Nouns and Pronouns
A noun is the name of a ______________, place, _________________, or __________________.
person, thing, concept
A _________________ is a word thrown in among other words without having a definite grammatical relation to them.
interjection
There are _________________ basic tenses used in English.
6
Inspectional reading is the _______________ level of reading.
Second
An adverbs describes or modifies a _________________, ____________________, or another ____________________.
verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What type of pronoun is used in this sentence: The man punched the keys of the calculator which then gave the answer.
which- relative
____________________ is the art of inventing and combining symbols, and the study of meaning.
Grammar
Verbs have ___________ voices, and they are:
two: active, passive.
There are two different steps in analytical reading: ___________________ and superficial reading.
systematic skimming (prereading)
There are only ________ articles in English, and they always act as __________________ (part of speech)
3; adjectives
The noun a pronoun replaces is its ______________.
antecedent
________________________ join or connect other words or groups of words.
Conjunctions
Verbs have _____________ moods, and they are:
3: indicative, subjunctive, imperative
What is superficial reading?
reading the book through without stopping to look up words or ponder what you can't understand right away.
Adjectives and adverbs both come in three forms or degrees: positive, ___________________, and ___________________.
comparative, superlative
What type of pronoun is used in this sentence: The dog ate that steak.
That-- demonstrative
The art of reading is the process ____________________________________.
whereby a mind, with nothing to operate on but the symbols of the readable matter, and with no help from outside, elevates itself by the power of its own operations.
A verb conveys either the ________________ performed by a noun or pronoun, or that noun's __________________.
action; state of being
Adler says you should be able to "Pigeonhole" a book during Inspectional reading. What does it mean to "pigeonhole" a book?
To categorize it.
A(n) ______________ modifies a noun or a ____________________.
Adjective; pronoun
Please compose a sentence demonstrating all four uses of a noun.
subject; direct object (receives the action of the verb); indirect object (receives the direct object from the subject); object of the preposition.
__________________ are words that clarify relations, often of ________________ or time.
Prepositions; space
What is the mood of the verb is this sentence: She might become president one day.
Subjunctive
During systematic skimming, what information might you find in the index?
A range of the topics covered, any other books or authors the author cites, key terms with the page numbers referenced
An adjective used as a noun is called a _________________ adjective.
Substantive