English Grammar Flashcards
What is an infinitive? (week 1)
An infinitive is “to” plus a verb, used as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
What is a present participle? (week 2)
A present participle is a verb plus “ing” used as an adjective or a verb.
what is a past participle? (week 3)
A past participle is a verb plus “-ed” used as an adjective or a verb.
What are the Verb: principal parts? (week 4)
Infinitive - to play Present - play, plays Past - played Present Participle - playing Past participle - played
What are the irregular verb tenses? (week 5 - 17)
infinitive- to be present - am, are, is past - was, were present participle - being past participle - been
infinitive - to do Present - do, does Past - did Present Participle - doing Past participle - done
infinitive - to rise Present - rise Past - rose Present Participle - rising Past participle - risen
infinitive - to raise Present - raise Past - raised Present Participle - raising Past participle - raisen
infinitive - to lay Present - lay Past - laid Present Participle - laying Past participle - laid
infinitive - to lie Present - lie Past - lay Present Participle - lying Past participle - lain
infinitive - to set Present - set Past - set Present Participle - setting Past participle - set
infinitive - to sit Present - sit Past - sat Present Participle - sitting Past participle - sat
infinitive - to beat Present - beat Past - best Present Participle - beating Past participle - beaten
infinitive - to break Present - break Past - broke Present Participle - breaking Past participle - broken
infinitive - to write Present - write Past - wrote Present Participle - writing Past participle - written
infinitive - to shake Present - shake Past - shook Present Participle - shaking Past participle - shaken
infinitive - to go Present - go, goes Past - went Present Participle - going Past participle - gone
What is a subject? (week 18)
The subject is that part of a sentence about which something is being said.
What is a predicate? (week 19)
The predicate is that part of a sentence that says something about the subject.
What is a phrase/clause? (week 20)
a phrase is a group of words that does not contain both a subject and a verb and may be used as a single part of speech.
A clause is a group of words that does contain both the subject and a verb.
What is an independent clause? (week 21)
An independent clause expresses a complete thought like a sentence.
What is a subordinate clause? (week 22)
A subordinate clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone (also known as a dependent clause).
What are the four sentence structures? (week 23)
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound Complex
What are the seven sentence patterns? (week 24)
Subject - Verb S - V - Direct Object S - V - Predicate Nominative S - V - Predicate Adjective S - V - Indirect Object - Direct Object S - V - DO - Object Complement Noun S - V - DO - Object Complement Adjective
