Adv English Grammar Test - Quarter 1

“Be” helping verbs

am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

“Have” helping verbs

have, has, had

“Do” helping verbs

do, does, did

“Possibility/tense” helping verbs

may, might, must, can, could, shall, should, will, would

“Be” main linking verbs

am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

“Sense/appearance” other linking verbs

seem, become, appear, feel, taste, look, sound, grow, remain, stay

Subject

Who or what the sentence is about.

Verb

Action or being word in the sentence.

Noun

A person, place, thing, or idea.

Articles

a, an, the

Prepositional phrase

Begin with a preposition, end with a noun.

Prepositions

Time, place, or direction.

Common prepositions

in, of, on, with, to, over, during, under, across, beneath, through

Clause

A group of words that contains a subject + verb.

Independent clause

A complete sentence that can stand alone.

Dependent clause

Cannot stand alone; begins with a subordinating conjunction.

FANBOYS

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So → Coordinating conjunctions.

WWW.ASIA.BUB

While, When, Where, Although, Since, If, As, Because, Until, Before → Subordinating conjunctions.

Never verbs

Not and Never are adverbs, not verbs.