Chapter 3 Punctuation

Question 1

What is a verb?

Answer 1

Verbs indicate actions or states of being. EX:to be, to have, to seem, to go, to study, to believe.

Question 2

What is a noun?

Answer 2

Nouns indicate people, places, objects, and ideas, and can always be preceded by a(n) of the. Ex:bicycle, supervisor, Amelia Earhart, Chicago, notion, development, latitude.

Question 3

What is a pronoun?

Answer 3

Pronouns replace nouns. ex: she, you, we, him, it(s), their, this, that, these, those, which, both, some, few, many

Question 4

What is a preposition?

Answer 4

Prepositions are time and location words. They indicate where thing and people are, where they’re going, and when events happpened. They are always followed by nouns. Ex: The birds were observed IN the field BY a group OF researchers FOR several days.

Question 5

What is a conjunction?

Answer 5

Conjunctions indicate relationships between words, places, and clauses. EX: and, but, however, therefore, so, although, yet, when, because, since

Question 6

What is an adverb?

Answer 6

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, amd phrases/clauses. EX: however, therefore, thus, hence, moreover, indeed, furthermore, subsequently.

Question 7

What is an adverb?

Answer 7

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, amd phrases/clauses. EX: however, therefore, thus, hence, moreover, indeed, furthermore, subsequently.

Question 8

what is an adjective

Answer 8

Adjectives modify, nouns, pronouns, and other adjectives ex: large, pretty, interesting, solid, wide, smart, short, simple