DGP Notes Flashcards
noun
person, place, thing, or idea
common noun
(n) names a general noun; begins with lowercase letter; ex) city
proper noun
(N) names a specific noun; begins with capital letter; ex) Detroit
possessive noun
(pos n; pos N) shows ownership; ex) girl’s, Roger’s
pronoun
(pro) takes the place of a noun
personal pronoun/1st person pronoun
having to do with “me”
2nd person pronoun
having to do with “you”
3rd person pronoun
having to do with everyone else
singular nominative
(nom) I, you, he, she, it
plural nominative
(nom) we, you, they
singular objective
(obj) me, you, him, her, it
plural objective
(obj) us, you, them
singular possessive
(pos) my, your, his, her, its, mine, yours
plural possessive
(pos) our, your, their, ours, yours, theirs
reflexive pronoun
(ref) reflects back to “self” ex) myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
relative pronoun
(rp) starts adjective dependent clauses ex) that, which, who, whom, whose
interrogative pronoun
(int) asks a question ex) Whose? Which? What? Whom? Who?
demonstrative pronoun
(dem) demonstrates which one ex) that, this, these, those
indefinite pronoun
(ind) doesn’t refer to a definite person or thing ex) each, either, neither, few, some, all, most, several, few, many, none, one, someone, no one, everyone, anyone, somebody, nobody, everybody, anybody, more, much, another, both, any, other, etc.
adjective
(adj) modifies nouns and pronouns; tells ‘which one,’ how many,’ ‘what kind’
articles are a type of…
adjective
article
(art) a, an, the
proper adective
(Adj) proper noun used as an adjective ex) ‘American’ flag
adverb
modifies adjectives and other adverbs (really, quickly, very, easily)
adverb tells…
how? when? where? to what extent?
what are always adverbs?
not, never
preposition
shows relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence
preposition ex
across, after, against, around, at, before, below, between, by, during, except, for, from, in, off, of, on, over, since, through, to, under, until, with, according to, because of, instead of, etc
conjuncion
joins words, phrases, and clauses
types of conjunctions
coordinating, subordinating, correlative, noun clause identifier, conjunctive adverb
coordinating conjunction ex
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)
subordinating conjunction
starts adverb dependent clauses- therefore must be followed by subject and verb
subordinating conjunction ex
after, since, before, while, because, although, so that, if, when, whenever, as, even though, until, unless, as if, etc
correlative conjunction ex
not only/but also, neither/nor, either/or, both/and
noun clause identifier
starts noun dependent clauses, may or may not function as part of the noun dependent clause
noun clause identifier ex
that, who, whether, why, what, how, when, where, whom, whoever, etc
conjunctive adverb
adverb that helps connect 2 clauses, must be used with a semicolon
conjunctive adverb ex
however, then, therefore, also, furthermore, nevertheless, thus, etc
interjection
express emotion but has no real connection with the rest of the sentence; set apart with a comma or exclamation point
interjection ex
no, wow
verb
shows action or state of veing
types of verbs
action, linking, helping
action verb
shows action
linking verb
links 2 words together
linking verb examples
is, be, am, are, was, were, been, being, appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, etc
