NOUN/PRONOUN
What is the definition of a noun?
Noun is a naming word for person, place, thing, quality, action, or idea
What is an action verb?
It shows what someone or something is doing.
What is an adjective?
A word that describes (or modifies) a noun or pronoun.
What is the definition of preposition?
words that are used with nouns or pronouns to show relation between parts of a sentence
eg. for, on, in, over, with, at, under, off, to, by
What are interjections?
words that show emotion or hesitation
What type of noun names general people, places or things?
A common noun
What are state of being verbs?
Verbs that don't show action, but simply state that something IS.
Also called linking verbs because they link the subject to more information about the subject.
What is the definition of adverb?
describes (or modifies) a verb, another adverb, or an adjective (as an intensifier)
What is a prepositional phrase?
it starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition
What are the two types of punctuation used with interjections?
exclamation point for stronger emotion
eg. Ouch! That really hurt.
comma for less strong emotion
eg. Oh, I'm sorry.
What type of noun names a specific person, place or thing, and how is it shown?
A proper noun, and it is always capitalized
What does verb tense show and what are the 3 main verb tenses?
Verb tense shows when an action happens. The 3 main tenses are past, present, and future.
What is a proper adjective?
an adjective that comes from a proper noun, so must be capitalized too, eg. Canadian
What are 3 types of prepositions?
time (eg. after, before, during)
location (eg. in, on, under, over, above, below)
direction (eg. to, around, across, through)
What are conjunctions?
Words that join other words, phrases or clauses together
What type of noun names something you can perceive with one or more of your senses?
A concrete noun
What are helping (also called auxiliary) verbs?
Verbs used in front of another main verb to create a verb phrase showing tense, voice, mood.
List the three special adjectives called articles.
Indefinite articles: a or an (used with vowels)
Definite article: the
What is wrong with these sentences:
"Where are you at?" "What did you do that for?"
You can't end a sentence with a preposition
What does FANBOYS stand for?
the 7 coordinating conjunctions that join things equally: FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO
What type of noun cannot be perceived with one or more of your senses?
An abstract noun
What does subject-verb agreement mean?
The verb needs to match the noun subject in number, so if the subject is singular, then the verb form is singular too. If the subject is plural, verb is plural.
When using comparison with adjectives or adverbs, what are the forms between two things and between three or more things?
Between 2 things: comparative (usually add suffix -er or "more"
Between 3 or more: superlative (usually add suffix -est or "most"
What is true about the subject of a sentence in relation to a prepositional phrase?
The subject can never be inside a prepositional phrase.
What are subordinating conjunctions used for?
to join clauses together, making one clause dependent on the other (so not equal)
What is a pronoun and with what must it agree?
a word that replaces a noun; it must agree with its antecedent (the word it is replacing that came first) in number (singular/plural), gender (masculine/ feminine), and case (subject/object/possessive)
How is the perfect tense made?
using some form of "to have" as the helping verb in front of a past participle form of the main verb.
eg. have eaten, has danced, had lived
What are adjectives of "equal rank"?
describing words that can exchange location and still make sense;
they require commas between them
eg. the small, sad child
What sentence error is this?
On the way home after school.
Sentence fragment error because it's only prepositional phrases with no subject/verb combination, which is required for a complete thought.
What is a compound sentence?
when two independent clauses are joined together with a coordinating conjunction
eg. You are tired, so let's just stay home.
Name 4 types of pronouns.
personal pronouns -- eg, I, me, he, her, they, you, it
relative pronouns -- eg. who, whom, which, that
demonstrative pronouns -- eg. this, these, that, those
indefinite -- eg. someone, anybody, everything,
How is the progressive tense made?
using some form of "to be" as the helping verb and the present participle form of the main verb
eg. am sleeping, was going, are studying, is laughing, were making
Often, how can you turn an adjective into an adverb?
Add the suffix -ly to the adjective to form an adverb
eg. beautiful, beautifully; sad, sadly
Identify the prepositional phrases in the following sentence:
Quickly, let's go to the beach before the sun sets behind the mountain.
to the beach AND behind the mountain
What is a complex sentence?
when a dependent clause is connected to an independent clause with a subordinating conjunction
eg. Let's go because I want to eat.