ENG Grammar POS Flashcards
VERBS Transitive
action verbs that are followed by a word or words that answer WHAT? or WHOM?
VERBS Intransitive
action verbs that are NOT followed by a word or words that answer WHAT? or WHOM?
VERBS Linking
join the subject with a word or words that identify the subject. ex appear, grow, seem, taste, feel
ADJECTIVES
WHICH ONE? WHAT KIND? HOW MANY? includes a, an, the
ADVERBS
HOW? WHEN? WHERE? TO WHAT DEGREE? includes no, not, -nt, nowhere, hardly, never
ADVERBS conjuntive
used to clarify the relationship between causes of equal weight in a sentence ex further, again, still
CONJUNCTION subordinating
joins a dependent idea or clause to a main clause
CONJUNCTION
joins a single or group of words that are equal in grammatical importance
EX. fanboys
NOUNS predicate nominative
nouns after a linking verb that renames the subject
NOUNS predicate adjective
nouns that link or describe the subject
CONJUNCTIONS correlative
Works in pairs to joins words
PRONOUNS reflexive
refer to a noun or another pronoun and indicates that the same person or thing is involved * can always be replaced by βmeβ ex he surprised himself
PRONOUNS intensive
add emphasis to another noun or pronoun
PRONOUNS interrogative
ASKS a question
PRONOUNS demonstrative
points out specific things
EX. this, that, those, these