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What are nouns?
A noun is a name used to identify an object.
What are nouns referring to only 1 item called?
Singular.
Singular nouns do not contain the letter “s” at the end (With exceptions to irregular nouns.)
What are nouns referring to multiple items called?
Plural.
Plural nouns contain the letter “s” at the end. (With exceptions to irregular nouns.)
Can nouns have gender?
Yes.
Some nouns can be male (e.g. Man) can also be female (e.g. Woman).
What are mass nouns?
Mass nouns are nouns used to represent uncountable items.
What are count nouns?
Count nouns are items which are countable. (e.g. Cup)
What are concrete nouns?
Concrete nouns are tangible and can be felt by the senses.
What are abstract nouns?
Abstract nouns are non-tangible nouns such as “Love”.
There are 2 types of verbs, what are they?
Action and Linking.
Action verbs are actions (e.g. run, jump) and Linking verbs are used to connect the subject to another word (e.g. is, seem).
What do pronouns do?
Pronouns are used in place of nouns.
What are the 7 types of pronouns?
Personal, Indefinite, Demonstrative, Reflexive, Interrogative, Relative.
What are personal pronouns for?
Personal pronouns are used to refer to people such as the person you are talking to, or other people far away. (e.g him, her, I)
What are indefinite pronouns for?
Indefinite pronouns do not refer to anything specific (eg. anything, something, everyone)
What are demonstrative pronouns for?
Demonstrative pronouns are used to point to something/someone. (e.g. this, that)
What are reflexive pronouns for?
Reflexive pronouns are used if the subject and object are the same. (e.g. myself, himself)
What are interrogative pronouns?
They are used to start a question (e.g. what, whom)
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Relative pronouns are used to add relative clauses. (e.g. who, whose).
What does an adjective do?
Modifies nouns and pronouns.
What does an adverb do?
Modifies verbs.
What does a preposition do?
Introduces a noun/pronoun.
What do conjunctions do?
Connect sentences, words, and phrases.
What are the 3 types of conjunctions?
Coordinating, Correlative, Subordinating.
FANBOYS is an acronym for coordinating conjunctions. What do the letters mean?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.
Coordinating conjunctions connect words, phrases, and sentences.
What do subordinating conjunctions do?
They connect independent and subordinate clauses together.
What do correlative conjunctions do?
Show the relationship between two words. (e.g. either, or). Correlative conjunctions are always in pairs.
What type of word are articles?
Adjectives.
What is the difference between “the” and “a/an”?
“The” is a definite article. It is used if you know the identity of the noun.
“a/an” is an indefinite article. It is used if you don’t know the identity of the noun.
What are fragments?
Fragments are phrases that don’t have complete meaning without the complete sentence.
What are the 2 main parts of a sentence?
Subject and Predicate.
A subject is a noun which the sentence is talking about. The predicate is a verb/action in the sentence.
What are the 2 main types of Subjects/Predicates?
Simple and Complete.
Simple subjects/predicates are just the noun/verb, without modifiers, but complete subjects/predicates are the noun/verb with modifiers/adjectives.
