Basic English Grammar

Question 1

Flashcard 1: Nouns

Answer 1

• Definition: A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.
• Example:
  
  • Person: teacher
  • Place: school
  • Thing: book
  • Idea: freedom

Question 2

Flashcard 2: Verbs

Answer 2

• Definition: Action words that describe what someone or something is doing.
• Example:
  
  • Action: run
  • State of being: is

Question 3

Flashcard 3: Adjectives

Answer 3

• Definition: Words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns.
• Example:
  
  • beautiful, blue, tall

Question 4

Flashcard 4: Adverbs

Answer 4

• Definition: Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
• Example:
  
  • Verb: quickly
  • Adjective: very
  • Adverb: really

Question 5

Flashcard 5: Pronouns

Answer 5

• Definition: Words that take the place of nouns in a sentence.
• Example:
  
  • he, she, it, they, them

Question 6

Flashcard 6: Prepositions

Answer 6

• Definition: Words that show the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence.
• Example:
  
  • on, under, behind, between

Question 7

Flashcard 7: Conjunctions

Answer 7

• Definition: Words that connect words, phrases, or clauses.
• Example:
  
  • and, but, or, because

Question 8

Flashcard 8: Articles

Answer 8

• Definition: Words that define a noun as specific or unspecific.
• Example:
  
  • a, an, the

Question 9

Flashcard 9: Subject and Predicate

Answer 9

• Definition:
  
  • Subject: The person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.
  • Predicate: What the subject is doing or being.
• Example:
  
  • The cat (subject) slept (predicate)

Question 10

Flashcard 10: Simple Sentence Structure

Answer 10

• Definition: A sentence that contains a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought.
• Example:
  
  • The dog barks.

Question 11

Flashcard 11: Compound Sentence Structure

Answer 11

• Definition: A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
• Example:
  
  • The sun is shining, and the birds are singing.

Question 12

Flashcard 12: Complex Sentence Structure

Answer 12

• Definition: A sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
• Example:
  
  • Although it was raining, she went for a walk.

Question 13

Flashcard 13: Active Voice

Answer 13

• Definition: When the subject of the sentence performs the action.
• Example:
  
  • She (subject) reads (action) a book.

Question 14

Flashcard 14: Passive Voice

Answer 14

• Definition: When the subject of the sentence receives the action.
• Example:
  
  • The book (subject) is read (action) by her.

Question 15

Flashcard 15: Direct and Indirect Speech

Answer 15

• Definition:
  
  • Direct Speech: Quoting the exact words of the speaker.
  • Indirect Speech: Paraphrasing the words of the speaker.
• Example:
  
  • Direct: She said, “I am going to the store.”
  • Indirect: She said that she was going to the store.

Question 16

Flashcard 16: Subject-Verb Agreement

Answer 16

• Definition: The subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number (singular or plural).
• Example:
  
  • The cat (singular subject) is (singular verb) sleeping.

Question 17

Flashcard 17: Tenses

Answer 17

• Definition: Forms of verbs that show the time of an action or state of being.
• Example:
  
  • Present: I walk.
  • Past: I walked.
  • Future: I will walk.

Question 18

Flashcard 18: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Answer 18

• Definition:
  
  • Comparative: Used to compare two things.
  • Superlative: Used to compare three or more things.
• Example:
  
  • Comparative: bigger
  • Superlative: biggest

Question 19

Flashcard 19: Possessive Nouns

Answer 19

• Definition: Nouns that show ownership or possession.
• Example:
  
  • John’s book

Question 20

Flashcard 20: Apostrophes

Answer 20

• Definition: A punctuation mark used to show possession or to indicate omitted letters in contractions.
• Example:
  
  • John’s book
  • can’t (short for cannot)

Question 21

Flashcard 21: Homophones

Answer 21

• Definition: Words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings.
• Example:
  
  • there, their, they’re

Question 22

Flashcard 22: Homonyms

Answer 22

• Definition: Words that sound the same and have the same spelling but have different meanings.
• Example:
  
  • bat (animal) and bat (sports equipment)

Question 23

Flashcard 23: Homographs

Answer 23

• Definition: Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and sometimes different pronunciations.
• Example:
  
  • tear (to rip) and tear (water from eyes)

Question 24

Flashcard 24: Run-on Sentences

Answer 24

• Definition: Two or more independent clauses joined without appropriate punctuation or conjunction.
• Example:
  
  • I like to run I also like to swim.

Question 25

Flashcard 25: Fragment Sentences

Answer 25

• Definition: Incomplete sentences that do not express a complete thought.
• Example:
  
  • Although it was raining.

Question 26

Flashcard 26: Comma Splices

Answer 26

• Definition: Two independent clauses joined by a comma without a conjunction or appropriate punctuation.
• Example:
  
  • I like to run, I also like to swim.