Nouns and Pronouns
What is the difference between a noun and a pronoun?
Nouns give a name for things. Pronouns can be used to replace nouns.
What do adjectives describe?
Nouns
What type of information can prepositions give? (You need all 3)
Where? When? In what direction?
What is the difference between action verbs and linking verbs?
Action verbs are activities that a subject can perform. Linking verbs mention a state of being or a condition and connect a subject to a description.
What are the four functions of a sentence?
Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory
What is the difference between an abstract and a concrete noun?
An abstract noun names something which cannot be identified with the five senses. A concrete noun names something which can be identified with the five senses.
What do adverbs modify (you need all 3)
Verbs, Adjectives and other adverbs.
A prepositional phrases consists of a preposition and ...
its object
What verb tenses is used in this sentence?
Thad will play with the team after he heals.
Future
Which of the following is a phrase?
a. The day we left
b. Later that evening
c. We got into the car
b Later that evening
Give an example of a subject pronoun
I, he, she, it, they, you
How can an adjective (sometimes) be turned into an adverb?
by adding -ly
Which word is the preposition in this sentence?
The bright green car slid quietly onto the block, but no one noticed.
onto
What is the direct object in this sentence?
The marker ran out, so Mr. Westphal threw it away.
it
Which is an independent clause?
a. I tried
b. after the project fell apart
c. due to a lack of funding
a
Give an example of an object pronoun
me, him, her, them, you, it
What questions do adjectives answer? (You need all 3)
What kind? Which one? How Many?
Which word is the object of a preposition in this sentence?
Worms can often be found moving through the soil.
Which word is a helping verb in the sentence below?
I am trying my best!
am
Which is a dependent clause?
a. We left the next day
b. When we felt like dinner was over we thanked the hosts
c. Because it was rainy
c
Give an example of a collective noun.
team, herd, group, class
What questions do adverbs answer? (You need all 4)
How much/ How often? Where? When? In what way?
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence?
We left the stands quietly and got the car onto the road without anyone seeing us leave.
onto the road
Which word is the indirect object in the sentence below?
The police officer gave me another chance after I was caught speeding.
me
What is the difference between a compound and a complex sentence?
A compound sentence uses a coordinating conjunction to hold two independent clauses together. Theya re equal and can be easily separated.
A complex sentence uses a subordinating conjunction to combine a dependent clause with an independent clause. They are tied together and need to be reworked if separated.