English Grammar Flashcards
What are the 3 cases?
Subjective, objective, and possesive.
What is the subjective case?
If a word is the subject of a sentence, it is in the subjective case. The subject is that which does the action of the active verb. Ex: Bill ran to the store.
What is the possessive case?
If a word shows possession, it is in the possessive case. Ex: His Greek Bible is always by his bed.
What is the objective case?
If a word is the direct object, it is in the objective case. The direct object is the person or thing that is directly affected by the action of the verb. This means that whatever the verb does, it does so to the direct object. Ex: The teacher will flunk him if he does not take Greek seriously.
What are the parts of speech?
Noun, adjective, preposition, subject & predicate, definite article, and indefinite article.
What is a noun?
A noun is a word that stands for someone or something.
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun (or another adjective).
What is a preposition?
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between two other words.
What is the subject and predicate?
A sentence can be broken down into two parts. The term subject describes the subject of the verb and what modifies the subject. Predicate describes the rest of the sentence, including the verb, direct object, etc.
What is the definite article?
In English, the definite article is the word “the.” In the sentence, “The student is going to pass,” the definite article is identifying one student in particular (even though context is required to know which one it is).
What is a indefinite article?
In English, the indefinite article is the word “a.” In the sentence, “A good student works every day on her Greek,” the article is indefinite because it does not identify any one particular student. It is indefinite about the person of whom it is speaking.
