Chart A
Nouns and Pronouns
Verbs
Modifiers
Other
100
What are the seven sentence patterns?
S-Vi S-Vt-DO S-Vl-PN S-Vl-PA S-Vt-IO-DO S-Vt-DO-OCN S-Vt-DO-OCA
100
What is the definition of a noun?
A noun is a person, place, thing, activity or idea.
100
What is the definition of a verb and what are the four types of verbs?
A verb is a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together or helps another verb. Intransitive, Transitive, Linking, Helping
100
What is an adverb?
An adverb modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb and answers the questions: How, when, where, why, how often, how much, to what extent, under what condition.
100
What is a conjunction?
A conjunction is a word used to connect words, phrases or clauses together.
200
What are the four sentence purposes?
Declarative, Exclamatory, Interrogative, Imperative
200
What is the definition of a pronoun?
A pronoun replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition.
200
What are the principle parts of verbs?
Infinitive, Present, Past, Present Participle, Past Participle
200
What is an adjective?
An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing qualifying or limiting, and answers the question what kind, how many, which or whose.
200
What are the coordinating conjunctions?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
300
What are the four sentence structures?
Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex
300
What are the nine noun usages?
Subject, Possessive, Indirect Object, Direct Object, Object of the Preposition, Predicate Nominative, Object Complement Noun, Noun of Direct Address, Appositive
300
What is the difference between an intransitive verb and a transitive verb?
A transitive verb transfers the action from the subject to the object, where as an intransitive verb does not transfer the action.
300
What is a preposition and name them?
A preposition relates a noun or a pronoun to another word. About, above, across, after, against, along, amid, among, around, at, atop, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but, by, concerning, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, past, regarding, since, through, throughout, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within, without
300
What are the subordinating conjunctions?
When, while, where, as, since, if, although, whereas, unless, because
400
What are the eight parts of speech?
Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Conjunction, Interjection, Preposition, Adjective
400
What are the five types of personal pronouns?
Nominative, Objective, Possessive, Possessive Adjective, Reflexive
400
What is a linking verb and name them?
A linking verb makes an assertion by joining two words. Feel, become, remain, taste, seem, appear, look, sound, stay, smell, grow, am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been.
400
What are the four types of one word adverbs?
Simple, Flexional, Affirmative, Negative
400
What is an interjection?
An interjection is a word or phrase used as a strong expression of feeling or emotion.
500
What are the five parts of a complete sentence?
Subject, Verb, Complete Sense, Capital Letter, End Mark
500
What is an appositive?
An appositive is a noun or a pronoun directly beside another noun which explains or identifies it.
500
What is a helping verb and name them?
A helping verb helps another verb assert action, being or existence. Do, does, did, have, has, had, am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been, may, must, might, could, should, would, shall, will, can
500
What are the three types of one-word adjectives?
Descriptive, Possessive, Limiting
500
What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?
A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject or a verb and can either be independent or dependent, whereas a phrase does not contain both a subject or a verb and it may be used as a single part of speech.
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