Grammar Flashcards
_____ are the subjects of our communications with others, and constitute the who, what, and where-
Nouns
What nouns represent person place idea or thing
concrete nouns
Nouns that represent an intangible ideas or concepts
abstract nouns
____ are general place holders that we use in place of common proper nouns
Pronouns
___ are actions taken by, or upon nouns
Verbs
a verb that happens to a noun is called
transitive verb
a verb that just happens is called
intransitive verb
___ are words that describe nouns
Adjectives
What are the two indefinite articles/adjective
a + an
What is the one definite article
the
___ are words that describe how verbs occur or in what way the actions happen
Adverbs
_____ explains the relationships between nouns in a sentence
Preposition
______ connect phrases together in a sentence and establish the relationship between them ( for and nor but or yet so)
Conjunctions
____ demonstrate emotional exclamation ( WOW! what? Gee! Oh no!)
Interjections
A ___’s subject contains the subject the noun is about
Sentence
A sentences ____ contains the verb the subject performs
Predicate
___ is the order in which its words are placed
Syntax
______ _______ is the simplest ____ a sentence can have- minimum punctuation and the subject before the predicate
Conventional Synatx
_____ occurs when the subject is positioned after the predicate
Inverted syntax
