Nouns
Definition of a noun
What is a person, place, thing, or idea?
The definition of a verb
What is an action?
The function of an adjective
What is describes a noun?
The function of an adverb
What is describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb?
A word used to link words, phrases, or clauses.
What is a conjunction?
Pronouns do this
What is take the place of a noun?
Difference between a regular and irregular verb
What is regular verbs keep the base word in all tenses (dance --> danced) while an irregular verb will change spelling (write --> wrote).
The orange cat ran quickly.
What is orange and descriptive?
This ending usually appears on an adverb
What is -ly?
The coordinating conjunction in the following sentence:
Although Sam was tired, he did the dishes and took out the trash,
What is "and" because it links together two clauses?
Possessive nouns do this
What is show belonging?
Difference between past and past participle
What is the past refers to an action done at a previous time and past participle refers to an action done at an even earlier time (the "past past")
The adjective and type in the following sentence:
The baker burnt seven bagels.
What is seven and quantitative?
The three types of adverbs discussed in class
What are manner (how an action was done), frequency (how often something happened), and time (when an action took place)?
Difference between reflexive and intensive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns are when the subject and the object are the same person (the cat licked itself). Intensive adds emphasis to the subject (The cat itself caught a mouse)
Proper nouns do this
What is name a specific place, thing, person, or idea (Target, Jeep, Ms. Wink)?
Using the verb "walk", these are the present, present participle, past, and past participle forms.
What are:
present: walk, walks
present participle: is walking
past: walked
past participle:had walked
The adjective and type in the following sentence:
Each student sat at a desk.
What is each and indefinite?
The adverb and type in the following sentence:
Jeremy quickly tied his shoes.
What is quickly and adverb of manner?
They themselves are ready for the game
What is intensive pronoun?
What types of nouns are in the following sentence?
Ms. Wink drove her car to her mother's house.
What is proper (Ms. Wink), possessive pronoun (her), possessive noun (mother's), common noun (car, house).
Using the verb "freeze", these are the present, present participle, past, and past participle forms.
What are:
present: freeze, freezes
present participle: is freezing
past: froze
past participle:had frozen
The adjective and type in the following sentence:
Which candy bar did you eat?
What is which and interrogative?
The adverb and type in the following sentence:
Maria usually completes her homework.
What is usually and adverb of frequency?
The puppy hurt itself on the broken gate.
What is reflexive?