject" and ______ as the finite verb to match the subject | |||
** (the objects of the __(missing)___ finite verb is "bottles" "containers" and instruments") | |||
* Elimination: | |||
** A) is incorrect bc it is a '''non-finite infinitive verb''' and thereby does not match the subject | |||
*** ''people to use bottles'' << does not create a subject-verb match | |||
** B) is correct bc it is a '''present perfect verb''' that matches the subject "people" | |||
*** ''people have used bottles'' << creates a subject-verb match | |||
** C) is incorrect bc it is a '''non-finite perfect participle verb''' and thereby does not match the subject | |||
*** ''people having used'' << does not create a subject-verb match | |||
** D) is incorrect bc it is a '''non-finite present participle verb''' that does not match the subject "people" | |||
*** ''people using the bottle gourd'' << does not create a subject-verb match | |||
== Sentences quick start guide == | == Sentences quick start guide == | ||