Foundations Of Grammar

Question 1

Common nouns

Answer 1

Generic names for people places and things. Boy girl school bank dog

Question 2

Proper nouns

Answer 2

Name specific people places and things and all are capitalized. Los Angeles Earth MLK Jr

Question 3

General nouns

Answer 3

Names of conditions or ideas ex: beauty, peace

Question 4

Specific nouns

Answer 4

Name people places and things that are understood by using your senses. Baby, town, rainbow

Question 5

Collective nouns

Answer 5

Names for a group of people places or things that may act as a whole. Choir, class, company

Question 6

Pronouns

Answer 6

Words to stand in for nouns.

Question 7

Personal pronoun

Answer 7

I me my mine we us they you

Question 8

Intensive pronoun

Answer 8

I myself you yourself he himself we ourselves

Question 9

Relative pronouns

Answer 9

Which who whom whose

Question 10

Interrogative pronouns

Answer 10

What which who whom whose

Question 11

Transitive verb

Answer 11

The action indicates a receiver. He plays the piano

Question 12

Intransitive verbs

Answer 12

Do not indicate a receiver of an action. He plays

Question 13

Verb tense

Answer 13

Shows the different form of a verb to point to the time of an action.

Question 14

Present tense verb

Answer 14

Happens at current time. He walks

Question 15

Past tense verb

Answer 15

Happened in the past. He walkex

Question 16

Future tense verb

Answer 16

Going to happen later. I will walk

Question 17

Present perfect verb tenses

Answer 17

Started in the past and continues into the present or took place previously at an unspecified time. I have walked

Question 18

Past perfect verb tense

Answer 18

Second action happened in the past first action came before the second. Before I walked to the store I had walked to the library

Question 19

Future perfect verb tense

Answer 19

Action uses past and future. When she comes for supplies I will have walked to the store.

Question 20

Indicative mood

Answer 20

Used for facts opinions and questions. You can do this, I think that you can do this, do you know that you can do this

Question 21

Imperative mood

Answer 21

Used for orders or requests. You are going to do this will you do this for me

Question 22

Subjunctive mood

Answer 22

Wished and statements that go against fact. I wish that I were famous. If I were you I would do this

Question 23

Articles

Answer 23

Adjectives that are used to distinguish nouns as definite or indefinite.

Question 24

Definite nouns

Answer 24

Preceded by the article the and indicate a specific person place thing or idea. I lost the bottle that belongs to me

Question 25

Indefinite nouns

Answer 25

Preceded by a or an and do not indicate a specific person place thing or idea. Does anyone have a bottle to share

Question 26

Positive degree

Answer 26

Normal form of an adjective. This work is difficult

Question 27

Superlative degree

Answer 27

Compares more that two people or things. This is the most difficult work of my life.

Question 28

Conjunctions

Answer 28

Join words phrases or clauses and they show the connection between the joined pieces.

Question 29

Coordinating conjunctions

Answer 29

Connect equal parts of sentences. The rock was small but it was heavy

Question 30

Correlative conjunctions

Answer 30

Show the connection between pairs. Either you are coming or you are staying

Question 31

Subordinating conjunctions

Answer 31

Join subordinate clauses with independent clauses. I am hungry because i did not eat breakfast.

Question 32

Interjections

Answer 32

Words of exclamation. Wow hey ouch oh