DGP Notes

Question 1

noun

Answer 1

person, place, thing, or idea

Question 2

common noun

Answer 2

(n) names a general noun; begins with lowercase letter; ex) city

Question 3

proper noun

Answer 3

(N) names a specific noun; begins with capital letter; ex) Detroit

Question 4

possessive noun

Answer 4

(pos n; pos N) shows ownership; ex) girl’s, Roger’s

Question 5

pronoun

Answer 5

(pro) takes the place of a noun

Question 6

personal pronoun/1st person pronoun

Answer 6

having to do with “me”

Question 7

2nd person pronoun

Answer 7

having to do with “you”

Question 8

3rd person pronoun

Answer 8

having to do with everyone else

Question 9

singular nominative

Answer 9

(nom) I, you, he, she, it

Question 10

plural nominative

Answer 10

(nom) we, you, they

Question 11

singular objective

Answer 11

(obj) me, you, him, her, it

Question 12

plural objective

Answer 12

(obj) us, you, them

Question 13

singular possessive

Answer 13

(pos) my, your, his, her, its, mine, yours

Question 14

plural possessive

Answer 14

(pos) our, your, their, ours, yours, theirs

Question 15

reflexive pronoun

Answer 15

(ref) reflects back to “self” ex) myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Question 16

relative pronoun

Answer 16

(rp) starts adjective dependent clauses ex) that, which, who, whom, whose

Question 17

interrogative pronoun

Answer 17

(int) asks a question ex) Whose? Which? What? Whom? Who?

Question 18

demonstrative pronoun

Answer 18

(dem) demonstrates which one ex) that, this, these, those

Question 19

indefinite pronoun

Answer 19

(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.

Question 20

adjective

Answer 20

(adj) modifies nouns and pronouns; tells ‘which one,’ how many,’ ‘what kind’

Question 21

articles are a type of…

Answer 21

adjective

Question 22

article

Answer 22

(art) a, an, the

Question 23

proper adective

Answer 23

(Adj) proper noun used as an adjective ex) ‘American’ flag

Question 24

adverb

Answer 24

modifies adjectives and other adverbs (really, quickly, very, easily)

Question 25

adverb tells…

Answer 25

how? when? where? to what extent?

Question 26

what are always adverbs?

Answer 26

not, never

Question 27

preposition

Answer 27

shows relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence

Question 28

preposition ex

Answer 28

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

Question 29

conjuncion

Answer 29

joins words, phrases, and clauses

Question 30

types of conjunctions

Answer 30

coordinating, subordinating, correlative, noun clause identifier, conjunctive adverb

Question 31

coordinating conjunction ex

Answer 31

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)

Question 32

subordinating conjunction

Answer 32

starts adverb dependent clauses- therefore must be followed by subject and verb

Question 33

subordinating conjunction ex

Answer 33

after, since, before, while, because, although, so that, if, when, whenever, as, even though, until, unless, as if, etc

Question 34

correlative conjunction ex

Answer 34

not only/but also, neither/nor, either/or, both/and

Question 35

noun clause identifier

Answer 35

starts noun dependent clauses, may or may not function as part of the noun dependent clause

Question 36

noun clause identifier ex

Answer 36

that, who, whether, why, what, how, when, where, whom, whoever, etc

Question 37

conjunctive adverb

Answer 37

adverb that helps connect 2 clauses, must be used with a semicolon

Question 38

conjunctive adverb ex

Answer 38

however, then, therefore, also, furthermore, nevertheless, thus, etc

Question 39

interjection

Answer 39

express emotion but has no real connection with the rest of the sentence; set apart with a comma or exclamation point

Question 40

interjection ex

Answer 40

no, wow

Question 41

verb

Answer 41

shows action or state of veing

Question 42

types of verbs

Answer 42

action, linking, helping

Question 43

action verb

Answer 43

shows action

Question 44

linking verb

Answer 44

links 2 words together

Question 45

linking verb examples

Answer 45

is, be, am, are, was, were, been, being, appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, etc