Grammar Flashcards
What is a declarative sentence?
A declarative sentence makes a statement.
What is an interrogative sentence?
An interrogative sentence asks a question.
What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
What are the two parts of every sentence?
The two parts of every sentence are the subject and the predicate.
What is a subject?
The subject tells who or what the sentence is about.
What is a predicate?
The predicate tells what the subject is or does.
What is an imperative sentence?
An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request.
What is an exclamatory sentence?
An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling.
What is a verb phrase? Give examples.
A verb phrase is made up of a main verb and one or more helping verbs.
Ex. I have been walking for an hour.
I should have walked yesterday.
What is the best way to find the subject of a sentence?
Locate the verb, and then ask the question, “Who?” or “What?”
How do you find the subject in an interrogative sentence?
To find the subject in an interrogative sentence, turn the question into a statement.
Ex. What lesson did you study?
You did study what lesson.
How do you find the subject in an imperative sentence?
In sentences expressing a command or request, the subject is always you.
What is a verb?
A verb is a word that:
- does an action;
- shows a state of being;
- links two words together;
OR - helps another verb.
What verb shows being or existence?
The to be verb shows being or existence.
What is a noun?
A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a common noun? Give examples.
A common noun names a non-specific person, place, or thing. It is not capitalised.
Ex. girl, country, building
What is a proper noun? Give examples.
A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing. It is capitalised.
Ex. Elizabeth, Australia, Sydney Opera House
What is the simple subject?
The simple subject is the principal word the sentence is about.
Ex. The best class in school in grammar.
What is the complete subject?
The complete subject is the simple subject with all its modifiers.
Ex. The best class in school is grammar.
What is the simple predicate?
The simple predicate is the verb, including helping verbs.
Ex. John is learning Latin in school.
What is the complete predicate?
The complete predicate is the verb with all its modifiers.
Ex. John is learning Latin in school.
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is an adverb?
An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Give all forms of the to be verb.
am * is * are, was, were
be * being * been
Give the common helping (auxiliary) verbs.
am * is * are, was, were *
be * being * been * *
have, has, had *
do, does, did *
shall, will, should, would
may, might, must *
can, could, ought *
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun.
Give the subject personal pronouns in three persons.
I
you
he, she, it
we
you (all)
they
Give the object personal pronouns in three persons.
me
you
him, her, it
us
you (all)
them
Do you use an apostrophe with a possessive pronoun?
No.
What are the demonstrative pronouns?
The demonstrative pronouns point out a person or thing. The pronouns this and these point to something near and the pronouns that and those point to something far.
Define direct object. Give an example.
A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb.
Ex. The Magister teaches Latin.
What is the best way to find the direct object?
Say the simple subject and the simple predicate together, and then ask “Whom?” or “What?”
What is a paragraph?
A paragraph is a group of sentences that work together to tell about one subject.
