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Question 1

noun

Answer 1

words that names a persona, place, thing or idea

Question 2

concrete noun

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names an object that occupies space

Question 3

abstract noun

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names an idea, quality or characteristic

Question 4

singular noun

Answer 4

names one persone, place, thing or idea

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plural noun

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names mora than one

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compound noun

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noun made up of two or more words

Question 7

three types of compound nouns

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• opened: ice cream, jewelry box
• closed: keyboard, notebook
• hyphenated: sister-in-law, x-ray

Question 8

common noun

Answer 8

is the general name

Question 9

proper noun

Answer 9

the name of a particular person, place, thing or idea

Question 10

collective noun

Answer 10

names a group
singular form

Question 11

possessive noun, is formed by adding what?

Answer 11

show ownership
is formed by using (´s)

Question 12

pronoun

Answer 12

word that takes the place of a noun, a group of words acting as a noun, or another pronoun

Question 13

antecedent

Answer 13

word or group of words ro which a pronoun refers

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personal pronoun

Answer 14

refers to a specific person, place, thing or idea

Question 15

what are the types of personal pronouns

Answer 15

first person (indicating the person speaking)
second person (person being spoken to)
third person (any other person)

Question 16

subject pronoun (he)

Answer 16

perform the action of the sentence usually found before the verb

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objects pronoun (him)

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receive the action of the subject usually found after the verb

Question 18

reflexive pronoun

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• refers back to the subject of the sentence or clause and indicates that the same person or thing is involved.
• adds information to the sentence

Question 19

intensive pronoun

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• adds emphasis to another noun or pronoun.
• if the intensive pronoun is omitted, the meaning of the sentence will still be the same.

Question 20

demonstrative pronoun

Answer 20

points out specific person, places, things or ideas

Question 21

interrogative pronoun

Answer 21

is used to form questions

Question 22

relative pronoun

Answer 22

is used a special subject-verb word group called a subordinative clause
(a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence)

Question 23

indefinite pronoun

Answer 23

refers to a person, place, thing or idea in a more general way than a noun does

Question 24

adjective

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• word that modifies a noun or a pronoun
• it may describe a noun or pronoun

Question 25

articles

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are the adjectives on, an, the

Question 26

indefinite articles

Answer 26

“a” and “an” are called indefinite articles

Question 27

definite article

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“the” is called definite artcile

Question 28

zero article

Answer 28

refers to an occasion in speech or writing where a noun or a noun phrase ir not preceded by an article

Question 29

when is no article used?

Answer 29

• proper nouns
• mass nouns where the reference is indefinite
• plural nouns where the reference is indefinite
• where referring to means of transport (by plane)
• common expressions of time and place (at midnight)

Question 30

what are proper adjectives, how are they formed?

Answer 30

• is formed from a proper noun and begins with a capital letter
• they are formed by attaching the following suffixes to nouns to form proper adjectives: (-an, -ian, -n, -ese, and -ish)
  examples:
  America= American
  England= English
  China= Chinese

Question 31

What are the three forms that adjectives use to compare nouns

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• possitive form: indicates no comparison
• comparative form: compares two noun or pronouns
• superlative form: compares more than two nouns or pronouns

Question 32

verbs

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word that expresses an action or a state of being and is necessary to make a statement

Question 33

verbs express:

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time present, past and future

Question 34

action verb

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• tells what someone or something does
• expresses action that is either physical or mental

Question 35

transitive verb

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is followed by a word or words that answer the question “what?” or “whom?”

Question 36

the word that answer the question “what?” or “whom?” after a transitive verb are called…

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direct object

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intransitive verb

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is not followed by a word that answers the question “what?” or “whom?”

Question 38

linking verb

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• link or joins the subject of a sentence with a noun, pronoun or an adjective that identifies or describes the subject
• does NOT show action

Question 39

most commonly used linking verb is:

Answer 39

be

Question 40

forms of be

Answer 40

• am
• be
• being
• was
• are
• been
• is
• were