Unit 1

Question 0

2 Specific types of nouns and which means what

Answer 0

Collective: a group of people or things
Compound: a noun consisting of more than one word ( social studies, bookkeeper)

Question 1

What is a noun? What types of nouns are there?

Answer 1

A person place thing or noun.
Common nouns: person place or thing
Proper nouns: specific person place or thing w a capital letter

Question 2

Adjective

Answer 2

Modifies a noun or pronoun and answer:
What kind?
Which ones?
How many?
How much?

Question 3

Adjective Articles

Answer 3

“The” is the definite

“An, a” are indefinite

Question 4

2 types of adjectives

Answer 4

Proper adjectives: formed from a proper noun

Compound adjectives: a word composed of two or more

Question 5

3 types of verbs

Answer 5

Action:,tells what action a subject is performing
Linking: connects a subject to a noun or an adjective in the predicate
Helping: assist the main verb in the sentence

Question 6

Helping verbs

Answer 6

Am,is,are,were,was,be,been,being,has,had,have,do,does,did,May,might,must,can,could,shall,will,should,would

Question 7

Adverbs

Answer 7

A word that modifies a verb,adjective,or other adverbs

Question 8

What question to adverbs answer?

Answer 8

Where?
When?
How?
To what extent?
USUALLY END IN -LY

Question 9

Some adverbs

Answer 9

Again, not, almost, alone , already, also, always, away, even, ever, here, just, later, never, now

Question 10

Common preposition

Answer 10

A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence

Question 11

Compound preposition

Answer 11

Composed of 2 or more words

Question 12

Preposition or adverb?

Answer 12

Prepositions answer the same questions but have an object
I went down (adverb)
I went down the stairs (preposition)

Question 13

Conjunctions and 3 types

Answer 13

Connects a group of words or groups of Words
Coordinating
Correlative
Subordinating

Question 14

Coordinating conjunctions (Fanboys)

Answer 14

Single connecting word
For 
And
Not
But
Or
Yet
So

Question 15

Correlative conjunctions 5 pairs

Answer 15

Pairs of connecting words
Both... And
Either.....or
Neither......nor
Not only......But also
Whether.....or

Question 16

Interjection

Answer 16

Expression word

Question 17

Pronouns and 5 types

Answer 17

In place of nouns
Personal
Reflexive
Interrogative
Demonstrative
Indefinite

Question 18

Personal pronouns

Answer 18

Refer to people and things

Question 19

Reflexive/intensive pronouns

Answer 19

Formed by adding self or selves
Reflexive refers to the subject and functions as a compliment or object of a preposition
Intensive emphasizes a noun or another pronoun

Question 20

InterrogTive pronouns

Answer 20

Used to ask a question 
Which
Who
Whom
Whose
What

Question 21

Demonstrative pronouns

Answer 21

Used to point out a specific person or thing 
This
 that 
those
These

Question 22

Indefinite pronouns

Answer 22

Does not refer to anything specific

Everybody will select another for everything