GGrammatical Sentences
G1 | Subject-verb agreement |
love or loves? have or has?do or does? is or are?
a | Standard subject-verb combinations |
b | Words between subject and verb |
c | Subjects with and |
d | Subjects with or, nor |
e | Indefinite pronouns such as someone, each |
f | Collective nouns such as jury, class |
g | Subject after verb |
h | Subject complement |
i | who, which, that |
j | Plural form, singular meaning |
k | Titles, company names, words as words, gerund phrases |
G2 | Verb forms, tenses, and moods |
a | Irregular verbs |
b | lie and lay |
c | -s endings |
d | -ed endings |
e | Omitted verbs |
f | Tense |
g | Subjunctive mood |
G3 | Pronouns |
a | Pronoun-antecedent agreement |
b | Pronoun reference |
c | Pronoun case (I vs. me etc) |
d | who and whom |
G4 | Adjective and adverbs |
a | Adjectives |
b | Adverbs |
c | good and well; bad and badly |
d | Comparatives and superlatives |
e | Double negatives |
G5 | Sentence fragments |
a | Subordinate clauses |
b | Phrases |
c | Other word groups |
d | Acceptable fragments |
G6 | Run-on sentences |
a | Revision with coordinating conjunction |
b | Revision with semicolon |
c | Revision by separating sentences |
d | Revision by restructuring |