Practice PMS questions with answers and explanations.
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The name of an academic subject is treated as singular.
Thus, 'Mathematics is' is grammatically correct.
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The committee is viewed here as one unit because 'its' refers to the group collectively.
A singular collective meaning takes 'has.'
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The phrase refers to one combined meal rather than two separate items.
A singular verb is therefore appropriate.
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The infinitive 'to win' completes the meaning of the verb 'hopes.'
It therefore functions as the verb's object or complement.
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The phrase begins with the present participle 'wearing' and modifies 'man.'
A participle with its complements forms a participial phrase.
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'Often' tells how frequently the action occurs.
Words such as always, often, and rarely are adverbs of frequency.
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'Who' introduces a clause describing 'student.'
Relative pronouns connect dependent clauses to nouns.
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'Before' introduces the dependent clause 'you leave.'
A word joining a subordinate clause to a main clause functions as a conjunction.
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'Useful' describes the noun 'suggestion.'
Words that modify nouns are adjectives.
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'Repaired' takes the direct object 'the engine.'
A verb that transfers its action to an object is transitive.
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'Laughed' does not require a direct object.
A verb that expresses a complete action without an object is intransitive.
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'Honesty' names a quality rather than a physical object.
Names of qualities, ideas, or states are abstract nouns.
