Nouns
What are nouns?
names a person, place or thing
What are verbs?
expresses action or state of being
What are adjectives?
is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun
What are adverbs?
modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs and answer certain questions about those words
What are pronouns?
are words that substitute for nouns
What are common and proper nouns?
common nouns refer to a general person, place, thing, or ideas, proper nouns are the name of a specific person, place, thing, or idea and it must begin with a capital letter
T/F: An action verb shows either external or internal action, a state-of-being verb describes a state or condition.
Both are true
What questions do adjectives answer?
which one, what kind, how many, and whose
T/F: Adverbs tell us how, when, where, how often, and how much.
True
What are personal pronouns?
Personal pronouns are words that replace a proper noun.
What are count and noncount nouns?
count nouns can be numbered, can be singular or plural and are often preceded by a number or by definite or indefinite articles, noncount nouns are almost always in singular form
T/F: a transitive verb is an action verb that does not need a direct or indirect object to complete the idea of the sentence, an intransitive verb is an action verb that needs another word to complete the idea of a sentence
False, a transitive verb does need another word to complete the idea of a sentence, while an intransitive verb does not need another word to complete the sentence
What are the 3 different articles to adjectives?
A, an, & the
What are the most common pronouns?
Are, he, him, his, she, her, hers.
What are compound nouns?
are formed by combining two or more words
What are linking verbs?
linking verbs do not need to show action instead it links the subject to a word in the predicate that renames or describes the subject
What are the 4 demonstrative words?
This, that, these, & those
T/F: The adverbs always, sometimes, often, usually, frequently, rarely, and never are all adverbs of time.
False.
T/F: Indefinite pronouns refer to people or things without saying exactly who or what they are.
True.
How do you write a singular\plural possessive noun form?
singular add an ('s) to the singular form of the noun (even if it ends in s), plural add only an (') to a plural noun that already ends in s, add an (') and s ('s).
What are helping verbs?
helping verbs are words that are added to the main verb in a sentence to give a special meaning or emphasis or to express time
What are proper and compound adjectives?
proper adjectives are adjectives that are made from proper nouns. compound adjectives are adjectives that are composed of 2 or more words.
How many different kinds of adverbs are there?
How many different kinds of pronouns are there?
Nine.