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Question 1

What are nouns?

Answer 1

A noun is a name used to identify an object.

Question 2

What are nouns referring to only 1 item called?

Answer 2

Singular.

Singular nouns do not contain the letter “s” at the end (With exceptions to irregular nouns.)

Question 3

What are nouns referring to multiple items called?

Answer 3

Plural.

Plural nouns contain the letter “s” at the end. (With exceptions to irregular nouns.)

Question 4

Can nouns have gender?

Answer 4

Yes.

Some nouns can be male (e.g. Man) can also be female (e.g. Woman).

Question 5

What are mass nouns?

Answer 5

Mass nouns are nouns used to represent uncountable items.

Question 6

What are count nouns?

Answer 6

Count nouns are items which are countable. (e.g. Cup)

Question 7

What are concrete nouns?

Answer 7

Concrete nouns are tangible and can be felt by the senses.

Question 8

What are abstract nouns?

Answer 8

Abstract nouns are non-tangible nouns such as “Love”.

Question 9

There are 2 types of verbs, what are they?

Answer 9

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).

Question 10

What do pronouns do?

Answer 10

Pronouns are used in place of nouns.

Question 11

What are the 7 types of pronouns?

Answer 11

Personal, Indefinite, Demonstrative, Reflexive, Interrogative, Relative.

Question 12

What are personal pronouns for?

Answer 12

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)

Question 13

What are indefinite pronouns for?

Answer 13

Indefinite pronouns do not refer to anything specific (eg. anything, something, everyone)

Question 14

What are demonstrative pronouns for?

Answer 14

Demonstrative pronouns are used to point to something/someone. (e.g. this, that)

Question 15

What are reflexive pronouns for?

Answer 15

Reflexive pronouns are used if the subject and object are the same. (e.g. myself, himself)

Question 16

What are interrogative pronouns?

Answer 16

They are used to start a question (e.g. what, whom)

Question 17

{{c1::Relative pronouns are used to add What are relative pronouns?

Answer 17

Relative pronouns are used to add relative clauses. (e.g. who, whose).

Question 18

What does an adjective do?

Answer 18

Modifies nouns and pronouns.

Question 19

What does an adverb do?

Answer 19

Modifies verbs.

Question 20

What does a preposition do?

Answer 20

Introduces a noun/pronoun.

Question 21

What do conjunctions do?

Answer 21

Connect sentences, words, and phrases.

Question 22

What are the 3 types of conjunctions?

Answer 22

Coordinating, Correlative, Subordinating.

Question 23

FANBOYS is an acronym for coordinating conjunctions. What do the letters mean?

Answer 23

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.

Coordinating conjunctions connect words, phrases, and sentences.

Question 24

What do subordinating conjunctions do?

Answer 24

They connect independent and subordinate clauses together.

Question 25

What do correlative conjunctions do?

Answer 25

Show the relationship between two words. (e.g. either, or). Correlative conjunctions are always in pairs.

Question 26

What type of word are articles?

Answer 26

Adjectives.

Question 27

What is the difference between “the” and “a/an”?

Answer 27

“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.

Question 28

What are fragments?

Answer 28

Fragments are phrases that don’t have complete meaning without the complete sentence.

Question 29

What are the 2 main parts of a sentence?

Answer 29

Subject and Predicate.

A subject is a noun which the sentence is talking about. The predicate is a verb/action in the sentence.

Question 30

What are the 2 main types of Subjects/Predicates?

Answer 30

Simple and Complete.

Simple subjects/predicates are just the noun/verb, without modifiers, but complete subjects/predicates are the noun/verb with modifiers/adjectives.