Grammar

Question 1

Name 8 parts of speech

Answer 1

Nouns, pro nouns, adjectives, verbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections

Question 2

Noun

Answer 2

person, place or thing or idea

Question 3

Common Noun

Answer 3

general, not the particular name of a person place or thing

example: nurse, hospital

Question 4

Proper Noun

Answer 4

official name of a person

Question 5

abstract noun

Answer 5

a quality or general idea

democracy

Question 6

collective noun

Answer 6

group of persons animals or things

family, flock, furniture

Question 7

pronoun

Answer 7

is a word that takes place of a noun , another pronoun or a group of words acting as a noun.
Ex: Mine, My, His, Hers , Your, that, this, their

Question 8

Antecedent

Answer 8

the word or words the pronoun is referring to

Question 9

personal pronoun

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takes the place of a specific person place or thing by indicating the person speaking, 1st person (we), second person (you), third person them

Question 10

Possessive Pronoun

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A form of personal pronoun that shows possesion or ownership.
Ex:
This is MY book.
That book is MINE.
That is HIS book.

Question 11

Adjective

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word, phrase, or clause that modifies a noun or pronoun It answers the question what kind, which one, how many, how much
Ex: Biology, nice,very

Question 12

Participle

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Participle a type of verb form that functions as an adjective and usually ends in -ing or -ed.

Question 13

Verb

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a word or phrase that used to express an action or state of being. Verbs express time through a property called a tense

Question 14

Linking verb

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does not show action but link the subject of a sentence to a noun, pronoun, or predicate adjective
Ex: Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Being, Been

Question 15

Adverb

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it is a word or phrase or clause that modifies a verb and adjective or another adverb

Question 16

Preposition

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a word that shows a relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence
Ex: Aboard, About, above, across, after, against, along, amid, among….pg 64

Question 17

Prepositional phrases

Answer 17

Begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun, which is called the object of the preposition

Question 18

Conjunction

Answer 18

joins together words, phrases or clauses

Ex: And, but, or, so, nor, for yet

Question 19

Interjection

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a word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation. It does not have ant grammatical connection to the other words in the sentence

Question 20

Correlative conjunctions

Answer 20

works in pairs to join words or phrases

Question 21

Clause

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group of words that has a subject and predicate

Question 22

Independent clause

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expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence

Question 23

Dependent clause

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begins with a subordinating conjunction and does not express a complete thought and therefore cannot stand alone as a sentence

Question 24

subordinating conjunctions

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join two clauses or thoughts

Ex: After, because, before, until, since, when

Question 25

Direct object

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the person or thing that is directly affected by the action of the verb. Answers the question what or whom after a transitive verb

Question 26

Indirect object

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the person or thing that is indirectly affected by the action of the verb. It answers the question to whom for whom to what or for what after an action verb

Question 27

Phrase

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a group of two or more words that acts as a single part of speech, it can be used as a noun, adjective, or an adverb, it lacks a subject and predicate

Question 28

Predicate

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part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or what is done to the subject. It includes the verb and all the words that modify the verb.

Question 29

predicate adjective

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follows a linking verb and helps to explain the subject

Question 30

predicate nominative

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a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and helps to explain or rename the subject Ex: Professors are TEACHERS.

Question 31

Sentence

Answer 31

group of words that express a complete thought. Every sentence has a subject and predicate

Question 32

Four types of sentences

Answer 32

declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory

Question 33

Declarative sentence

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makes a statement. | ex: I went to the store.

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Interrogative sentence

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Asks a question | Ex: Did you go to the store?

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Imperative sentence

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Makes a command or request. | Ex: Go to the store.

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Exclamatory sentence

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Makes an exclamation. | Ex: You went to the store!

Question 37

Subject

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Word, phrase or clause that names whom or what the sentence is about.

Question 38

Subject-verb agreement

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must agree with its verb in number. A singular subject requires a singular verb When collective noun is acting as singular use a singular verb When the group is acting as separate identities use plural verb When subject is single and plural nouns and are connected by the words or, either, or, neither, only, but ,also choose the subject that is closest to the verb

Question 39

Compound sentence

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is a sentence that has two or more independent clauses. Each independent clause can stand alone as a sentence. When two independent clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction such as and but or nor place a comma.

Question 40

Pronoun Case

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refers to the form of a noun or a pronoun that indicates its relation to the other words in the sentence.

Question 41

Because, although, among and however introduce what?

Answer 41

independent clauses

Question 42

Should you end a sentence with a preposition?

Answer 42

No

Question 43

Cliches

Answer 43

expressions or ideas that have lost their originality or impact over time because of excessive use Ex: dead as a doornail, Blind as a bat

Question 44

Euphemism

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mild, indirect or vague term that has been substituted for one that is considered harsh, blunt, or offensive. Ex: passed away, gone with the lord

Question 45

Go over commonly mistaken words starting page 70

Answer 45

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