Parts of Speech
What does a coordinating conjunction do?
Connects words or word groups of equal importance
What is an indefinite pronoun?
An indefinite pronuon is a pronoun that expresses An unidentified person, thing, or amount.
What are the four principal parts of every verb?
Present, present participle, past, and past participle.
Which two words can never be the subject of a sentence?
Here and there.
Who is my favorite author?
Rick Rodridan.
adjectives only describe what?
Adjectives only describe nouns.
What is an abstract noun?
An abstract noun names an idea, a quality, a feeling, or a characteristic.
What is the difference between passive and active voice?
In active voice the subject performs the action, but in passive voice the subject receives the action.
A simple predicate can be the verb of the sentence, but what else can it be?
It can also be a verb phrase.
What shape is Cameron’s head?
Cameron’s head is a Dodecahedron.
When do you use the positive degree of comparison?
You use the positive degree of comparison when you’re describing one thing.
What is a demonstrative pronoun?
A pronoun that points out specific things or people.
What does present perfect tesne show?
An action already completed.
What is a predicate nominative?
A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun taht identifies the subject.
What is my best talent?
Cooking.
What is a prepositional phrase used as?
Prepositional phrases are used as an adjective or an adverb to modify words in a sentence.
How do you use an object pronoun?
You use it as a direct object or the object of a preposition.
What is a participle?
A participle is a verb form that acts like an adjective and ends in -ing or -ed.
How can you correct a sentence fragment?
You can correct it by adding a subject or predicate.
I was born with three of something, what was it?
Sinuses
What is an interjection?
An interjection is a word or phrase that expresses emotion.
What is an antecedent?
An antecedent is the word a pronoun refers to.
What is a verb phrase?
A verb phrase has a main verb and at least one helping verb.
How can you always find the subject in a question?
By turning it into a statement.
I had a dog once, what was his name?
Grover