Parts of speech

Question 1

Adjective

Answer 1

a descriptive word that modifies a noun or pronoun

Question 2

Adverb

Answer 2

a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb and indicates when, how, where, why, or how much

Question 3

Article

Answer 3

a word that is used to limit a noun, either indefinite (a and an) or definite(the)

Question 4

Clause

Answer 4

a group of words that are related and contain both a subject and a verb

Question 5

Direct Object

Answer 5

the noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb and answers the question, whom, or what

Question 6

noun

Answer 6

a word for a person, place or thing

Question 7

object of the preposition

Answer 7

the noun, pronoun, phrase, or clause to which the preposition refers

Question 8

phrase

Answer 8

a group of words that are related but do not contain a verb and a subject together

Question 9

possessive pronoun

Answer 9

a pronoun used to indicate ownership

Question 10

preposition

Answer 10

a word such as (by, at, to, from) that gives additional information, usually in relationship to something else in the sentence

Question 11

pronoun

Answer 11

a word that replaces and refers to a noun

Question 12

subject

Answer 12

a noun, or pronoun that performs the action of the verb. if a sentence contains a verb of being or linking verb such as (be, feel, become, look) the subject of the sentence is the noun or pronoun being described

Question 13

verb

Answer 13

a word that shows an action or a state of being

Question 14

Example of different parts of speech being used in a sentence.

Answer 14

The (definite article) young (adjective) boys (subject-noun) enjoy (verb) soccer (adjective) practice (direct object).

In this sentence, both adjectives clearly modify the nouns they precede (boys and practice), the subject of the sentence (boys) performs the action, which is the verb (enjoy), and the direct object (practice), answers the question WHAT after the verb (i.e., “what do the boys enjoy?” practice). However, not all sentences are so easily described.

Question 15

prepositional phrase

Answer 15

usually composed of a preposition, an article, and an object of the preposition, with modifiers added sometimes as well. The sentence below has all prepositional phrases in parentheses

Bryan headed (to the mall) (for the latest release) (by the band) (from his home state) (of Oregon).

Question 16

a mnemonic about a box to remember prepositions

Answer 16

prepositions are in parentheses:

The boy can sit (on) the box, (by) the box, (above) the box, (below) the box, (around) the box, or (near) the box.

However, this does not allow for (to) and (from), which are the two most common prepositions.

Question 17

Remembering possessive pronouns

Answer 17

A possessive pronoun shows possession automatically; that is its purpose. For example below possessives are in parentheses:

That green Volvo is (mine). Did you drive (your) Explorer? (Their) new Lexus is larger than (our) older model.

Also, in this sentence their are no apostrophes added as there are with proper nouns.

Question 18

Common possessive pronouns

Answer 18

First Person Singular: mine, my
First Person Plural: our, ours
Second Person Singular: your, yours
Second Person Plural: your, yours
Third Person Singular: her, hers, his, its
Third Person Plural: their, theirs

Question 19

Remembering adverbs

Answer 19

usually modify verbs, though they can modify adjectives or other adverbs. When thinking of adverbs the -ly ending is commonly remembered. For example below adverbs are in parentheses:

That student performs (poorly) in a test environment, but he performs (well) in a relaxed setting.

The adverb (poorly), clearly shows how the student performs. In the second clause, (well) is also an adverb, though an irregular one, telling how the student performs in different conditions.

Question 20

Conjugations of the verb (run)

Answer 20

First Person Singular: I run
First Person Plural: We run
Second Person Singular: You run
Second Person Plural: You run
Third Person Singular: He runs
Third Person Plural: They run

Question 21

Most common pronouns

Answer 21

First Person Singular: I, me, mine, my
First Person Plural: we, us, our, ours
Second Person Singular: you, your, yours
Second Person Plural: you, your, yours
Third Person Singular: he, she, him, her, it, hers, his, its
Third Person Plural: they, them, their, theirs

Question 22

pronoun-antecedent agreement

Answer 22

The noun that a pronoun refers back to. For example:

Mom went to the store before I could remind her to buy ingredients for my favorite dish, her special spicy spaghetti.

The first pronoun (her) refers back to the noun (Mom). The antecedent for the pronoun (her) is thus (Mom). The second pronoun (her) is a possessive pronoun, but it still refers back to Mom. (I) and (my) are pronouns as well, replacing the proper name of the speaker, which is not given in this sentence.

Question 23

Proper usage of pronoun-antecedent agreement

Answer 23

A pronoun and it’s antecedent must agree in number. If the antecedent is singular or plural, the pronoun must be the same. Example:
If the noun (apples) is replaced with a pronoun, the plural pronoun (they) (or one of the other pronouns from the third person plural category) must be used, since the word (apples) is plural.