Nouns and Pronouns
It comes from the Latin term nomen and names words.
What is a noun?
It is a word that is an action and exists in the predicate.
What is a verb?
A word that describes a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
A word that joins elements of the sentence and shows relationships of ideas between the parts.
What is a conjunction?
This is a word that creates a phrase that shows relationships of time and of space and expands the amount of information.
What is a preposition?
This is a word that acts as a substitute or alternative for specific nouns
What is a pronoun?
In editing and writing, we try avoid overusing these: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been.
What is a to-be verb?
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb.
What is an adverb?
A word that expresses an extreme emotion or surprise.
What is an interjection?
What does this prepositional phrase modify? The effectiveness of this document is below par.
What is the subject?
This type of pronoun asks a question. Examples include who, which, and what.
What is an interrogative pronoun?
This type of verb links the subject to its compliment.
What is a linking verb?
Adjectives that do not describe qualities but identify the noun or pronoun they modify.
What is a limiting adjective?
Conjunctions that provide a greater emphasis between coordinating elements by have a two-part conjunction. For example, neither/nor.
What are correlative conjunctions?
The technical name of the phrase that contains two parts: a preposition and an object of the preposition.
What is a prepositional phrase?
This is a sentence that implies indirect meanings using a verb as a noun.
What is a nominalization?
Answers the questions how, when, where, why, and how much.
What are adverbs?
Conjunctions that help connect independent clauses with a better flow and is usually preceded by a semicolon. For example, however.
What are conjunctive adverbs?
This type of pronoun refers to a quantity but not a specific person or thing. Examples include all, none, and everything
What is an indefinite pronoun?
Adjectives that describe qualities and attributes.
What are descriptive adjectives?