Chapter 5 ENG Grammar

Question 1

Inflection basic meaning- The form of a word can be altered depending on its..

Answer 1

MEANING and FUNCTION in a sentence.

Ex of inflection

MEANING ➡️ Form
He ➡️ She
Prince ➡️ Princess

FUNCTION ➡️ Form
she ➡️ her

The third person pronoun (she/he)
Direct object (her/him)

Question 2

The First of the 3 different aspects of grammar in connection with concept of Inflection deal with Case. The 3 Cases are

Answer 2

SUBJECTIVE CASE
POSSESSIVE CASE
OBJECTIVE CASE

Question 2

What is the SUBJECT of the following sentence?

“GOD LOVES HIS PEOPLE.”

Answer 2

“GOD” is acting as the subject of this sentence. Thus, God would be referred to as the ‘SUBJECTIVE CASE’.

Question 3

What is the DIRECT OBJECT of the following sentence?

“GOD LOVES HIS PEOPLE.”

Answer 3

“PEOPLE” is acting as the subject of this sentence. Thus, People would be referred to as the ‘OBJECTIVE CASE’.

Question 4

What is the POSSESSIVE CASE of the following sentence?

“GOD LOVES HIS PEOPLE.”

Answer 4

“HIS” is POSSESSIVE in this sentence. Thus, HIS would be referred to as the ‘POSSESSIVE CASE’.

Question 5

SUBJECT of a verb (SUBJECTIVE CASE) is the word that…

Answer 5

Performs the action of the verb.

“GOD loves…”

Question 6

DIRECT OBJECT (OBJECTIVE CASE) of a verb is the word that…

Answer 6

Receives the action of the verb.

“…his PEOPLE.”

Question 7

POSSESSIVE CASE ARE WORDS THAT SHOW/ IDENTIFY

Answer 7

Possession

Question 8

INFLECTION (NUMBER)

Answer 8

Single and plural

Teacher
Teachers

Question 9

INFLECTION : (GENDER)

Answer 9

MASCULINE “HE”
FEMININE “SHE”
Neuter “IT”

Question 10

INFLECTION (DECLENSION)

Answer 10

Changes in the stem vowels or an S added to the end of a word to denote singularity and plurality.

Book ➡️ BOOKS (s added to show plurality)
Man ➡️ MEN (Stem vowel change)
Fish ➡️ FISH (no change)
Goose ➡️Geese (Stem vowel change)

Question 11

Subject

Answer 11

Is the subject of the verb and everything that modifies it.

Example:
THE BIG, BAD TEACHER
⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️ ⬆️⬆️⬆️,
(SUBJECT)

is teaching too long.

Question 12

PREDICATE

Answer 12

Everything else and especially the verb.

Question 13

SUBJECT(Placement)

Answer 13

The subject is usually the first noun (or pronoun) before the verb in a sentence.

Question 14

DIRECT OBJECT(Placement)

Answer 14

Usually follows the verb in word order. Example “Robyn passed HER TEST”

HER TEST

Question 15

DECLENSION (Patterns to denote plurality)

Answer 15

1. Adding “s”
2. Adding “es”
3. Changing Stem Vowels

Question 16

PREPOSITION

Answer 16

A word that shows the relationship between two items.

Under
In
On
Near

Question 17

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

Answer 17

The preposition, its object and any modifiers is a prepositional phrase. Joey is going to eat hot dogs until he pukes “AT THE BALL GAME”

Question 18

DEFINITE ARTICLE

Answer 18

“THE” THE DEFINITE ARTICLE

“The student is going to pass.”
Here the word THE (the definite article) is identifying with particularity.

🤪 Fun fact- “IS”
is an EQUATIVE VERB because it expresses existence or a state of being.

Question 19

INDEFINITE ARTICLES

Answer 19

“A” OR “AN”

Ex. “A” good student works hard every day on her Greek.

“AN” awful student doesn’t study at all.

The articles “A” and “An” are INDEFINITE because they do not identify with particularity and one specific student.