Books 1-3 Review Flashcards
What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words expressiong a complete thought.
What are the two parts of every sentence?
The two parts of every sentnece are the subject and predicate.
What is a subject?
The subject tells who or what the sentence is about.
What is a predicate?
The predicate tells wihat the subject is or does.
Give the four types of sentences classified by purpose with definitions.
The four types of sentences are declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory.
a. A declarative sentence makes a statement
b. A imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request.
c. An interrogative sentence asks a question.
d. An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling.
Give the eight parts of speech.
The eight parts of speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
What is a noun?
A noun is word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Name the four ways nouns may be classified.
Nouns may be common or proper, concrete or abstract, collective, and compound.
What is a common noun? Give examples.
A common noun names a non-specific person, place, or thing. It is not capitalized.
What is a proper noun? Give examples.
A proper noun names a specifice person, place, or thing. It is capitalized.
Ex. John, Italy, the White House
What is a concrete noun? Give examples.
A concrete noun names something that can be perceived by the senses.
Ex. truth, goodness, beauty
What is an abstract noun? Give examples.
An abstract noun names a quality, characteristic, or idea that cannot be perceived by the senses.
Ex. truth, goodness, beauty
What is a compound noun? Give the three kinds with examples.
A compound noun is maked up of more than one word.
a. The words can be joined into one word.
Ex. door step
b. The words can be joined with hyphens.
Ex. sister-in-law
c. The words can be seperate.
Ex. United States of America
What is a collective noun? Give examples.
A collective noun names a group.
Ex. team, flock, class
Name and define the three grammar persons.
The three grammar persons are first person (the person speaking), second person (the person spoken to), and third person (the person spoken about).
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is word used in place of a noun.
Give the subject personal pronouns in three persons.
The subject personal pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we, you (all), they.
Give the object personal pronouns in three persons.
The object personal pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, you (all), them.
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun.
Give the three questions adjectives answer with examples.
Adjectives answer the questions: which one, what kind, and how much or how many.
Ex. 1 John gave Mary that rose. (which one)
Ex. 2 John gave Mary a red rose. (what kind)
Ex. 3 John gave Mary a dozen roses. (how many)
Define article and name the three English articles.
Articles are words that signify nouns. A and An are the indefinite articles. The is the definite article. Articles are considered adjectives.
What is an adverb?
An adverb is a word that usually modifies a verb, but also an adjective or another adverb.
Give the four questions adverbs answer. Give examples.
Adverbs answer the questions: how (manner), when, where, and to what extent (how often, how much).
Ex. 1 He walks gracefully. (how)
Ex. 2 He walks early. (when)
Ex. 3 He walks outside. (where)
Ex. 4 He walks often. (to what extent)
What is a verb?
A verb is a word that shows action or being.
What verb shows being or existence?
The to be verb shows being or existence.
Give all forms of the to be verb.
The forms of the to be verb are am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been.
What is a physical action verb? Give examples.
A physical action verb expressions action that can be perceived by the senses.
Ex. kick, run, eat
What is a mental action verb? Give examples.
A mental action verb expressions action that cannot be perceived by the senses.
Ex. think, know, believe
What is a verb phrase? Give examples.
A verb phrase is made up of a main verb and one or more helping verbs.
Ex. 1I have been walking for an hour.
Ex. 2 I should have walked yesterday.
Give the common helping (auxiliary) verbs.
The common helping verbs are:
am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been
have, has, had,
do, does, did,
may, might, must,
can, could,
will, would,
shall, should, ought
Give the first three English verb tenses and an example of each using I walk.
The first three English verb tenses are present, past, and future.
Ex. Present Tense - I walk
Past Tense - I walked
Future Tense - I will walk
What is the best way to find the subject of a sentence?
Locate the verb and ask the question who or what before the verb.
Give an example of a word that can be used as more than one part of speech.
Total can be used as a noun, verb, or adjective.
Ex. 1 The total is one hundred. (noun)
Ex. 2 I will total the score. (verb)
Ex. 3 It was a total disaster.
What is the difference between the simple subject and the complete subject? Give examples.
a. The simple subject is the principal word the sentence is about.
Ex. The best class in school is grammar.
Simple subject: class
Ex. The best class in school is grammar.
Complete subject: The best class in school
What is the difference between the simple predicate and the complete predicate?
a. The simple predicate is the verb, including helping verbs.
Ex. John is learning Latin in school.
simple predicate: is learning.
Ex. John is learning Latin in school.
complete predicate: is learning Latin in school
Give an example of a compound subject and a compound verb.
Ex. 1 Compound subject:
Fern and Avery went to bed early the night before the County Fair.
Ex. 2 Compound verb:
Wilbur stared back at the crowd and tried to look his best.
