Final Review Flashcards
What is the difference between the simple subject and the complete subject? Give examples.
a. The simple subject is the principal word the sentence is about.
Ex. The best class in school is grammar.
Simple subject: class
Ex. The best class in school is grammar.
Complete subject: The best class in school
What is a common noun? Give examples.
A common noun names a non-specific person, place, or thing. It is not capitalized.
What is a complex preposition?
A complex preposition is a group of words that functions as a single preposition.
Give the four types of sentences classified by purpose with definitions.
The four types of sentences are declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory.
a. A declarative sentence makes a statement
b. A imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request.
c. An interrogative sentence asks a question.
d. An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling.
Many pronouns can also function as what part of speech?
Many pronouns also function as adjectives.
Give eight complex prepositions.
according to, along with, because of, except for, in spite of, in front of, on account of, on top of
What question does a direct object answer?
The direct object answers the question what or whom after an action verb.
Give examples of the past participle and participle phrase.
Ex. 1 Past Participle: The conquered Gauls surrendered to Caesar.
Ex. 2 Participle Phrase: Conquered in a fierce battle, the Gauls surrendered to Caesar.
Give an example of an adverb prepositional phrase.
Caesar conquered the Gauls in eight years.
Give the principal parts of the regular verbs live, play, look, and learn.
to live living lived have lived
to play playing played have played
to look looking looked have looked
to learn learning learned have learned
What is a prepositional phrase?
A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition, its noun or pronoun object, and any modifiers
Define direct object. Give an example.
A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb.
Ex. The magister teaches Latin.
Give all forms of the to be verb.
The forms of the to be verb are am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been.
What are the names of the six Engllish tenses?
Present, Past, Future, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, and Future Perfect
What are the two parts of every sentence?
The two parts of every sentnece are the subject and predicate.
Give the principal parts of the irregular verbs see, write, come, do, fly and go.
to see seeing saw have seen
to write writing wrote have written
to come coming came have come
to do doing did have done
to fly flying flew have flown
to go going gone have gone
What is a compound noun? Give the three kinds with examples.
A compound noun is maked up of more than one word.
a. The words can be joined into one word.
Ex. door step
b. The words can be joined with hyphens.
Ex. sister-in-law
c. The words can be seperate.
Ex. United States of America
Give the eight parts of speech.
The eight parts of speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
Define predicate adjective. Give an example.
A predicate adjective is an adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject.
Ex. Wilbur is tired.
What are the demonstrative pronouns?
The demonstrative pronouns point out a person or thing. The pronouns this and these point to something near, and the pronouns that and those point to something far.
Give the pronoun forms of the possessive pronoun.
mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs
Give the common helping (auxiliary) verbs.
The common helping verbs are:
am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been
have, has, had,
do, does, did,
may, might, must,
can, could,
will, would,
shall, should, ought
What are coordinating conjunctions?
The coordinating conjunctions join words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance. The coordinating conjunctions can be remembered by the acronym FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words expressiong a complete thought.
In addition to the verb phrases, give the five kinds of phrases.
The five kinds of phrases are the prepositional phrase, the particle phrase, the gerund phrase, the infinitive phrase, and the appositive phrase.
What is a common way of forming adverbs? Give an example.
Many adverbs are formed by adding ly to an adjective.
Ex. slow (adjective) He is slow.
Ex. slowly (adverb) He walks slowly.
What are the three kinds of conjunctions?
The three kinds of conjunctions are coordinating, correlative, and subordinating conjunctions.
Give the three verbals and define each.
The three verbals are the infinitive, the gerund, and the participle
a. An infinitive is preceded by to and used as either a noun or modifier.
b. A gerund is a verbal noun with an -ing ending.
c. A participlex is a verbal adjective.
Give an example of a compound subject and a compound verb.
Ex. 1 Compound subject:
Fern and Avery went to bed early the night before the County Fair.
Ex. 2 Compound verb:
Wilbur stared back at the crowd and tried to look his best.
Give the object personal pronouns in three persons.
The object personal pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, you (all), them.
Give examples of adjectives used as nouns
Ex. 1 Give me your tired, your poor.
Ex. 2 The poor you have with you always.
What is a collective noun? Give examples.
A collective noun names a group.
Ex. team, flock, class
Define article and name the three English articles.
Articles are words that signify nouns. A and An are the indefinite articles. The is the definite article. Articles are considered adjectives.
Give the progressive forms for the first person singular of the six English verb tenses using the verb walk.
Present I am walking
Past I was walking
Future I will be walking
Present Perfect I have been walking
Past Perfect I had been walking
Future Perfect I will have been walking
Give the names of the four principal parts of an English verb with examples using the verb walk.
the infinitive to walk
the present participle walking
the past tense walked
the past particple have walked
What is a verb phrase? Give examples.
A verb phrase is made up of a main verb and one or more helping verbs.
Ex. 1I have been walking for an hour.
Ex. 2 I should have walked yesterday.
What two verbals have the same form?
The gerund and the present participle have the same form. They both end in ing.
What are verbals?
Verbals are words formed from verbs that are used as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs
What is a physical action verb? Give examples.
A physical action verb expressions action that can be perceived by the senses.
Ex. kick, run, eat
Give the three questions adjectives answer with examples.
Adjectives answer the questions: which one, what kind, and how much or how many.
Ex. 1 John gave Mary that rose. (which one)
Ex. 2 John gave Mary a red rose. (what kind)
Ex. 3 John gave Mary a dozen roses. (how many)
Give the adjective forms of the possessive pronouns.
my, your, his, her, its, our, your their
Forms of the to be verb may be used as linking or helping verbs. Give an example of each.
Ex. 1 Wilbur is a pig. (linking verb)
Ex. 2 Wilbur is walking to the barn (heping verb for main verb, walking)
What is a subject?
The subject tells who or what the sentence is about.
Give an example of a demonstrative pronoun used as a pronoun and as an adjective.
Ex. 1 Mary likes that.
Mary likes that book.
Give an example of the infinitive phrase with a subject in the objective case.
Ex. 1 I want John to learn Latin.
Ex. 2 I want him to learn Latin.
What are the two types of direct questions?
The two types of direct questions are questions introduced by question words and yes/no questions.
What is a noun?
A noun is word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What kind of verbs usually have indirect objects?
Giving and telling verbs usually have indirect objects.
