Grammar Practice Knowledge Flashcards

She ______ your new teacher.

Answer: Is

The correct answer is "is" because it agrees with the subject "She," which is a singular pronoun. In English grammar, the verb "to be" conjugates as "is" for third-person singular subjects.

What is the plural form a knife?

Answer: Knives

The correct answer is "Knives" because when forming the plural of the word "knife", the letter "f" changes to "v" and the plural suffix "-s" is added. This is a common rule in English grammar for nouns ending in "f" or "fe".

What is the past tense of place?

Answer: Placed

The past tense of the verb "place" is "placed". This is the correct answer because when we want to talk about an action that happened in the past, we use the past tense form of the verb. In this case, "placed" is the correct past tense form of "place".

What is the verb in the following sentence. I set the glass on the table.

Answer: Set

The verb in the given sentence is "set". It is the action word that describes what the subject "I" is doing. In this case, "I" is performing the action of setting the glass on the table.

What is the verb? I ran out of the room.

Answer: Ran

The verb in the sentence is "ran". It is the action word that describes the subject "I" performing the action of running.

What is the helping verb? Sidney has helped stray cats before.

Answer: Has

The helping verb in the sentence is "has". It is used to form the present perfect tense and indicates that the action of helping stray cats occurred in the past and still relevant in the present.

__________ are ten students in my class.

Answer: There

The correct answer is "there". In this sentence, "there" is used as an adverb to indicate the existence or presence of something. It is the appropriate word to describe the number of students in the class.

___________ the time? It's 9 o'clock.

Answer: What's

The correct answer is "What's" because the question is asking for information about the time. "What's" is a contraction of "What is" and is commonly used to ask about the current time.

I__________ twenty years old.

Answer: Am

The correct answer is "am" because the sentence is in the present tense and the subject "I" requires the corresponding form of the verb "to be", which is "am".

He __________ three chocolates a day.

Answer: Eats

The correct answer is "eats" because it is the present simple tense form of the verb "to eat" which is used to described a habitual action or a general truth. The sentence indicates that the person regularly engages in the action three chocolates a day.

Paul _______ like eating breakfast.

Answer: Doesn't

The correct answer "doesn't" because it is used to indicate that Paul does not like eating breakfast. The word "doesn't" is the contraction of "does not" and is used with third-person singular subjects, such as Paul.