grammer Flashcards
Noun
- Used to name a person, place, thing, animals, abstract ideas.
verb
- Asserts somethings about the subject of the sentence and: expressions, actions, events, and state of being.
adjectives
- Modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, identifying, quantifying words
adverbs
- Can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or clause.
- Indicates manner, time, place, cause, degree
- Answers question of how, when where and how much.
adjective order
- Options, size, physical, quality, shape, age, colour, origin, nature, type, purpose
prepositions
- Links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentences
- Usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its objects to the rest of the sentence.
conjunctions
- Links words, phrases, and clauses
- Fanboys: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
pronouns
- Can replace a noun or another pronoun
articles
- Is used to introduce a noun
- Specific nouns use the, unspecific noun use a / an, general noun use no article/ plural noun
interjection
- Is word added to a sentence to convey emotions
- Not grammatically related to any other part of the sentences
two singular subjects connected by or, either/or, or neither/nor require a
singular verb
The verb in an or, either/or , or neither/nor sentence
agrees with the noun or pronoun closest to it
use a plural verb with two or more subjects
when they are connected by and.
Sometime the subject is separated from the verb by such word as along with, as well, as , besides , not.
These words and phrases are not part of the subject. Ignore them and use a singular verb when the subject is singular
Words that indicate: portions, percent, a lot, majority, some, all.
Rule 1 is reversed, and we are guided by the noun after of.
In sentences beginning with here or there,
the true subject follows the verb
use the singular verb with distance, periods of time, sums of money etc.,
when considered as a unit.
some collective nouns, such as family, couple, staff, audience, etc., may take either a
singular or a plural verb depending on their use in the sentence
sentences that express a wish or are contrary to fact
the word were replaces was in sentences
A subject will come before a phrase beginning with
of