Lessons 1-2
Identify the SINGULAR and PLURAL nouns in the following sentence:
My parents expect us children to help with the housework.
Singular: housework
Plural: parents, children
The difference between a demonstrative and indefinite pronoun.
What is that demonstrative pronouns point out SPECIFIC persons, places, things, or ideas, while indefinite pronouns refer to GENERAL persons, places, things, or ideas?
This links, or joins, the subject of a sentence (often a noun or pronoun) with a word or expression the identifies or describes the subject.
The two most common auxiliary verbs.
What are the forms of "be" and "have"?
Identify each PROPER and COMMON noun in the following sentence:
Thousands of soccer fans from Italy and Ireland invaded New Jersey.
Proper: Italy, Ireland, and New Jersey
Common: Thousands, fans
This indicates possession or ownership. It takes the place of the possessive form of a noun.
What is a possessive pronoun?
Is the verb transitive or intransitive in the following sentence:
The dancer performed the most difficult movements.
What is transitive?
A word that modifies a noun or pronoun by limiting its meaning.
What is an adjective?
Describe the difference between CONCRETE and ABSTRACT nouns, and name an example of each of them.
Concrete - names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses, ex: phone, sky, grass, bicycle.
Abstract - names an idea, quality, or characteristic, ex: love, happiness, sleepiness, anger.
The difference between reflexive and intensive pronouns.
What is that reflexive pronouns place emphasis back on the original thing involved, while intensive pronouns place emphasis on a different noun or pronoun in the rest of the sentence?
The difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.
What is that a transitive verb is an action verb that is followed by a word or words that answer "what?" or "whom?" and that an intransitive verb is an action verb that is not followed by words that answer those questions?
The adjectives "a," "an," and "the."
What are articles?
Write a sentence using ONE COMMON and TWO PROPER nouns with no errors in spelling, grammar, or punctuation.
Answers will vary.
Name 3 interrogative pronouns.
What are "who," "whom," "which," "whose," and "what"?
Write a sentence using EITHER a transitive or intransitive verb with no grammatical or spelling errors.
Answers will vary.
What is "am," "is," "are," "was," "were," "being," and "been"?
Correctly modify the following nouns to be plural:
creature, mouse, ox, deer, and daisy.
What are "creatures," "mice," "ones," "deer," and "daisies"?
Name all of the personal pronouns that fall within FIRST PERSON SINGULAR.
What are "I," "me," "you," "he," "him," "she," "her," and "it"?
Write a sentence using at least ONE linking verb with no grammatical or spelling errors.
Answers will vary.
Name 5 (five) "other auxiliaries" that were listed in the background information for Lesson 7.
What is "can," "could," "may," "might," "shall," "will," "do," "does," "did," "must," "should," or "would"?