English 2 Grammar week 1

Question 1

noun

Answer 1

Person, place, thing or idea.

Question 2

Common noun

Answer 2

Names a general noun; begins with lower case letter

Question 3

Personal pronouns

Answer 3

Personal(1st person pronouns having to do with me; 2nd person pronouns having to do with you; 3rd person: pronouns having to do with everyone else)

Question 4

Possessive personal pronouns

Answer 4

Singular:my, your, his, her, its, mine, yours. Plural: our, your, their, ours, yours, theirs

Question 5

Adverb

Answer 5

Modifies adjectives (really cute). Verbs (run quickly) and other adverbs (very easily)

Question 6

Articles

Answer 6

Words before nouns

Question 7

Prepositions

Answer 7

Shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence. (Across, after, against, around, at, below, between, by, during, except, for, from, in, of, off, on, over, since, through, to, under, until, with, according to, because of, instead of. Etc.

Question 8

Coordinating

Answer 8

FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

Question 9

Action verb

Answer 9

Shows action she wrote a note

Question 10

Present-verb tense

Answer 10

Happening now( jump, talk, eat)

Question 11

Verbal

Answer 11

Word formed from a verb but acting as a noun, adjective, or adverb

Question 12

Participle

Answer 12

Verb acting like adjective (ends in-ing or -ed or any other past tense. I have running shoes.

Question 13

Simple subject

Answer 13

The who or what of the verb

Question 14

Complete subject

Answer 14

Simple subject plus its modifiers

Question 15

Simple predicate/verb

Answer 15

All linking verbs are intransitive. All passive voice verbs are transitive

Question 16

Transitive verb

Answer 16

Takes a direct object (We love English. English is the direct object

Question 17

Intransitive verb

Answer 17

Does not take the direct object(Please sit down. Down is the adverb, not direct object.

Question 18

Compliment

Answer 18

Completes the meaning of the subject and verb

Question 19

Direct object

Answer 19

A noun or pronoun and is never in a prepositional phrase

Question 20

Prepositional phrase

Answer 20

Group of words beginning with preposition and ending with noun or pronoun.

Question 21

Object of the preposition

Answer 21

Follows preposition and tells what or whom

Question 22

Clause

Answer 22

Each clause must have a verb and subject

Question 23

Independent clause

Answer 23

At least one independent clause and is the main clause

Question 24

Compound sentence

Answer 24

Two or more independent clauses

Question 25

Imperitative sentence

Answer 25

Gives a command and ends in a period.

Question 26

Capitalization

Answer 26

Capitalize proper nouns, always capitalize I, first word of a sentence, and first word of a quotation

Question 27

Conjunction

Answer 27

Joins words, phrases, and clauses

Question 28

Possessive noun

Answer 28

Shows ownership

Question 29

Past tense verb

Answer 29

Happened previously usually ends in-ed

Question 30

Semicolon

Answer 30

Joins two independent clauses without coordinating junction

Question 31

Apostrophe

Answer 31

To make words possessive and to make contractions

Question 32

Declaritative sentence

Answer 32

Ends with a period but not a command.

Question 33

Nominative personal pronoun

Answer 33

I, you, he she they

Question 34

Participle phrase

Answer 34

Participle plus its modifiers and objects

Question 35

Object of the participle

Answer 35

follows participle and tells what

Question 36

Simple sentence

Answer 36

One independent clause

Question 37

Proper noun

Answer 37

Names a specific noun; begins with a capital letter

Question 38

Relative pronouns

Answer 38

Starts adjective dependent clause

Question 39

Demonstrative pronouns

Answer 39

Demonstrates which one

Question 40

Linking verb

Answer 40

Links two words together

Question 41

Interjection

Answer 41

Expresses emotion but has no real connection with the rest of the sentence

Question 42

Predicate nominative

Answer 42

Is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames a subject.

Question 43

Dependent clause

Answer 43

A clause that cant stand alone

Question 44

Adjective dependent clause

Answer 44

Usually starts with a relative pronoun

Question 45

Complex sentence

Answer 45

One independent clause and one or more dependent clause.

Question 46

Exclamatory sentence

Answer 46

A sentence that expresses strong feelings and ends in exclamation point

Question 47

Quotation marks

Answer 47

Quotes titles, dialogue

Question 48

Adjective

Answer 48

Modifies a noun

Question 49

Present tense verb

Answer 49

Happening now

Question 50

Pronouns

Question 51

Objective personal pronoun

Question 52

Helping verb

Question 53

Interrogative Sentence

Question 54

Subordinating

Question 55

Present progressive

Question 56

Indirect object