Unit_002

Question 1

It is possible to have a sentence with only a noun or a pronoun and a verb. This is the essential framework or skeleton of a sentence. But it is often desirable and necessary to add other parts of speech to make our meaning clearer, or to make our sentences more interesting. Adjectives and adverbs are used for this purpose.

Answer 1

English Grammar Rule #7

Question 2

Adjectives and adverbs are modifiers; that is, their chief purpose is to modify or change the meaning in some way. Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

Answer 2

English Grammar Rule #8

Question 3

The words, a, an, and the are called articles although they function just like adjectives. The word the is called the definite article, and the words a and an are called the indefinite articles.

Answer 3

English Grammar Rule #9

Question 4

Another important part of speech is the preposition. A preposition has an entirely different function in the sentence. It is used to show the relationship between certain words. One of these words is the noun or pronoun which follows the preposition. This noun or pronoun is call the object of the preposition.

Answer 4

English Grammar Rule #10

Question 5

We often need to use words that serve to connect words and groups of words. The part of speech that performs this function is the conjunction. The most commonly used conjunctions are and, but or.

Answer 5

English Grammar Rule #11

Question 6

There are a number of words whose purpose is to express strong feeling or sudden emotion. Such words are called interjections. An interjection is usually independent of the rest of the sentence.

Answer 6

English Grammar Rule #12