NOUNS
What is the definition of a noun?
Noun is a naming word for person, place, thing, quality, action, or idea
What is an action verb?
It shows what someone or something is doing.
What is an adjective?
A word that describes (or modifies) a noun or pronoun.
What type of noun names general people, places or things?
A common noun
What are state of being verbs?
Verbs that don't show action, but simply state that something IS.
What is the definition of adverb?
describes (or modifies) a verb, another adverb, or an adjective (as an intensifier)
What type of noun names a specific person, place or thing, and how is it shown?
A proper noun, and it is always capitalized
What does verb tense show and what are the 3 main verb tenses?
Verb tense shows when an action happens. The 3 main tenses are past, present, and future.
What is a proper adjective?
an adjective that comes from a proper noun, so must be capitalized too, eg. Canadian
What type of noun names something you can perceive with one or more of your senses?
A concrete noun
What are helping (also called auxiliary) verbs?
Verbs used in front of another main verb to create a verb phrase showing tense, voice, mood.
List the three special adjectives called articles?
Indefinite article: a or an (used with vowels)
Definite article: the
What type of noun cannot be perceived with one or more of your senses?
An abstract noun
What does subject-verb agreement mean?
The verb needs to match the noun subject in number, so if the subject is singular, then the verb form is singular too. If the subject is plural, verb is plural.
When using comparison with adjectives or adverbs, what are the forms between two things and between three or more things?
Between 2 things: comparative (usually add suffix -er or "more"
Between 3 or more: superlative (usually add suffix -est or "most"