nouns & pronouns
i, me, my, mine
what are personal pronouns?
-er
makes a statement
what is a declarative sentence?
formed by adding -ing to the base form of the verb
what is the present participle?
fix the sentence: a professor would like to visit Madrid Spain in a few months
What is: A college professor would like to visit Madrid, Spain in a few months.
third person pronoun for dwight schrute
-est
what is a superlative?
gives a command implied subject
what is an imperative sentence?
active vs. passive: Amazing sidewalk art was created by Julian Beaver.
separates closely related independent clauses
what is a semicolon?
refers to any or all of a group of people, places, or things
what is an indefinite pronoun?
prepositional phrase that includes a preposition, a noun, and any modifiers
2+ independent clauses and 1+ dependent clause
what is a compound-complex sentence?
joins the subject with a subject complement
what is a linking verb?
creates possessive forms, contractions, and some plurals
what is an apostrophe?
used to join a dependent clause to its antecedent in the independent clause
what is a relative pronoun?
point out definite people, places, and things
shows emotion
what is an exclamatory sentence?
verb w/out direct object
what is an intransitive verb?
used when omitting words in quoted material
what are ellipsis?
names a quality or a characteristic
what is an abstract noun?
modifies noun/pronoun (very similar to interrogative pronoun)
what is an interrogative adjective?
includes two thoughts using a conjunction
what is a compound sentence?
mood used to express wish, desire, or condition contrary to fact
what is a subjunctive mood?
used to include explanatory words or phrases within quoted language
what are brackets?