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Verbs and Subjects
VERBS DEFINED! This page defines action, linking, and helping verbs. VERBS DEFINED EXERCISES This page is a printable worksheet to give you practice in finding action, linking, and helping verbs. VERBS DEFINED KEY This page is an answer key for the Verbs Defined Exercises. HOW TO FIND VERBS This page gives pointers in finding verbs. Exercises are included. HOW TO FIND VERBS KEY is the answer key to How to Find Verbs. FINDING THE COMPLETE VERB supplies more tips on finding complete verbs. KEY FOR FINDING COMPLETE VERBS is the answer key for the Finding the Complete Verb page. SUBJECTS OF VERBS explains how to find the subject of the sentence. Exercises are included. KEY FOR FINDING SUBJECTS is the answer key for the Subjects of Verbs page. SUBJECTS TO THE RIGHT OF THE VERB gives the different types of situations where subjects are found to the right of the verb. Exercises are included. ANSWER KEY FOR SUBJECTS TO THE RIGHT OF THE VERB gives the answers for the different types of situations where subjects are found to the right of the verb. SUBJECT AND VERB FINDER WORKSHEET is an explanation on finding subjects and verbs and a worksheet all in one. SUBJECT AND VERB FINDER ANSWER KEY shows the subjects and verbs of sentences while explaining how to find subjects and verbs. PREPOSITIONS PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES explains what prepositional phrases are and what they do. EXERCISES FOR PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES gives you practice spotting prepositional phrases and determining what they are doing. KEY FOR EXERCISES FOR PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES gives the answers to the exercises on prepositional phrases. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO POSSESSION explains how to make possessive forms and gives exercises. KEY FOR PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO POSSESSION provides a little review was well as the answers to the exercises. SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT PRESENT TENSE SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT explains how to make subjects and verbs match properly. PRESENT TENSE SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT EXERCISE lets you practice making subjects and verbs agree. PRESENT TENSE SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT KEY gives the answers to the exercises for subject-verb agreement.
Pronouns; Clauses; Perfect Tenses; Active and Passive Tense
SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE PRONOUNS explains the difference between subjective and objective pronouns. It also discusses the three different kinds of objects--direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of the preposition. Compound subjects and objects are also discussed as is how to know when to use WHOM AND WHOM .EXERCISES FOR SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE AND PRONOUNS gives you practice on finding direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of the preposition. Exercises on compound objects and subjects and WHO AND WHOM are also given. ANSWER KEY FOR EXERCISES ON SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE PRONOUNS gives the answers for the exercises on objective and subjective pronouns. THAN/AS CONSTRUCTIONS explains which personal pronouns should be used in than/as constructions. Exercises given. ANSWER KEY FOR THAN/AS CONSTRUCTIONS answers for the exercises. CLEAR PRONOUN REFERENCE PROBLEMATIC PRONOUNS explains a typical vague pronoun error and how to fix it. Exercises are given. ANSWER KEY FOR EXERCISES ON PROBLEMATIC PRONOUNS gives the answers for the exercises on Problematic Pronouns. NUMERICAL WAY TO PROPER PRONOUN REFERENCE explains how to ensure that your sentences have proper pronoun reference. UNCLEAR PRONOUN REFERENCE WORKSHEET provides practice in finding sentences with unclear pronouns. CLAUSES CLAUSES explains the difference between dependent and independent clauses and gives exercises. ANSWER KEY FOR CLAUSES the answer key for the worksheet about dependent and independent clauses CONJUNCTIONS BETWEEN CLAUSES explains what type of conjunctions to use between clauses in a sentence. This page also is a worksheet. CONJUNCTIONS BETWEEN CLAUSES ANSWER KEY gives the answers to the worksheet. THE PERFECT TENSES THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE explains how the present perfect tense is constructed and what verbs in the present perfect tense mean. Exercises are given. ANSWER KEY FOR THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE the answer key for the worksheet about the present perfect tense THE PERFECT PAST TENSE explains how the perfect past tense is constructed and what verbs in the perfect past mean. Exercises are provided. THE ANSWER KEY FOR THE PERFECT PAST TENSE the answer key for the worksheet about the perfect past tense ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE Active and Passive Voice explains when to use and how to form the active and passive voices Exercise for the Active and Passive Voice the worksheet about active and passive voice Answer Key for the Active and passive voice answers to the worksheet All commercial ventures that want to copy these pages must contact the author for permission. All pages listed here are under copyright 1996 Cynthia Joyce Clay Please respect the copyright of the author by only reproducing for non-commercial purposes. (When trying to email me from this page, you must remove the 'abrakadabra' to make the email address work.) copyright © Cynthia Joyce Clay 1996 These grammar pages are courtesy of Oestara Publishing LLC .

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