Grammar

Question 1

Answer 1

Question 2

Card 1. What is a noun?

Answer 2

A noun is a word for a person, place, or thing.

Question 3

Card 2. What is a pronoun? Give six examples.

Answer 3

A prounoun is a word that replaces a noun. EX: He, Him, She, Her, They, Them.

Question 4

Card 3. What is a verb?

Answer 4

A verb is an action or being word.

Question 5

Card 4. What is a subject?

Answer 5

A subject is who or what is acting or being in a sentence.

Question 6

Card 5.
1. What does an adjective describe?
2. What does an adverb describe?

Answer 6

1. An adjective describes a noun.
2. An adverb describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Question 7

Card 6. In addition to starting with a capital letter and ending with a punctuation, what three things must a proper sentence have?

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

Card 7. Do you capitalize seasons?

Answer 8

No, you do not capitalize seasons.

Question 9

Card 8. When do you capitalize north, south, east, and west?

Answer 9

You capitalize north, south, east, and west when indicating a region.

You do not when indicating a direction.

Question 10

Card 9. When do you capitalize a family name, such as Mom, Dad, Aunt, or Grandmother?

Answer 10

You capitalize a family name when it does not come after a pronoun and could be replaced with the person’s name.

Question 11

Card 10. What are the four sentence types?

Answer 11

The four sentence types are statement (declarative), question (interrogative), command (imperative), and exclamation (exclamatory).

Question 12

Card 11. What is an independent clause? Give an example.

Answer 12

An independent clause can stand on its own as a sentence. EX: 1. The sun rises in the east. 2. I like to read.

Question 13

Card 12. What is a dependent clause? Give an example.

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What can a comma and a coordinating conjunction join together?

Answer 14

A comma and coordinating conjunction can join together two independent clauses.

Question 15

Card 14.
1. What is the acronym for remembering coordinating conjunctions?
2. What are the seven coordinating conjunctions?

Answer 15

1. The acronym for remembering coordinating conjunctions is FANBOYS.
2. The seven coordinating conjunctions are FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, and SO.

Question 16

Card 15. What is a simple sentence? Give an example.

Answer 16

A simple sentence is a sentence with one independent clause and no dependent clauses. EX: The birds sing.

Question 17

Card 16. What is a compound sentence? Give an example.

Answer 17

A compound sentence is a sentence with two or more independent clauses. EX: The birds sing, so I open the window.

Question 18

Card 17. What is a complex sentence? Give an example.

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

Card 18. What does a dependent clause often start with?

Answer 19

A dependent clause often starts with a subordinating conjunction.

Question 20

Card 19. Sing ‘’The Subordinating Conjunction Song’’ to give examples of some subordinating conjunctions.

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Card 20. What are the four sentence structures?

Answer 21

The four sentence structures are simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex.

Question 22

Card 21. What is a preposition?

Answer 22

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.

Question 23

Card 22. Sing “The Preposition Song” to give examples of some prepositions.

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Card 23. Do you use a comma when attaching a dependent clause to an independent clause?

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

Card 24. When you add a subordinating conjunction to an independent clause, it turns the clause into a (blank) because it (blank).

Answer 25

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.

Question 26

Card 25. What are two ways you can properly combine two independent clauses into one sentence?

Answer 26

1. Add a comma and coordinating conjunction between the two clauses.
2. Add only a semicolon between the two clauses. (Do not include a coordinating conjunction.