Nouns & Pronouns
What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that is used to modify a noun or pronoun.
What is a verb?
A word that shows something’s action or state of being or the action that has been done to something.
How many parts of speech are there in the English language?
In an English class, when a teacher asks for a theme, are they looking for a thematic topic or a theme statement?
In an English class, when a teacher asks for a theme, are they looking for a theme statement.
What are pronouns?
Pronouns are words that are used to stand in for nouns.
Indefinite nouns are preceded by which articles?
Indefinite nouns are preceded by a and an.
What tense is the following sentence in? I talked.
The sentence is written in past tense.
Which part of speech stands in for a noun?
Pronoun
What is theme?
A theme is a universal statement, moral lesson, message, or idea that addresses the experience of being human.
What are the two main types of nouns?
Common and proper nouns
Definite nouns are preceded by which article?
Definite nouns are preceded by the article the.
Will is an example of which kind of verb?
Will is an example of a helping verb.
This part of speech includes words of exclamation (i.e., audible expression of great feeling) that are used alone or as a part of a sentence.
Interjection
What is a theme statement?
A theme statement is a thought-out idea that requires a full sentence.
What pronoun would be used to replace Martin Luther King Jr. in a sentence?
The pronoun he would be used to replace Martin Luther King Jr.
An comes before words that start with what kind of sound?
An comes before words that start with a vowel sound.
What is a transitive verb?
A transitive verb is a verb whose action (e.g., drive, run, jump) indicates a receiver (e.g., car, dog, kangaroo).
Which part of speech shows the relationship between an object and another word in the sentence?
Preposition
What is a thematic topic?
A thematic topic is a one-word idea.
What are collective nouns?
Collective nouns are the names of a group of people, places, or things that may act as a whole.
There are three articles in the English language and they are a, an, and the.
What is an intransitive verb?
Intransitive verbs are verbs that do not indicate a receiver of an action. In other words, the action of the verb does not point to a subject or object.
Adverbs usually end with what morpheme (i.e. suffix)?
Adverbs usually end with -ly.
FOR 500 POINTS WRITE A THEMATIC TOPIC AND A THEME STATEMENT ON A STICKY NOTE.