Competency test

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

Person, place, thing or idea

Question 2

Pronoun

Answer 2

Makes language faster,

Ex: he, she, him, her, their etc.

Question 3

Adjectives

Answer 3

To describe, a, an, the are frequently used to show that a noun will follow

Question 4

Verbs

Answer 4

To show action. 
Ex:
I SAW him. Action
I AM him. Being 
He WAS brilliant. Linking

Question 5

Adverbs

Answer 5

Words that modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. They answer several questions when they modify.
Ex: where? When? Why? In what way?

Question 6

Prepositions

Answer 6

The place.

preposition —> position

Question 7

Conjunctions

Answer 7

When joining two words or two groups of words.
Ex: and, but, or, for, so, yet(coordinate)
If, as, since, when, because(subordinate)
Either/or, neither/nor(correlitive)

Question 8

Interjection

Answer 8

To show emotion.

Ex: Wow! Ugh. Yay! BOOM! Etc.

Question 9

complete subject

Answer 9

main noun or pronoun in a sentence and any addition modifiers

Question 10

simple subject

Answer 10

main noun or pronoun in the sentence, who or what the sentence is about

Question 11

complete predicate

Answer 11

main verb in the sentence and any modifiers

Question 12

simple predicate

Answer 12

main verb or verbs in the sentence

Question 13

modifiers

Answer 13

a word, phrase, or sentence element that limits or qualifies the sense of another word, phrase, or element in the same construction

Question 14

Phrase

Answer 14

a group of words that is missing either a subject or predicate

Question 15

Clause

Answer 15

a group of words that contain both a subject and predicate

Question 16

Independent Clause/Main Clause

Answer 16

a group of words thats stands alone– a complete thought

Question 17

Dependent Clause/Subordinate Clause

Answer 17

a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate but makes te reader ask “then what?” It usually begins with a subordinating conjunction

EX: Because she is so pretty,
EX: Since the dog has been missing,

Question 18

Conjunctions

Answer 18

a part of speech that joins words, phrases, and clauses

Question 19

Coordinating Conjunctions

Answer 19

show equality between two independent clauses (and, but, or, for, nor, so, & yet)
FANBOYS

Question 20

Adverbial Conjunctions

Answer 20

also known as conjunctive adverbs, sometimes used with a semi-colon; may start, interrupt, or join thoughts (however, moreover, nevertheless, therefore).

Question 21

A Simple Sentence

Answer 21

IC (independent clause)

EX: She is nice.

Question 22

Compound Sentence

Answer 22

IC+IC

EX: She is nice, and she eats lunch with me.

Question 23

Complex Sentence

Answer 23

DC+IC

EX: Since she is so nice, John decided to date her.

Question 24

Compound-Complex Sentence

Answer 24

IC+IC+DC

EX: Gina knew she would have to wait, but she didn’t mind.

Question 25

Subordinating Conjunctions

Answer 25

subordinate or make a clause dependent (since, because, unless). If a subordinating conjunction starts a sentence, a comma follows the dependent clause. There is no comma if the subordinate clause ends a sentence.

Question 26

Period .

Answer 26

Use at the end of a sentence that makes a statement.

Question 27

Question Mark ?

Answer 27

Use at the end of a direct question.

Question 28

Exclamation Mark !

Answer 28

Use at the end of an emphatic declaration, interjection, or command.

Question 29

Colon :

Answer 29

Use before a list or an explanation that is preceded by a clause that can stand by itself.

Question 30

Semi Colon ;

Answer 30

Use to help sort out a monster list or to separate closely related independent clauses.

Question 31

Hyphen -

Answer 31

Use to create compound words or when writing numbers twenty-one to ninety-nine and fractions (five-eighths, one-fourth).

Question 32

Dash -

Answer 32

Use as a super-comma or set of super-commas to set off parenthetical elements, especially when those elements contain internal forms of punctuation

Question 33

Parentheses ( )

Answer 33

Use to include material that you want to de-emphasize or that wouldn’t normally fit into the flow of your text but you want to include nonetheless.

Question 34

Brackets [ ]

Answer 34

Use to include explanatory words or phrases within quoted language.

Question 35

Ellipsis …

Answer 35

Use when you’re quoting material and you want to omit some words.

Question 36

Apostrophe ‘

Answer 36

Use to create possessive forms, contractions, and some plurals.

Question 37

Quotation Marks “ “

Answer 37

Use to set off material that represents quoted or spoken language.

Question 38

Slash or Slant /

Answer 38

Use to indicate a choice between the words it separates.

Question 39

Comma ,

Answer 39

Use to separate the elements in a series (three or more things), to connect two independent clauses, and to set off introductory elements.