Grammar and Sentence Diagram Practice

What’s grammar rule does this sentence break?

“The box of chocolates are on the table?”

subject-verb agreement

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“I am going to the Hodges’s house for dinner.”

Apostrophe error with a double sibilant

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“Each dog are good at fetch.”

None, any, every, and each should be singular

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“I am going to guess the amount of marbles in the jar!”

Amount and Fewer vs Number and Less

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“This accident is going to effect me being on time!”

Possessive before a gerund

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“I love Dr. C, she’s the best!”

No point of comparison

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“We went to the park after getting ice cream, today was the most perfect day!”

Comparison with an absolute adjective

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“I told you to not put the eggs on the stove, it’s still hot!”

Split infinitive

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“In Morgan’s poem ‘The Sun at Night’, she utilizes idioms, similes, and anecdotes to convey distress.”

Possessive noun before personal noun

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“That dog of yours will be the death of me!”

Double possessive

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“This belongs to those whom study”

they/who vs them/whom

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“The three girls stopped talking and looked at each other.”

Each other is only used for 2 people or things, one another for 3 people or things

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“The person that left their laundry in the machine has a lot of pink shirts.”

Who/whom for people, that for things

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“I would live in France all year round happily.”

Adverb placed away from verb

What sentence pattern is this?

“She is up there.”

Pattern 1 (to be verb)

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“She is kind.”

Pattern 2 (To be verb and adjective)

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“She is a nun.”

Pattern 3 (to be verb and noun)

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“She appears sad.”

Pattern 4 (Linking verb equal sign and adj)

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“She remains the same.”

Pattern 5 (Linking verb (equal sign) and noun)

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“She runs.”

Pattern 6 (action verb and no direct object)

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“She grabs the paper.”

Pattern 7 (action verb and direct object)

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“She grabs the paper for him.”

Pattern 8 (action verb, direct object, and indirect object)

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“She considers him handsome”

Pattern 9 (verb, direct object, adjective)

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“She considers him a genius.”

Pattern 10 (verb, direct object, noun)

Tense

past

present

future

Aspect

Simple (main verb alone)

Perfect (to have + past participle)

Progressive (to be + present participle)

Perfect Progressive (to have + to be + present participle)

Mood

Indicative- Declarative

Imperative- orders, commands

Conditional- verb pairs w/ modal + requires another action (would, could, should)

Subjunctive- “If I were, I suggest that you…”