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What is an abstract noun do?
Names ideas, qualities, or characteristics
100
What is an object pronoun?
It is a personal pronoun in the objective case. It is used as the object of a verb or a prepositional phrase.
100
What is the direct object in this sentence? The player throws the basketball.
basketball
100
What is a main clause?
A main clause has a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a sentence
100
What is an adjective?
A word that modifies, or describes, a noun or a pronoun.
200
What is a concrete noun do?
Names things that you can see or touch
200
What is the antecedent in this sentence? They have several books about bugs at the library.
they
200
What is the indirect object in this sentence. Michael Jackson shows his dancers new moves.
dancers
200
What is the demonstrative adjective in this sentence? That is a hotdog, stupid, not a hamburger.
that
300
What is an appositive?
It is a noun placed next to another noun to identify it or add information about it.
300
What is an indefinite pronoun?
It is a pronoun that does not refer to a particular person, place, or thing.
300
What does the present progressive form mean?
It names an action or condition that is continuing in the present.
300
What is an adverb?
A word that modifies, or describes, a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
400
What is the collective noun in this sentence? The people said that the team played very well.
team
400
What is the reflexive pronoun in this sentence? The woman herself paid for the groceries.
herself
400
What is the linking verb in this sentence? Kendra turned thirteen on New Years Day.
turned
400
What is the intensifier in this sentence? Scientists examined the old monkey very carefully.
very
500
What is the meaning of the contraction in this sentence? Elaine's going to the exhibit.
Elaine is going
500
What verb completes the meaning of the main verb?
Helping Verb
500
What is the difference between a comparative adverb and a superlative adverb?
The comparative form of an adverb compares two actions and the superlative form of an adverb compares more than two actions.