Chapter 8
What’s a verb?
Verbs are words that express actions or a state of being
What’s a proper noun?
A name of a specific person place or thing
What’s a sentence fragment?
A part of a sentence with no subject or verb
What’s a declarative sentence
A sentence to make a statement
What’s my favorite color
Blue
What does it mean when a book says the verb is present tense?
The verb is happening now
Name to common prefixes (from the book)
Mis-
Pre-
Re-
Sub-
Super-
What’s a Direct object
A noun or group of words that tells who or what receives the action of the verb
What’s a independent clause
A sentence that express a complete thought
Thomas’s favorite animal
Snake
What’s Irregular verb?
When a verb doesn’t form their past and past participles forms by the rules
Fix the sentence
Jenny said it will rain tomorrow
Jenny said, “it will rain tomorrow.”
What’s a verbal phrase?
All the words that modify it and complete its meaning
What’s a subordinate clause
A “sentence” that’s not a complete thought
What’s my favorite song
Perfect by Ed Sheeran
Name all types of verb tenses
Present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, past perfect, future perfect
name three rules of other capitalization
Days, months, holidays
Historical events
Monuments and building
Organizations, teams, business, and brand names
Awards
Most abbreviations
First word in the greeting and closing of a letter
What’s a predicate normative and adjective
A predicate adjective is a adjective that describes the subject
A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that identifies the subject
What’s a complex sentence
What’s my biggest phobia
A break in
Name all the linking verbs that are labeled in the book
am, look, appear, seem, are, smell, become, sound, feel, taste, grow, was, is, were
In nouns that are singular, end in a consonant o what suffix would you use
Singular: add s
consonant o: es
What’s a inverted sentence
A inverted sentence is when the subject is after the verb
What’s a subordinate conjunction
A word that begins a subordinate clause
What’s my first name