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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the 3 ways in which a pronoun agree with its antecedent. | In person, number, and gender |
| Identify the first 4 letters of the Greek alphabet. | Alpha, beta, gamma, and delta |
| Identify the last 4 letters of the Greek alphabet | Phi, Chi, Psi, and Omega |
| Identify the 5 letters of the English alphabet considered to be vowels. | A, E, I, O, U |
| Identify 3 degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs | positive, comparative, and superlative |
| Name the 3 verbals in English grammar | Gerund, infinitive, and participle |
| What are the 3 traditional principal parts of regular and irregular verbs, and what is the 4th "principal part" that is sometimes included? | Present, past and past participle. Present participle |
| Name the 6 verb tenses in English | present, past, futures, present perfect, past perfect, future perfect |
| Give the 4 words designating a graduate or graduates of a particular school or college | alumnus, alumni, alumna, alumnae |
| What are the 3 types of participles in English? | present, past, perfect |
| As what 3 parts of speech may infinitives be used? | nouns, adjectives, and adverbs |
| What are the 3 moods of modern English verbs? | indicative, imperative, and subjective |
| Name the 8 parts of speech | noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection |
| Give the 4 kinds of sentences classified according to grammatical structure or the umber of clauses they contain. | simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex |
| According to meaning and purpose, in what 4 ways are sentences classified? | declarative, imperative, exclamatory, interrogative |
| Identify the one definite article and the 2 indefinite articles used in English | The, a, an |
| For, yet, and so are sometimes considered coordinating conjunctions. Name the other 4 commonly used coordinating conjunctions. | And, but, or and nor |
| Give the 4 pairs or correlative conjections | both...and, either...or, neither....nor, not only...but |
| Identify the 7 forms of the verb to be (do not include be) | am, is, are, was, were, being, been |
| Name the 8 kinds of pronouns | demonstrative, indefinite, intensive, interrogatie, personal, reciprocal, reflexive, relative |
| Identify the 4 demonstrative pronouns | this, that, these, those |
| Identify the 5 interrogative pronouns | Who, whose, whom, which and what |
| Identify the 5 relative pronouns | who, whose, whom, which, that |
| Nam the 3 persons of personal pronouns | 1st, 2nd, and 3rd persons |
| Identify the 4 first-person pronouns | I, me, we, us |
| Identify the 7 third-person pronouns | him, her, it, they, them, he, she |
| Name the 3 parts of speech an adverb modifies | verb, adjective, or another adverb |
| Name the 3 cases of English nouns and pronouns | Nominative or subjective; objective or accusative; and possessive or gentive |
| Give the 5 parts of a business letter | heading, inside address, greeting, body, complimentary close |
| What are the 3 ways to close a sentence? | . ! ? |
| Name the "3 R's" of the basic elements of learning | Reading, writing, arithmetic |
| Name the 3 words in the English language that end in -ceed | exceed, proceed, and succeed |
| Identify the only 4 words in the English language that end in -dous | tremendous, stupendous, horrendous, and hazardous |
| Which 3 letters are often used to designate the basic facts or principles of a given subject? | ABC's |
| Which 3 English words ending in -vore designate what people or animals eat? | omnivore, carnivore, herbivore |
| Which 3 words are included in the phase and used pejoratively or ironically to describe a hero of romantic fiction? | Tall, dark, and handsome |
| Which three names are included in the figurative phase meaning "everyone and anyone" or "people in general" | (Every) Tom, Dick and Harry |
| Which three colors are used to designate someone who is a very patriotic American as in "to bleed ____________" | red, white, and blue |
| Which three words borrowed from Wintson Churchill's statement about fighting Hitler during WWII are used to mean "personal sacrifice as the only resource available to achieve a goal"? | blood, sweat, and tears |
| Which three words are used in the expression to describe someone as being "not excited," or "in full control of emotions"? | cool, calm, and collected |
| Which three words referring to the 3 basic parts of a gun make up the expression meaning "completely"? | lock, stock and barrel |
| Which 3 words complete the following phrase suggeting that if the outward appearance and behavior of someone or something is rather obvious, then one obviously knows what it is "If it ____like a duck, ____like a duck, and _____ like a duck, it's a duck | looks, walks, and quacks |
| Which 3 words complete the phrase "No ____, ____, or _____," meaning to take actions without asking questions or making objections | ifs, ands or buts |
| Which 3 words referring to fishing equipment make up a phrase meaning "completely" or "in every way" | hook, line, and sinker |
| According to Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac, what 3 benefits accrue to a man when he is "early to bed and early to rise"? | he is healthy, wealthy, and wise |
| Which 3 words, originally used to describe a valid legal document, designate that it needed a signature and a wax seal, and it had to be taken to the new owner? | signed, sealed, delivered |
| Which expression using the word truth 3 times to be " completely and totally honest"? | to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth |
| which 3 word expression including the word beg means "to obtain something in any way possible"? | beg, borrow, or steal |
| Identify the 3-part command used to prepare runners to start a foot race | On your mark, get set, go |
| "Don't fold, spindle, or ______" | mutilate |
| "White tie, top hat, and ______" | tails |
| "Race, creed or ________" | color |
| "Deaf, dumb, and _____" | blind |
| "Men, women, and ________" | children |
| "Game, set, and _____" | match |
| "Hatched, matched, and __________" | dispatched |
| "Here, there and ______" | everywhere |
| "Animal, vegetable, or ______" | mineral |
| "Up, up, and _____" | away |
| "Stop, look, and _______" | listen |
| "Wine, women, and _____" | song |
| "Love, honor, and ______" | obey |
| "Ready, willing and ______" | able |
| "Win some, lose some, and some ______" | rained out |
| "Hop, skip, and ______" | jump |
| "Shake, rattle, and _______" | roll |
| "Win, lose or _____" | draw |
| "Me, myself, and _____" | I |
| "God, motherhood, and _________" | apple pie |
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