Friday Quiz 1 Flashcards
What is a personal subject pronoun?
A pronoun that performs an action in a sentence.
E.g. : He scared it.
What is a personal object pronoun?
A pronoun that has an action done to it.
E.g.: It scared him.
What is a possessive pronoun?
A pronoun that expresses owner ship
E.g.: That car is his
What is a determiner?
Words that describe nouns but don’t replace them
E.g. :That is his car
What are demonstrative pronouns?
A pronoun that points at something
E.g.: This, that, these, those
What is a demonstrative determiner?
A word that describes a noun but points at something
E.g.: This, that, these, those
What are interrogative pronouns?
Words that ask questions
E.g.: What, where, why, when, which, who, how
What are reflexive pronouns?
Pronouns that usually end in “self” or “selves”
E.g.: myself, ourselves
What are participle adjectives?
Adjectives that look like verbs but describe sustained actions
E.g. The falling leaf hit the ground.
What is an attributive adjective?
And adjective that comes before the noun
E.g. The rusty car.
What is a complementary adjective?
An adjective that comes after the noun.
E.g.: The car that was rusty
What is the definite article and why can it be important?
“The” can be used to imply importance.
E.g.: The Will Smith.
What is the indefinite article?
“A” or “As”
