Grammar Flashcards
(34 cards)
What is grammar?
the breaking down of the building blocks, or parts of speech in language, and the use of those pieces to form complete sentences.
What are the 8 primary parts of speech?
1) Nouns
2) Pronouns
3) verbs
4) adjectives
5) Interjection
6) conjunction
7 Preposition
8) Adverbs
What is a people, places, things or ideas?
Nouns
If your naming a specific person, place or idea, what is it called?
A proper noun
What is the subject?
The subject is the person, place, thing or idea that the whole sentence is about, and is usually used by nouns.
What are words that take the place of nouns?
Pronouns
What type of grammar are the following? I, me, he, him, she , her, it, they, we, our, ours
pronouns
What is the benefit of pronouns?
It prevents having to repeat the same proper noun repeatedly in a sentence.
What type of grammar is an action in a sentence? It tells what the subject does.
verb
In order to have a complete sentence, what do you need?
The subject + verb = sentence
What are the two types of verbs?
1) Action verbs
2) linking verbs
What is a action verb?
Examples of Linking verbs
include, am, is, are, was, were, be being, been, becomes, seems, and sometimes, appears, sounds, feels, looks, smells, tastes.
What is a linking verb?
When a word links the subject to a noun, that renames the subject or to an adjective that describes the subject. An example is “My dog is Spot.”, “My dog is hungry”. Is is the linking verb in both instances.
What are adjectives?
Words that describe nouns. Such as size, number, number, color, and quantity.
What are adverbs?
modify, or give us more information about verbs. Adverbs add to verbs. They answer questions such as How, When, Where, and Why. They can be used as single words or full sentences.
What are prepositions?
important for connecting words and phrases together in sentences.
What are some examples of prepositions?
after, against, among, above, around, beneath, below.
What is a way to identify a mountain?
On the mountain, under the mountain, after the mountain, into the mountain
What are conjunctions?
They join words, phrases, and sentences together
What are some examples of conjunctions?
and, but, or, so, for, nor, and yet
What is an interjection?
An exclamation “!”. Its speech that expresses strong emotion and sometimes slows the flow of
What re connotations and denotations?
Two ways of explaining what words mean.
What are connotations?
The emotional association or secondary meaning of a word. Words naturally carry positive and negative associations with people.
