eng mid term

Question 1

how to identify adv or adj prep ph

Answer 1

Prepositional phrases that modify nouns are called adjective phrases, and prepositional phrases that modify verbs are called adverb phrases.

Question 2

what is a direct object

Answer 2

noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb from the subject of a sentence.

Question 3

what is a transitive verb

Answer 3

a verb that requires an object to receive the action.

Question 4

what is an indirect object

Answer 4

a noun phrase referring to someone or something that is affected by the action of a transitive verb

Question 5

what is an adjtive

Answer 5

a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

Question 6

what is an adverb

Answer 6

a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

Question 7

what is a nominative pronoun

Answer 7

The subjective (or nominative) pronouns are I, you (singular), he/she/it, we, you (plural), they and who.

Question 8

prepsition

Answer 8

listen to preposition song

Question 9

what is an infinitive phrase

Answer 9

The infinitive phrase functions as the direct object of the verb agreed. to give (infinitive) me (indirect object of action expressed in infinitive) a ride (direct object of action expressed in infinitive) They asked me to bring some food.

Question 10

what are reflexive pronouns

Answer 10

Reflexive pronouns are words like myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves

Question 11

what is a predicate adjtive

Answer 11

A predicate adjective is an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject of the sentence.

Question 12

what are participles

Answer 12

Present participles are typically formed by adding “ing” to the end of a verb (e.g., “jump” becomes “jumping”)

Question 13

what is an interrogative pronoun

Answer 13

An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun that is used to introduce a question. The main English interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose.

Question 14

what is a helping verb

Answer 14

An auxiliary verb, also called a helping verb, is a verb that is used with another verb (or two other verbs) in a verb phrase.

Question 15

what are all the clauses

Answer 15

ind cl, adv dep cl, and adj dep cl

Question 16

what is an independent cl

Answer 16

Independent clause: A group of words that contains a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought

Question 17

what is an adj dep cl

Answer 17

Adjective clauses are dependent clauses that give information about nouns. They allow you to combine two sentences into one by using relative pronouns (​who, whom, whose, where, when, which, that, ​and ​why​) as connectors. WHO ​(used for people as subjects) My friend missed the lecture.

Question 18

what is an adv dep cl

Answer 18

An adverbial clause is a dependent clause that modifies the main verb in the independent clause. Adverbial clauses always start with a subordinating conjunction and must connect to an independent clause to make sense. For example: Even if I take the train, I still might be late to my appointment.

Question 19

what are all 23 helping verbs

Answer 19

Helping verbs, helping verbs, there are 23! Am, is, are, was and were, being, been, and be, Have, has, had, do, does, did, will, would, shall and should. There are five more helping verbs: may, might, must, can, could!

Question 20

what are all the sentence purposes

Answer 20

Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, and Exclamatory

Question 21

what is an exclamatory sentence

Answer 21

An exclamatory sentence, also known as an exclamation sentence or an exclamative clause, is a statement that expresses strong emotion. Typically, in English grammar, an exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark—also called an exclamation point.

Question 22

what is a declarative sentence

Answer 22

An exclamatory sentence, also known as an exclamation sentence or an exclamative clause, is a statement that expresses strong emotion. Typically, in English grammar, an exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark—also called an exclamation point.

Question 23

what is an interogtive sentance

Answer 23

Interrogative sentences, simply put, are questions. They’re sentences that seek to gather information, clarify a point, or start a conversation. They often start with a question word like who, what, where, when, why, or how. Alternatively, they can begin with a helping verb for yes/no questions.

Question 24

what is an imperative sentencen

Answer 24

An imperative sentence is a sentence that expresses a direct command, request, invitations, warning, or instruction. Imperative sentences do not have a subject; instead, a directive is given to an implied second person. For example, the sentence “Wash the dinner plates” commands the implied subject to wash the dishes.

Question 25

what is the correct date punctuation

Answer 25

omma is used to separate the day from the month, and the date from the year. July 4, 1776, was an important day in American history. I was born on Sunday, May 12, 1968.

Question 26

what is the correct punctuation for locatio

Answer 26

Place one comma between the city and the state name, and another comma after the state name, unless ending a sentence or indicating a dateline: He was traveling from Nashville, Tennessee, to Austin, Texas, en route to his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.