FINAL TERM Flashcards
What are the lexical categories
Noun
Verb
Pronoun
Preposition
Conjunction
Adverb
Adjectives
Interjection
Different kinds of nouns
Proper nouns
Common nouns
Concrete nouns
Abstract nouns
Compound nouns
Collective nouns
Count nouns
Mass noun
are the names , titles of persons, places, things
or ideas; it always begins with a capital letter.
Examples are:
Titanic
Angel Locsin
C.L.S.U
Proper nouns
refer to those general examples of persons,
places, things, or ideas; it is not capitalized.
Examples are:
cat
laboratory
bag
Common nouns
name material things , people, and places as
well as everything that can be perceived
through the senses.
Examples are:
calculator
Charice
Buildings
Concrete nouns
name concepts, qualities, emotions, conditions,
and attitudes which have no material existence.
Examples are:
love
freedom
hunger
Abstract nouns
consist of two or more words used together to
name one person, place, or thing.
Examples are:
skydiver
sunglasses
earthquake
Compound nouns
stand for a whole group of people , places,
things, or ideas.
Examples are:
family
team
flock
Collective nouns
refer to those objects that can be counted.
These nouns have their plural forms. For
instance, two bottles, spoons ,and pillows , etc.
Examples are:
bottle
pillows
spoon
Count nouns
refer to those things that cannot be counted.
They do not have their plural forms. You cannot
say two foods, two sugars, and two medicines,
etc.
Examples are:
sugar
food
medicine
Mass nouns
Kind of Adverbs
Adverbs of time
Adverbs of location
Adverbs of manner
Adverbs of frequency
One of the hallmarks of adverbs is their ability
to move around in a sentence. Adverbs of
manner are particularly flexible in this regard.
Position of Adverbs
-are words that are used to described
other words in a sentence.
-may be a single word, a phrase, or a clause.
Modifiers
is a verb form that functions as an
adjective.
Participle phrase
are formed by adding –ing
to the main verb (for example, walking,
knowing, seeing).
Present participles
are the verb forms that are
used with the helping verb have (have walked,
have known, have seen)
Past participle
Failure to place a modifier in
the correct position in a sentence results in an
error known as a
Misplaced modifier
sometimes occurs when a participial phrase is
place at the beginning of a sentence.
Dangling modifier
If the subject of the clause cannot logically perform
the action described in the participial phrase,
the phrase is said to be
Dangle
is a sentence that is deficient
in one way or another. When we read it,
something sounds incomplete or wrong. We may
have difficulty understanding exactly what the
writer is trying to say or intend.
Faulty sentence
A sentence must have a subject and a verb and
be a complete thought. When a dependent
(subordinate) clause or a phrase is presented as
a sentence, it is called a
fragment
I sent Bobby to the store. Because we’d
run out of milk. Sentence or Modifiers?
Modifiers. I sent Bobby to the store, because we’d run out
of milk.
It came as a great relief to everyone. Sentence or modifiers?
Sentence
occurs when two or more
independent clauses are not joined correctly
Run-on sentence
is a group of words that can
stand alone as a sentence, as in, “the dog runs.”
Independent clause
consists of two independent
clauses, but both the comma and coordinating
conjunction are missing.
Fused sentence
consists of two or more
independent clauses that follow one another
and are incorrectly linked together only with a
comma (or commas). The coordinating
conjunction is missing.
Comma splice
How to fix run-on sentence in four ways
Use a period to create two sentences
Use a semicolon
Use a comma plus a coordinating conjunction
Use a subordinating conjunction
They are not only confusing to the reader but also
indicate that the writer cannot tell where one
sentence ends and another begins
Run-on sentence
She is a full-time student, she works forty hours a week.
Bob needs a new car, he can’t afford to buy one now.
Sue is a full-time student; and she works forty hours a
week.
or
Sue is a full-time student; in addition, she works forty
hours a week.
I have an electric clock that turns on my radio in
the mornings in fact it would start the coffee
percolator
I have an electric clock that turns on my
radio in the mornings. In fact, it would start the
coffee percolator.
I prefer your ideas; however, you may borrow
from the book if you have nothing to say.
I prefer your ideas; however, you may
borrow from the book if you have nothing to say.
One sees a few native Africans in NEUST but once
I knew a prince of Uganda who was studying
there.
One sees a few native Africans in NEUST,
but once, I knew a prince of Uganda who was
studying there.
It’s raining, we need to take an umbrella with us.
Correct: It’s raining. We need to take an umbrella with
us.
Correct: It’s raining, so we need to take an umbrella with
us.
Correct: Because it’s raining, we need to take an
umbrella with us.
Correct: It’s raining; therefore, we need to take an
umbrella with us
He told a joke to his friends that no one liked (misplaced modifier)
He told a joke that no one liked to his friends
