Grade 10 english grammer test Flashcards
What is a noun
a person, place or thing
What is a concrete noun
an object that can be recognized by any of the senses
What is an abstract noun
names an idea, a quality, or a characteristic. Example love.
What is a proper noun
names a particular person, place, thing, or idea
What is a collective noun
names a group and can be regarded as either singular or plural.
Adjective
modifies a noun to describe it
What is a proper adjective
from a specific person, place, or thing’s name : Canadian
What is a noun as an adjective
a noun that modifies another noun : Train Station
What is a possessive noun
a noun that shows possession : Terri’s Books
What is an interrogative adjective
asks a question : Whose? Which?
What is a demonstrative adjective
This, That, These?
What is a Transitive verb?
A sentence with an object. Example (She borrowed a book from the library)
What is an intransitive verb?
A sentence with no object. Example (The storm raged through the night)
What is an adverb
modifies a verb, adjective or adverb to make it more specific : I slowly opened the door. The very big door.
What is a preposition
a word that shows the relationship of a noun to another word : Behind, Under, Beside, For.
What is a declarative sentence?
It’s a statement. It usually ends with a period.
What is an imperative sentence?
It’s a command or request. The subject “you” is understood. An imperative sentence usually ends with a period.
What is an exclamatory sentence?
expresses strong emotion. It ends with an exclamation point.
What is an interrogative sentence?
Asking a question. It ends with a question mark.
What is a sentence fragment:
an incomplete sentence punctuated as if it was complete : Hal drove the car last week. Says it was fast.
What is a run-on sentence
a sentence that has two or more complete sentences shown as one sentence
What is active tense
An active tense is when the subject is shown first
what is Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement is the grammatical rule that the subject and verb in a sentence must match in number (singular or plural).
The cats play with the ball.
The cat plays with the ball.
when do you use a colon
used to induce a list
When do you capitalize something?
-Beginning of a sentence
-Writing names
-Places/ countries
-Pronoun (I)
-Months, days, Holidays
-Titles (books,movies, Tv shows)
What is a passive tense
When the object comes first in the sentence
what are the prepositions
against, behind, for, of, over, to, and with, on, at, by, from, since
