Chapter 1: Parts Of Speech Overview

Question 1

What are nouns?

Answer 1

A word that refers to a person, place, or thing
E.g The “student” is doing her “homework “.

Question 2

What are the 2 types of nouns?

Answer 2

Common & Proper

Question 3

What are the 2 differences between common nouns and proper nouns?

Answer 3

1. Common nouns don’t refer to names or titles. Proper nouns do
2. Common nouns aren’t capitalized (unless at the beginning of the sentence), proper nouns are.

Question 4

What is the difference between concrete and abstract nouns?

Answer 4

1. Concrete nouns represent things you can see or touch
2. Abstract nouns represent things you can’t see or touch, such as c9ncepts, ideas, or qualities

Question 5

How to decide between a concrete noun and a abstract noun?

Answer 5

1. Can I put the article “it” infront of the word?
2. Is the word used as the subject or object of the sentence?

Question 6

What is a direct object vs. An indirect object?

Answer 6

1. Direct object received the action directly
2. Indirect object receives the action indirectly

Question 7

What’s the difference between countable nouns and non-countable nouns

Answer 7

1. Countable nouns can be counted
2. Non countable nouns can’t be counted
   Never put an indefinite article in front of a non countable noun

Question 8

What are pronouns?

Answer 8

Words that take the place of a noun

Question 9

What’s the similarity between pronouns, nouns, and possessive adjective?

Answer 9

1. Pronouns, like nouns, can be the subject or the object of a sentence
2. Possessive adjectives modify nouns

Question 10

What are the 6 types of pronouns?

Answer 10

1. Subjective
2. Objective
3. Possessive
4. Relative
5. Demonstrative
6. Indefinite

Question 11

What are adjectives?

Answer 11

A word that modifies a noun or pronoun

Question 12

What are verbs?

Answer 12

A word that indicates an action, state, or occurrence

Question 13

What are the 3 types of verbs?

Answer 13

1. Action
2. Linking
3. Helping/Auxiliary

Question 14

What is an action verb?

Answer 14

1. Tells us what it’s subject is doing.
2. Most verbs are action verbs

Question 15

What is a linking verb?

Answer 15

Joins the subject of a sentence to one or more words that describe/identify the subject

Question 16

What is a helping/auxiliary verb

Answer 16

Used before the main verb to show…
1. The tense of the verb
2. Can show the passive voice
3. Can give special meaning

Question 17

What is a modal auxiliary verb?

Answer 17

A hel9ing verb that comes before the main verb and expresses probability, obligation, ability, or necessity

Question 18

What are adverbs?

Answer 18

A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

Question 19

How to identify an adverb?

Answer 19

1.Ask yourself if the word answers the questions of how, when, or where
2. Ends in -ly

Question 20

What are prepositions?

Answer 20

1. A word that indicates time, place, or means.
2. Used to relate a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence

Question 21

What is a prepositional phase?

Answer 21

The combination of the preposition and its noun or pronoun (the object of the preposition)

Question 22

What are conjunctions?

Answer 22

A word that joins or connects other words, phrases, or clauses

Question 23

4 types of conjunctions

Answer 23

1. Coordinating
2. Subordinating
3. Correlative
4. Adverbial

Question 24

What acronym can you use to remember the coordinating conjunctions?

Answer 24

For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So

Question 25

What are interjections?

Answer 25

A word that expresses a feeling and is not connected grammatically to any other part of the sentence

Question 26

What are articles?

Answer 26

A word, similar to an adjective, that identifies a noun in a general sense

Question 27

What are the 2 types of articles?

Answer 27

1. Definite 2. Indefinite

Question 28

Indefinte articles in conjunction with non countable nouns

Answer 28

1. Do not use indefinite articles with non countable nouns 2. Use indefinite articles before countable nouns when you don't specify the particular thing referred to 3. Use "a" before a noun that begins with a consonant or with a "u" pronounced as "y" 4. Use "an" before a word that begins with a vowel or a silent "h"