Grammar

Question 1

Verb

Answer 1

Expresses actions or states of being

Question 2

Simple Verb

Answer 2

A single verb in a sentance

John KICKED the soccer ball

Question 3

Compound Verb

Answer 3

contain auxillary (helping) and main verb parts - Together they form a tense other that the simple present or past tense

The library will lend books to new students.

Question 4

Action Verb

Answer 4

When its subject performs the action stated by the verb

I tasted the ice cream.

Question 5

Linking Verb

Answer 5

Connects its subject to its complement (the predicate adjective) by suggesting the subject’s state of being. (It does not denote an action but rather a condition of the subject)

The ice cream tastes delicious.

Question 6

Transitive Verb

Answer 6

Always followed by it’s direct object. They transfer their meaning onto their objects.

The baby dropped the cup.

Ask yourself WHAT? after the verb. If the noun answers the question then it’s a transitive verb.

Question 7

Intransitive Verb

Answer 7

Not followed by its object. It does not transfer meaning onto an object

the baby fell

The sentence is complete without adding anything more.

Question 8

Verb Tense - Basic Form

Answer 8

usually identical to the first person singular form of the simple present text

Walk, paint, think, grow ,sing, hurry

Question 9

Verb Tense - Infinitive

Answer 9

A compound verb made up of the preposition ‘to’ and the basic form of the verb

to walk, to paint, to think, to grow, to sing, to hurry

Question 10

Verb Tense - Present Participle

Answer 10

Add ‘ing’ to the basic form of the verb

walking, painting, thinking, growing, singing, hurrying

Question 11

Verb Tense - Past Participle

Answer 11

Regular verbs - Add -ed, -d, -t

walked, painted, thought, grew, sang, hurried

Irregular verbs -

grown, sung

Question 12

Noun

Answer 12

A word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or idea.

Question 13

Nouns - Plural

Answer 13

Change their form to indicate number by adding -s or -es

Nouns ending in y - Change the y to an i and add an -es

Question 14

Nouns - Possessive

Answer 14

In the possessive form, a noun or a pronoun changes its form to show possession or ownership of something else. add an -‘s

Brad’s book

Question 15

Nouns - Proper

Answer 15

You always write a proper noun with a capital letter since the noun represents the name of a specific person, place or thing

Names of the days of the week, months, historical documents, institutions, religions, etc. are proper nouns

Question 16

Nouns - Common

Answer 16

Refer to a general person, place or thing.

Use a capital only when they begin a sentence.

Proper noun = Ms. Hoskin
Common noun = teacher

Question 17

Nouns - Concrete

Answer 17

A noun which names anything (or anyone) that you can perceive through your physical senses: touch, sight, taste, hearing, smell

Question 18

Nouns - Abstract

Answer 18

A noun which names anything which you can not perceive through your five physical senses.

ex. honesty, afterthought, childhood, idea, success

Question 19

Nouns - Countable

Answer 19

A noun with both a singular and a plural form, and it names anything (or anyone) that you can count.

cat, pencil, dog, etc..

Question 20

Nouns - Mass

Answer 20

A noun which does not have a plural form, and which refers to something that you could or would not usually count.

furniture, oxygen, air, meat…

Question 21

Nouns - Collective

Answer 21

A noun naming a group of things, animals or persons.

flock, committee, class, herd, etc..

Question 22

Adjective

Answer 22

A word that modifies a noun or a pronoun

Tell which one, what kind, how many or how much about nouns and pronouns.

Question 23

Adverb

Answer 23

Modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Tell Where, When, How or to What extent.

Question 24

Predicate Adjectives

Answer 24

Follow a linking verb and they modify the subject.

If you can substitute the word is or was for the verb then it is a linking verb and the modifier is a predicate adjective

Kim looked calm

Kim is calm

calm = predicate adjective