Flashcard terms Donofrio

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

Person place thing idea

Question 2

Common noun

Answer 2

Uncapitalized noun

Question 3

Proper noun

Answer 3

Titles names etc.

Question 4

Possessive noun

Answer 4

Noun that indicates ownership.

Question 5

Pronouns

Answer 5

Word used instead of a noun or noun phrase

Question 6

Personal pronouns

Answer 6

1st, I me 2nd, you, 3rd, he she him her

Question 7

Nominative personal pronoun

Answer 7

Subjective pronouns (I you me he she they it we who)

Question 8

Possessive personal pronoun

Answer 8

Indicates ownership of said pronoun

Question 9

objective personal pronouns

Answer 9

Me you him her it us you them, acts as an object

Question 10

Relative pronouns

Answer 10

Which that who whom

Question 11

Demonstrative pronouns

Answer 11

Stand in for a noun, this that these those

Question 12

Adverb

Answer 12

Describes an adjective verb or adverb

Question 13

Adjective

Answer 13

Describes a noun

Question 14

Articles

Answer 14

Describes common noun, a, an, the

Question 15

Preposition

Answer 15

Usually comes before a noun and dictates its position, on, at, after, before, under, for, because

Question 16

Conjunction

Answer 16

Connects clauses

Question 17

Coordinating conjunction

Answer 17

Connects 2 of the same thing

Question 18

Action verb

Answer 18

Is an action

Question 19

Linking verb

Answer 19

Connects subject to the rest of the sentence

Question 20

Helping verb

Answer 20

Helps an action or linking verb “I have been taking notes all day” have and been are helping

Question 21

Present tense

Answer 21

Happening now

Question 22

Past tense

Answer 22

Happening before now

Question 23

Verbal

Answer 23

Verb that functions as a noun; ends in ing. Reading is fun, I enjoy shopping.

Question 24

Participle

Answer 24

A describing verb, acts like an adjective

Question 25

Interjection

Answer 25

Expresses emotion, but doesn’t have a real connection with the rest of the sentence. Wow, awesome, well, oh god, etc.

Question 26

Simple subject

Answer 26

What sentence is about

Question 27

Complete subject

Answer 27

The words that tell what the sentence is about

Question 28

Simple predicate

Answer 28

What the subject is doing

Question 29

Transitive verb

Answer 29

Verbs that include a giver and receiver

Question 30

Intransitive verb

Answer 30

Verb that doesn’t require receiver. Doesn’t need a direct object

Question 31

Complete predicate

Answer 31

Everything in a sentence except for the subject and words that describe it.

Question 32

Compliment

Answer 32

Completes a predicate, (math is “difficult”, the scarf was “green”) ask what and who. The scarf was what? Green.

Question 33

Direct object

Answer 33

Receives a transitive verb

Question 34

Predicate nominative

Answer 34

What a noun equals. Fido is a lazy dog. Fido equals dog.

Question 35

Prepositional phrase

Answer 35

Begins with a preposition and ends in a noun or pronouns (behind the school is a park, on the bus is them.

Question 36

Object of the preposition

Answer 36

Noun that comes after preposition

Question 37

Participle phrase

Answer 37

group of words containing a participle, modifier, and pronoun or noun phrases. Participle plus it’s modifiers and objects

Question 38

Object of the participle

Answer 38

The noun or pronoun that the participle modifies or describes. Tells what after participle. Riding his bike, he struggled up the hill. Riding what? Bike.

Question 39

Clause

Answer 39

Part of a sentence, complete or incomplete thought

Question 40

Independent clause

Answer 40

Complete thought

Question 41

Dependent clause

Answer 41

An incomplete thought. Ex. Because it was raining outside,

Question 42

Adjective dependent clause

Answer 42

clause that gives information about a noun/nouns

Question 43

Simple sentence

Answer 43

A sentence with a single clause

Question 44

Compound sentence

Answer 44

Sentence with two independent clauses

Question 45

Complex sentence

Answer 45

Sentence with a independent and a dependent clause

Question 46

Declarative sentence

Answer 46

Makes a statement

Question 47

Interrogative sentence

Answer 47

Asks a question and ends in a question mark.

Question 48

Imperative sentence

Answer 48

Commands or orders

Question 49

Exclamatory statement

Answer 49

Announcements, strong emotion, typically ends with an exclamation mark.

Question 50

Capitalization

Answer 50

Uppercase letters in a proper noun or first word of a sentence etc.

Question 51

Semicolon

Answer 51

Used to connect two independent clauses or complete thoughts

Question 52

Apostrophe

Answer 52

Used to indicate possession

Question 53

Quotation marks

Answer 53

Marks a quote, speech, etc.