Grammar Practice

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What is the simple past tense of a verb?

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The simple past tense of a verb indicates an action that has already happened. For example, 'crash' becomes 'crashed.'

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What is the future tense used for?

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The future tense is used to describe actions that will happen later. For example, 'plans' indicates an intention to do something in the future.

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What is a dependent clause?

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A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and usually begins with a subordinating conjunction. For example, 'which is probably how I caught the coronavirus.'

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How do you format titles of songs and albums?

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Titles of songs should be in quotation marks, while album titles should be italicized. For example, '"Piggies"' and _The White Album_.

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What is direct speech?

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Direct speech is when you quote someone's exact words, usually enclosed in quotation marks. For example, 'I hate you,' she said.

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What is the difference between 'its' and 'it's'?

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'Its' is a possessive pronoun meaning 'belonging to it,' while 'it's' is a contraction for 'it is' or 'it has.'

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What is a compound sentence?

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A compound sentence contains at least two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction. For example, 'I wanted to go for a walk, but it started to rain.'

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What is an independent clause?

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An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a complete sentence. For example, 'Sierra crashed her car.'

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What is punctuation?

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Punctuation refers to the marks used in writing to separate sentences and clarify meaning, such as periods, commas, and quotation marks.

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What is the purpose of a comma?

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A comma is used to indicate a pause between parts of a sentence or to separate items in a list.