Definitions
Define a noun
Person, Place, or Thing
What grammar term is defined as:
a word group that contains a subject and a predicate.
Clause
Which sentence is an example of:
Present Tense
1) They have written three letters already.
2)You need to stop lying to me.
The first sentence
Bonus: what makes it right?
What grammar term is displayed in the following sentence and underlined word
Various horses were ready to runin the race in the big field.
Plural
Find the adjective in the sentence:
She is known as a shy girl
shy
Define a dependent clause
group of words has both a subject and verb but it cannot stand alone in a sentence.
What grammar term is defined as:
connection of two or more ideas giving them equal emphasis and importance.
Coordination
Which sentence is an example of subjunctive mood?
1) The air was smokeless.
2) I wish it were real.
The second sentence
Bonus:
Why?
What grammar term is displayed in the following sentence and underlined word
The flu clinic had seen many cases of infectious disease.
Phrase
Find the personal pronoun in:
The human acts like it is hungry.
it
Define a declarative sentence
a sentence in the form of a statement.
What grammar term is defined as:
when the subject receives the verbs action
Passive Voice
Define: affix
a word that can be attached to a base or root to form a new word.
What grammar term is displayed in the following sentence and underlined word
Alex is training to be an astronaut.
Article
Find the singular nouns:
The girl had a baseball in her hand.
girl, baseball, and hand
when a word introduces a noun by giving it ownership
What grammar term is defined as:
when a noun indicates who or for who is performing the action of the verb in the sentence
Indirect Object
Define: appositive
a noun used to identify or rename another noun, noun phrase, or pronoun.
What grammar term is displayed in the following sentence and underlined word
He got in the crowded bus, he had to reach there on time.
Conjunction
Find a tense in the sentence:
You have grown since the last time I saw you.
grown since
Define Gerund
a verb ening in -ing while functioning as a noun
What grammar term is defined as:
form of a word that has prefixes and suffixes that are added to create new words
Base
Create a sentence with an example of auxiliary
Bonus:
Define it
She is watching a movie.
--when a verb determines the mood or tense of another verb in a verb phrase.
What grammar term is displayed in the following sentence and underlined word
Peter wasn't tall for a while.
Contraction
Find the attributive in the sentence:
He's a talented programmer.
talented