Grammar Flashcards
Card 1. What is a noun?
A noun is a word for a person, place, or thing.
Card 2. What is a pronoun? Give six examples.
A prounoun is a word that replaces a noun. EX: He, Him, She, Her, They, Them.
Card 3. What is a verb?
A verb is an action or being word.
Card 4. What is a subject?
A subject is who or what is acting or being in a sentence.
Card 5.
1. What does an adjective describe?
2. What does an adverb describe?
- An adjective describes a noun.
- An adverb describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Card 6. In addition to starting with a capital letter and ending with a punctuation, what three things must a proper sentence have?
In addition to starting with a capital letter and ending with a punctuation, a sentence needs three things: a subject, a verb, and a complete thought.
Card 7. Do you capitalize seasons?
No, you do not capitalize seasons.
Card 8. When do you capitalize north, south, east, and west?
You capitalize north, south, east, and west when indicating a region.
You do not when indicating a direction.
Card 9. When do you capitalize a family name, such as Mom, Dad, Aunt, or Grandmother?
You capitalize a family name when it does not come after a pronoun and could be replaced with the person’s name.
Card 10. What are the four sentence types?
The four sentence types are statement (declarative), question (interrogative), command (imperative), and exclamation (exclamatory).
Card 11. What is an independent clause? Give an example.
An independent clause can stand on its own as a sentence. EX: 1. The sun rises in the east. 2. I like to read.
Card 12. What is a dependent clause? Give an example.
A dependent clause contains a subject and verb but indicates more to come. It does not express a complete thought and cannot be a sentence on its own. EX: 1. When the sun rises 2. Because I like to read
What can a comma and a coordinating conjunction join together?
A comma and coordinating conjunction can join together two independent clauses.
Card 14.
1. What is the acronym for remembering coordinating conjunctions?
2. What are the seven coordinating conjunctions?
- The acronym for remembering coordinating conjunctions is FANBOYS.
- The seven coordinating conjunctions are FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, and SO.
Card 15. What is a simple sentence? Give an example.
A simple sentence is a sentence with one independent clause and no dependent clauses. EX: The birds sing.
Card 16. What is a compound sentence? Give an example.
A compound sentence is a sentence with two or more independent clauses. EX: The birds sing, so I open the window.
Card 17. What is a complex sentence? Give an example.
A complex sentence is a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. EX: When the birds sing, I open my window.
Card 18. What does a dependent clause often start with?
A dependent clause often starts with a subordinating conjunction.
Card 19. Sing ‘’The Subordinating Conjunction Song’’ to give examples of some subordinating conjunctions.
The Subordinating Conjunction Song
(To the tune of the ‘’Jingle Bells’’ chorus)
After, as
Before, if
Until, since, although
While, when, unless, until, so that,
Even though, because
Card 20. What are the four sentence structures?
The four sentence structures are simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex.
Card 21. What is a preposition?
A preposition links words in a sentence, usually by showing position in time or space. Words such as ABOVE, BELOW, AFTER, and DURING are prepositions.
Card 22. Sing “The Preposition Song” to give examples of some prepositions.
The Preposition Song
To the tune of the “ABC” song
Behind, beside, below, by-
Into, onto, over, like
Inside, outside, underneath-
Before, after, in between
Above, around, on, up, down-
During, within, to, in, out
Card 23. Do you use a comma when attaching a dependent clause to an independent clause?
Yes, use a comma when a dependent clause is BEFORE an independent clause.
No, do not use a comma when a dependent clause is AFTER an independent clause.
Card 24. When you add a subordinating conjunction to an independent clause, it turns the clause into a (blank) because it (blank).
When you add a subordinating conjunction to an independent clause, it turns the clause into a dependent clause because it indicates more to come and is no longer a complete sentence.
Card 25. What are two ways you can properly combine two independent clauses into one sentence?
- Add a comma and coordinating conjunction between the two clauses.
- Add only a semicolon between the two clauses. (Do not include a coordinating conjunction.
