Building Blocks of Language 1

Question 0

What are the 6 classifications of nouns?

Answer 0

Common nouns
Proper nouns
Singular nouns
Plural nouns
Singular possessive
Plural possessive

Question 1

What are the eight parts of speech?

Answer 1

Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, and interjection

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Question 2

What is a noun?

Answer 2

Describes a person, place, thing, or state of being

Question 3

Noun classifications:

Common nouns

Answer 3

Most nouns are common nouns and are capitalized only when the begin a sentence. Can be combined with function words such as: the, a, this, every

Question 4

Noun classifications:

Proper nouns

Answer 4

These nouns are always capitalized. Names, days if the week, titles, months, institutions, holidays, etc.

Question 5

Noun classifications:

Singular nouns

Answer 5

Names one person, place, or thing

Question 6

Noun classifications:

Plural nouns

Answer 6

Names more than one person, place or thing. Generally adding -s will pluralize a noun, but students should be familiar with common types of irregular plurals

Question 7

Noun classifications:

Singular possessive

Answer 7

Usually nouns become possessive by adding an apostrophe and the letter -s

Question 8

Noun classifications:

Plural possessive

Answer 8

Possessive form of plural nouns.

Question 9

What are the two main categories of verbs?

Answer 9

Action verbs and linking verbs

Question 10

What are the three basic tenses if verbs?

Answer 10

Present, past, and future

Question 11

What is the perfect form of a verb?

Answer 11

Indicates an action during an indefinite time period.

Ex. I have looked at the picture.

Question 12

What is the progressive form of a verb?

Answer 12

Indicates ongoing action

Ex. I am looking at the picture.

Question 13

What is perfect progressive form of a verb?

Answer 13

Indicates an ongoing action that will be completed at some definite time.

Ex. I have been looking at the picture.

Question 14

What is a regular verb?

Answer 14

Those verbs whose past tense and past participles are formed by adding a -d or an -ed to the end. Sometimes the last consonant must be doubled

Ex. Bill–> billed
Plan–> planned

Question 15

What is an irregular verb?

Answer 15

These verbs turn into very different words when conjugated. There are over 250 of them.

Question 16

What is an adjective?

Answer 16

Gives more information about nouns. Generally answers questions like which? What kind? How many?

Question 17

What can be used to make comparative or superlative statements?

Answer 17

Adjectives in conjunction with -er and more for comparative; -est and most for superlative

Question 18

What are adverbs?

Answer 18

Adverbs modify verbs and answer questions like how? When? Where?

Ex. He fought swiftly and bravely.

Question 19

What are interrogative adverbs?

Answer 19

They introduce questions. What? How? Where? Etc

Ex. What time does the show start?

Question 20

What is a pronoun?

Answer 20

The take the place of a noun.

Ex. She, it, they, ours

Question 21

What are the five types of pronouns?

Answer 21

Nominative: SHE went to the store. 
Objective: John drove HIM home. 
Reflexive: Lucy HERSELF made it. 
Possessive: Is the hat YOURS?
Relative: This is the car WHICH I bought yesterday.

Question 22

What is a nominative pronoun?

Answer 22

Used as subject of a verb or a sentence.

Ex. HE made lunch.

Question 23

What is an objective pronoun?

Answer 23

Used as the object of a verb, sentence, or preposition

John asked HIM to go to the party.

Question 24

What is a reflexive pronoun?

Answer 24

Used to direct action back to object. I MYSELF will cut the cake.

Question 25

What is a possessive pronoun?

Answer 25

Used to define possession of an object, person, or concept Mine, yours, hers, his, its, ours, theirs

Question 26

What is a relative pronoun?

Answer 26

Used to link one phrase or clause to another phrase or clause. Who, whom, that, which, whoever, whomever, whichever

Question 27

What is a preposition?

Answer 27

Introduces a noun, pronoun, phrase, or clause functioning in the sentence as a noun. The word or phrase the preposition introduces is its object. Ex. We were UNDER the bridge.

Question 28

What is a prepositional phrase?

Answer 28

They include the preposition and the object of the preposition as well as an modifiers to either. Usually tell when and where. Ex. Meet me (at the bridge)(on lake pleasent)(in twenty minutes.)

Question 29

What is a conjunction?

Answer 29

They link words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence. Three types are subordinating, coordinating, and correlative.

Question 30

Coordinating conjunction

Answer 30

Joins two independent clauses and are known as the FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so I was hungry, SO I ate a taco.

Question 31

Subordinating conjunction

Answer 31

Used at the beginning of a dependent clause to establish the relationship between the dependent clause and the rest of the sentence We bought an umbrella because it was storming.

Question 32

Correlative conjunction

Answer 32

Pairs words used to join various sentence elements that should be treated as grammatically equal: both/and, either/or, boy only/but also It was NEITHER sunny NOR warm.

Question 33

Phrase

Answer 33

A group of words that does not have either a subject or a verb and does not make sense by itself

Question 34

Independent clause

Answer 34

Had a subject and a predicate, and can stand alone as a complete sentence

Question 35

Dependent clause

Answer 35

Has a subject and a predicate but depends on an independent clause to be complete. They are introduced by subordinating conjunctions such as after, although, because, before, if, though, unless, until, when, etc He did't eat the taco although he knew it was delicious.

Question 36

Interjections

Answer 36

Exclamatory phrases used to convey emotion. Wow! That was some weather.

Question 37

If a word has a plural form and can combine with a determiner such as "these", what part of speech is it?

Answer 37

Noun

Question 38

When a word answers questions such as Which? What kind? Or How many?, what part of speech is it?

Answer 38

Adjective

Question 39

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and __________?

Answer 39

Adverbs

Question 40

When are are the cardinal directions like capitalized?

Answer 40

When they indicate a region such as "the West". Not capitalized if they are used to indicate bearing. He flew south.