basics Flashcards
prepositions
Show relationships (time,place, direction, manner)
To,from,with, at , in , by
What are nouns?
Nouns are people, places, things, and concepts.
Nouns can represent tangible and intangible entities.
What are common nouns?
Common nouns refer to general things.
Examples include ‘dog’, ‘city’, and ‘car’.
What are proper nouns?
Proper nouns refer to specific people and places and are capitalized.
Examples include ‘Alice’, ‘Paris’, and ‘Mount Everest’.
What are abstract nouns?
Abstract nouns refer to ideas, qualities, or states.
Examples include ‘happiness’, ‘freedom’, and ‘justice’.
What are noun phrases?
Noun phrases are collections of words that can function as a noun.
Examples include ‘the quick brown fox’ and ‘a cup of tea’.
What are verbs?
Verbs are ‘doing’ words; they are action words.
What are lexical verbs?
Lexical verbs are main verbs.
What are auxiliary verbs?
Auxiliary verbs are supporting verbs.
What are modal verbs?
Modal verbs are a type of auxiliary verb that show possibility, etc.
What are copular verbs?
Copular verbs connect the subject to information regarding state.
What are phrasal verbs?
Phrasal verbs are combinations of a verb and a preposition.
What appears before a noun to introduce it?
Articles (definite and indefinite)
Examples include ‘the’ (definite) and ‘a’ or ‘an’ (indefinite).
What are examples of demonstrative articles?
This, that
These words indicate specific items.
What are examples of possessive articles?
My, his, her
These indicate ownership.
What type of articles indicate quantity?
Number
Examples include ‘one’, ‘two’, ‘three’, etc.
what are adverbs
Anadverbis a word thatmodifies(describes or gives more information about) averb, adjective, or another adverb. It often tellshow, when, where, or to what extentan action happens.
“ly”
what do adjectives do
modifies noun( describing words)
what are the coordinating conjunctions
FANBOYS
for and nor but or yet so( can also act if not between clauses as prepositions or just for listing)
what types of clauses do coordinating conjunctions join
Independent clauses
subordinating conjunctions
join an IC and a DC clause, eg. While Whereas and However
interjections
eg. oh! ouch! alas!
