English Grammar Flashcards
4 Sentence Structures
Simple, Complex, Compound, Compound-Complex
4 Sentence Purposes
Declarative (.) Exclamatory (!) Interrogative (?) Imperative (. Or !)
7 Sentence Structures
S-Vi, S-Vt-DO, S-Vl-PN, S-Vl-PA, S-Vt-IO-DO, S-Vt-DO-OCN, S-Vt-DO-OCA
5 Parts of a Sentence
Subject, Predicate, Capital Letter, End Mark, Complete Sense
8 Parts of Speech
Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Conjunction, Interjection, Preposition, Adjective
What is a Verb?
A verb is a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb
4 Types of Verbs
Intransitive, Transitive, Linking, Helping
What are the principal parts of verbs?
Infinitive, present, past, present participle, past participle
How do you form an infinitive?
To + verb
How do you form the past tense of a verb?
Verb + ed
How do you form a present participle?
Verb + ing
How do you form a past participle?
Verb + ed (sometimes en or t)
What is a noun?
A noun names a person, place, things, activity, or idea.
What phrase helps us remember the noun uses?
SPIDO PONA
What are the noun uses?
Subject noun
Possessive noun adjective
Indirect object
Direct object
Object of the preposition
Predicate Nominative
Object Complement Noun
Noun of Direct Address
Appositive
What are the noun uses?
Subject noun
Possessive noun adjective
Names a non-specific person, place, thing, activity, or idea and is no capitalized
Common noun
Names a specific person, place, thing, activity, or idea and is always capitalized
Proper noun
Names only one person, place, thing, activity, or idea
Singular noun
Names more than one person, place, thing, activity, or idea
Plural noun
Names a physical object that can be experienced with the five senses
Concrete noun
Names a concept, quality, or condition that cannot be experienced with the five senses
Abstract noun
Refers to a group composed of members (functions as a singular noun and takes a singular verb)
Collective noun
Made up of two or more words joined together
Compound noun
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition
I
You
He/she/it
We
You (all)
They
Nominative pronouns
Me
You
Him/her/it
Us
You (all)
Them
Objective pronouns
Mine
Yours
His
Hers
It’s
Ours
Yours
Theirs
Possessive Pronouns
My
Your
His/her/its
Our
Your
Their
Possessive Pronoun Adjectives
Myself
Yourself
Himself/herself/itself
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves
Reflexive Pronouns
This
That
These
Those
Demonstrative Pronouns
Who
Whom
Whose
Which
What
Interrogative Pronouns
Who
Whom
Whose
Whoever
Whomever
That
Which
What
Whatever
Relative Pronouns
Modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, qualifying, or limiting
Adjective
Answers the questions: what kind? how many? Which? Whose?
Adjective
