Week 1 - word classes Flashcards
Noun
- person, place, thing, classification, concept, quality, or action
- care, dignity, people, table
Pronoun
- word that stands for or in place of a noun
- it, he, they
Verb
- Action, occurrence, condition, state of being
- rocking, drinking, consider
Adjective
- Words that modify noun or pronoun
- hungry, black, five
- answers the question which, how many, what kind
Adverb
- word that modifies verbs, adjectives, adverbs, clauses and whole sentences
- end in LY
- quickly, slowly, intensely
preposition
- structure or function words
- to, for, about
Conjuction
- structure words that join together other parts of sentences
- and, either, or, but
interjecion
- Words dropped into a sentence to express emotion
- it was well
what two elements does every sentence need?
a subject and predicate
what is a subject?
what acts or is talked about
what is the predicate?
- what the subject does or what is said about it
what is the essential element of a sentences subject
a noun or a pronoun
what is a complete subject
refers to the subject in its entirety - including all modifying elements
what is a simple subject
refers tot he most basic element of the subject
what is the essential element of a predicate
a verb
what is a transitive verb?
- A verb taking a direct object
- makes a transition or conveys a movement from its subject to its object
- I THREW the ball
what is a direct object?
- answers the question consisting of the verb and what or whom
- receives the action of the verb
what is an indirect object?
- exists in relation to the verb (gave to whom)
what is an object complement
provides more information about the direct object
what are the four patterns to transitive verbs
- subject verb direct object
- I ate a pear - subject verb direct object object complement
- she painted the chair red - subject verb indirect object direct object
- i gave jack a pear - subject verb direct object indirect object
- i gave a pear to jack
what is active voice
subject verb direct object
- tim ate the apple
what is passive voice?
- direct object as subject - verb - proper subject
- the apple was eaten by tim - direct object of verb with no subject
- the documents have been copied
trick to passive voice
add by zombies after the verb - if it makes sense its passive fix by adding a noun (subject) if it doesnt make sense its active
what is an intransitive verb?
a verb without a direct object (does not lead to or require one)