Basic Grammar & Usage

Question 1

is

Answer 1

linking verb

Question 2

are

Answer 2

linking verb

Question 3

was

Answer 3

linking verb

Question 4

were

Answer 4

linking verb

Question 5

look

Answer 5

linking verb

Question 6

sound

Answer 6

linking verb

Question 7

taste

Answer 7

linking verb

Question 8

smell

Answer 8

linking verb

Question 9

feel

Answer 9

linking verb

Question 10

become

Answer 10

linking verb

Question 11

seem

Answer 11

linking verb

Question 12

appear

Answer 12

linking verb

Question 13

A passive voice verb always requires….

Answer 13

at least 2 words–a form of “to be” and another verb

Question 14

The predicate tells…

Answer 14

what the subject did

Question 15

requires a direct object to complete its meaning

Answer 15

transitive verb

Question 16

person or thing that receives the action of the verb

Answer 16

direct object

Question 17

4 verb questions to ask

Answer 17

1. What is the verb?
2. Who or what? about the verb
3. Whom or what? after the subject and verb together
4. To whom or for whom was the action performed? (to find the indirect object)

Question 18

A transitive verb may also take an___

Answer 18

indirect object

Question 19

does not directly receive the action of the verb

Answer 19

indirect object

Question 20

Doesn’t need a direct object

Answer 20

intransitive verb

Question 21

Answers the question—What?

Answer 21

Noun/pronoun

Question 22

Answers the question-Who?

Answer 22

Noun/pronoun

Question 23

Answers the question–Whom?

Answer 23

Noun/pronoun

Question 24

Answers the question—What kind of?

Answer 24

Adjective

Question 25

Answers the question—How many?

Answer 25

Adjective

Question 26

Answers the question—Which?

Answer 26

Adjective

Question 27

Answers the question—Which one?

Answer 27

Adjective

Question 28

Answers the question—When?

Answer 28

Adverb

Question 29

Answers the question—Where?

Answer 29

Adverb

Question 30

Answers the question—Why?

Answer 30

Adverb

Question 31

Answers the question—In what manner (how)?

Answer 31

Adverb

Question 32

Answers the question–To what extent?

Answer 32

Adverb

Question 33

this

Answer 33

demonstrative pronoun

Question 34

that

Answer 34

demonstrative pronoun

Question 35

those

Answer 35

demonstrative pronoun

Question 36

each

Answer 36

indefinite pronoun

Question 37

either

Answer 37

indefinite pronoun

Question 38

any

Answer 38

indefinite pronoun

Question 39

someone

Answer 39

indefinite pronoun

Question 40

everyone

Answer 40

indefinite pronoun

Question 41

few

Answer 41

indefinite pronoun

Question 42

who

Answer 42

interrogative pronoun/relative pronoun

Question 43

which

Answer 43

interrogative pronoun

Question 44

what

Answer 44

interrogative pronoun

Question 45

I

Answer 45

personal pronoun

Question 46

him

Answer 46

personal pronoun

Question 47

she

Answer 47

personal pronoun

Question 48

it

Answer 48

personal pronoun

Question 49

you

Answer 49

personal pronoun

Question 50

we

Answer 50

personal pronoun

Question 51

them

Answer 51

personal pronoun

Question 52

myself

Answer 52

reflexive pronoun

Question 53

himself

Answer 53

reflexive pronoun

Question 54

herself

Answer 54

reflexive pronoun

Question 55

ourselves

Answer 55

reflexive pronoun

Question 56

themselves

Answer 56

reflexive pronoun

Question 57

whom

Answer 57

relative pronoun

Question 58

which

Answer 58

relative pronoun

Question 59

that

Answer 59

relative pronoun

Question 60

the

Answer 60

definite article (adjective)

Question 61

special kinds of adjectives

Answer 61

articles

Question 62

a, an

Answer 62

indefinite articles (adjectives)

Question 63

Adverbs often end with

Answer 63

-ly

Question 64

and

Answer 64

coordinating conjunction

Question 65

but

Answer 65

coordinating conjunction

Question 66

or

Answer 66

coordinating conjunction

Question 67

nor

Answer 67

coordinating conjunction

Question 68

for

Answer 68

coordinating conjunction

Question 69

(sometimes) yet

Answer 69

coordinating conjunction

Question 70

(sometimes) so

Answer 70

coordinating conjunction

Question 71

join elements of equal weight and importance

Answer 71

coordinating conjunction

Question 72

join elements of unequal weight or importance

Answer 72

subordinating conjunction

Question 73

when

Answer 73

subordinating conjunction

Question 74

where

Answer 74

subordinating conjunction

Question 75

after

Answer 75

subordinating conjunction

Question 76

before

Answer 76

subordinating conjunction

Question 77

if

Answer 77

subordinating conjunction

Question 78

although

Answer 78

subordinating conjunction

Question 79

because

Answer 79

subordinating conjunction

Question 80

both….and

Answer 80

correlative conjunction

Question 81

either….or

Answer 81

correlative conjunction

Question 82

neither….nor

Answer 82

correlative conjunction

Question 83

not only…but also

Answer 83

correlative conjunction

Question 84

Two subjects that perform the action of the same verb

Answer 84

compound subject

Question 85

two verbs with a single subject

Answer 85

compound verb