Chapter 1
What is the difference bewteen a sentence and a sentence fragment?
A sentence is a word group that contains a subject and a verb and that expresses a complete thought and a sentences fragments does not have either a subject or verb or does not express a complete idea.
What is a compound subject?
A compound subject consists of two or more connected subjects that have the same verb
What is a noun?
noun is a word or word group that is used to name a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
What is a verb?
A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of being
What does the subject of the sentence express?
It tells whom or what the sentence is about.
Identify the compund subject of the following sentence:
Jacqui or Danielle will bring a leash for our dog.
Jacqui or Danielle will bring a leash for our dog.
What is pronoun?
A pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns.
What is a linking verb?
A linking verb connects the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject. The noun, pronoun, or adjective that is connected to the subject by a linking verb completes the meaning of the verb.
What is the predicate of a sentence?
The predicate of a sentence tells something about the subject
What is a compound verb?
A compound verb consists of two or more verbs that have the same subject.
Name the types of nouns.
Compund
common
proper
concrete
abstract
collective
Which parts of speech can adverbs modify?
verbs, adverbs and other adverbs
Idenitfy the simple and complete of the following sentence.
Traditional Inuit dress includes the parka and mukluks
Traditional Inuit dress :complete subject
dress: simple subject
Identify the compound verb of the following sentence:
Megan practices viola often and is improving day by day.
Megan practices viola often and is improving day by day.
The word that a pronoun stands for is called...
antecedent
Adverb or Adjective?
Melissa writes daily in her journal.
adverb
Identify the simple and complete predicate of the followiong sentence:
The new strings stretched a bit.
stretched a bit: complete
stretched: simple
What type of sentence is this according with its purpose?
The composer’s name is Glover Gill
Declarative
Interrogative
Distributive
numeral
descriptive
possessive
demostrative
articles
What does FANBOYS stand for? What type of conjuctions are they?
Cordinating
for
and
nor
but
or
yet
so