Grammar and Literary Terms Overview

Nouns: singular = one, plural = more than one, possessive shows

ownership (girl’s, girls’). Verbs: present, past, future; present

perfect = have/has + past participle (have eaten), past perfect = had + past participle

(had eaten). Irregular verbs: go → went, see → saw. Confusing verbs:

may = permission, can = ability; teach = give knowledge, learn = receive; sit = rest,

set = place; lie = rest, lay = put down. Subject–verb agreement: singular → singular

verb, plural → plural verb; is/are, was/were. Voice: active =

subject does action, passive = subject receives action. Pronouns must match antecedents; relative