Grammar

Question 0

Proper nouns

Answer 0

Name particular persons, places, etc., and are capitalized

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

It names a person, place, thing, or idea

Question 2

Pronoun

Answer 2

It takes the place of a noun

Question 3

Antecedent

Answer 3

Is the noun that a pronoun stands for

Question 4

Verb

Answer 4

It expresses action (action verb) or links the subject to another word in the sentence (linking verb).

Question 5

Adjective

Answer 5

It modifies a noun or a pronoun

Question 6

Adverb

Answer 6

It modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

Question 7

Adverbs tell:

Answer 7

How, to what extent, when, or where

Question 8

Preposition

Answer 8

It relates a noun or pronoun (its object) to some other part of the sentence. (anything a plane can do to a cloud)

Question 9

What makes up a prepositional phrase?

Answer 9

The preposition, it’s object, and any modifiers

Question 10

Conjunction

Answer 10

It connects words or word groups

Question 11

Coordinating conjunctions

Answer 11

Join words, phrases, and clauses. they are used after a comma when joining two independent clauses. [And, but, or, nor, for, yet, so]

Question 12

Interjection

Answer 12

It shows sudden, usually strong, feeling

Question 13

Subordinating Conjunctions

Answer 13

Are words that make a clause subordinate (dependent).

[because, since, while, so that, as though, just as, when]

Question 14

Adverbial conjunctions

Answer 14

Work a lot like coordinating conjunctions but generally are more formal. [however, moreover, therefore, nevertheless, notwithstanding]

Question 15

Subject

Answer 15

Who or what the sentence is about

Ex: (Jim) is nice.

Question 16

Predicate

Answer 16

Tells what the subject does (verb)

Ex: Jim (ran) track.

Question 17

Linking verbs

Answer 17

Links a subject of the sentence to a word in the predicate. Linking verbs don't show actions. 
Ex: Jim (was) class president.

Question 18

Predicate nominatives

Answer 18

Word in the predicate that renames the subject

Ex: Miss Levin is a (teacher).

Question 19

Predicate adjectives

Answer 19

Word in the predicate that describes the subject

Ex: Miss Levin is (sad).

Question 20

Action verbs

Answer 20

Verbs that show an action. May take direct and indirect objects. Not every action verb has a direct or indirect object.
Ex: Miss Levin (drove) to school. (No object)
Ex: Miss Levin (wrote) a letter. (Letter is the direct object)

Question 21

Direct object

Answer 21

Receives the action of a verb

Ex: Jim hit (Charlie).

Question 22

Indirect object

Answer 22

To whom or for whom the action is intended. Indirect objects NEVER have “to” or “for” in front of them because then they would be of the preposition. They always appear in front of the direct object.
Ex: Meteorologists give (hurricanes names). (Names=DO/hurricanes=IO)

Question 23

Run-on sentence

Answer 23

Is two or more sentences written incorrectly as one. Corrected by using a period, a semicolon, or a conjunction.
Ex of run-on sentences:
- when two sentences are strung together without punctuation.
- when a comma is used instead of a period.

Question 24

Sentence fragment

Answer 24

Is a group if words that are only a part, or a fragment, of a sentence. Doesn’t express a complete thought.