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100
Name more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
What are plural nouns?
100
a word that takes the place of a noun
What is a pronoun?
100
refers to a specific person or thing and changes its form to indicate person, number, gender, and case, and may be subjective, objective, or possessive. Examples include I, you, and theirs.
What is personal pronoun?
100
This type of verb tells what action someone or something is performing.
What is an action verb?
100
These pronouns are used to link one phrase or clause to another phrase or clause. They are "who," "whom," "that," and "which" and the compounds "whoever," "whomever," and "whichever."
What are relative pronouns?
200
Names a specific person, place, or thing.
What is proper noun?
200
the name of the noun the pronoun substitutes for in a phrase, clause, or sentence.
What is the antecedent?
200
points to and identifies a noun or a pronoun. Examples of this type of pronoun are: "this," "that," "these," and "those".
What are demonstrative pronouns?
200
This type of verb connects its subject with another word that renames or describes the subject.
What is a linking verb?
200
You use "who" and "whoever" to this part of a clause or sentence. Use this sentence to determine the question: This doctor is who gave me a new heart valve.
What is the subject?
300
Something you can see, touch, taste, hear, or smell.
What is a concrete noun?
300
refer to nouns, often without specifying which ones
What are indefinite pronouns?
300
This type of pronoun is used to ask questions. Examples are "who," "whom," "which," "what" [which can be another type of pronoun] and the compounds formed with the suffix "ever" ("whoever," "whomever," "whichever," and "whatever").
What are interrogative pronouns?
300
An action verb is ________ if it directs action toward someone or something named in the same sentence. This sentence contains an action verb that is _________: Marie opened the package.
What is transitive?
300
A reflective pronoun which uses "whom" and "whomever" to refer to this part of a verb, a verbal, or a preposition. Use this sentence to determine the question: You may invite whomever you like to the party.
What is the object?
400
Names something you cannot perceive through your senses.
What is an abstract noun?
400
Both, few, many, several, others, some are examples.
What are some examples of plural indefinite pronouns?
400
refers to an identifiable but not specified person or thing. They convey the idea of all, any, none, or some. The most common are "all," "another," "any," "anybody," "anyone," "anything," "each," "everybody," "everyone," "everything," "few," "many," "nobody," "none," "one," "several," "some," "somebody," and "someone."
What are indefinite pronouns?
400
An action verb is ___________ if it does not direct action toward someone or something named in the same sentence. These sentences are an example of a(n) _______ verb: Marie spoke into the mike or The catcher shouted angrily.
What is intransitive?
400
The position of the subject when sentences start with “there” or “here” is ___________ the verb. Use the following sentences to help you determine the question: There is no way you can write well if you do not learn the rules of writing. There are many rules.
What is the subject will always be placed AFTER the verb?
500
Names any one of a class of people, places, or things.
What is a common noun?
500
All, any, most, more, none are examples.
What are pronouns that act either as a singular pronoun or a plural pronoun?
500
refer back to the subject of the clause or sentence. Examples are "myself," "yourself," "herself," "himself," "itself," "ourselves," "yourselves," and "themselves." These can also act as an intensive pronoun in a sentence such as I myself am a diabetic Type I. Used as a reference back would separate the antecedent: Many diabetics give themselves insulin.
What are reflexive pronouns?
500
This contains a verb with more than one word and is formed by adding a helping verb to another verb in a sentence. The example COULD not FIND is an example of this: Unfortunately, the defense team could not find the evidence to set the accused free.
What is verb phrase?
500
This rule says that a verb that must match the count of the subject; for instance, "I has to go to the bathroom" does not meet this rule and "Mike and Jane, Tammy and Peter, or Timothy competes for the championship" meets this rule.
What is subject-verb agreement? (The SVA occurs when the word following "or" agrees with the verb. Timothy competes for the championship.
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