The Subjunctive Mood and Formal Grammar Rules

Choose the sentence with correct third-person singular agreement.

• He do not enjoy math

• It does not require batteries

• She don't like spicy food

• She does not enjoys the movie

Which option avoids a double negative in formal English?

• He doesn't owe me nothing

• He does not owe me nothing

• He doesn't owe me anything

• He owes me nothing

Select the sentence that uses the correct subject pronoun and polite ordering.

• I and Luis will present first

• Luis and I will present first

• Luis and me will present first

• Me and Luis will present first

Choose the grammatically correct formal sentence for: "I can't get no satisfaction." (The hint notes a double negative)

• I can’t get no satisfaction ever.

• I cannot get satisfaction at all.

• I cannot get any satisfaction now.

• I can’t not get satisfaction today.

Select the best formal version of: "Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?"

• What will you gonna do when they come for you?

• What are you gonna do when they come for you?

• What you going to do when they come for you?

• What are you going to do when they come for you?

Identify the sentence that removes the double negative from: "You're the best thing that ever happened to me, and the world don't owe me nothing."

• You are the best thing that ever happened to me, and the world owes me nothing.

• You are the best thing that ever happened to me, and the world doesn’t owe me nothing.

• You are the best thing that ever happened to me, and the world don’t owe me anything.

• You are the best thing that ever happened to me, and the world owes me anything.

Choose the formal subject order and pronoun in: "Me and my friends, we're gonna be alright."

• My friends and I are going to be all right.

• Me and my friends are going to be alright.

• I and my friends are going to be alright.

• My friends and me are gonna be all right.

Select the correct use of the second conditional for an unreal present situation.

• If I was a boy, I think I will be able to understand.

• If I was a boy, I think I would able understand.

• If I were a boy, I think I would be able to understand.

• If I were a boy, I think I can understand.

Which option avoids a double negative correctly?

• The world do not owe me nothing.

• The world doesn’t owe me nothing.

• The world don’t owe me nothing.

• The world does not owe me anything.

Choose the sentence that uses a subject pronoun and polite order.

• My friends and I are going to be alright.

• Me and my friends are going to be alright.

• I and my friends are going to be alright.

• My friends and me are going to be alright.