Grammar Flashcards
basic grammar knowledge you should know
Words used to put sentences together
Conjunction
(and, so, but, yet)
Describes a noun
Adjective
(tall, furry, quiet)
Words you can use instead of a noun to identify something
Pronouns
(she/her, he/him, they/them)
Names a person, place or thing
Noun
Tells you where or when something is in relation to something else
Preposition
(under, next to, on, down)
Two words put together to make a new word and a new meaning
Compound Word
(cup + cake = cupcake)
Describes an action
Verb
(crying, jogging, cooking)
Describes an adjective or verb
Adverb
(loudly, closely, silently)
Phrases that do not mean exactly what they say
Idioms / Expressions
(it’s raining cats and dogs)
Combine a pronoun or noun and a verb, or a verb and “not”
Contraction
(I am = I’m, should not = shouldn’t)
Two words with an opposite meaning
Antonym(s)
(Hot - Cold, Day - Night)
A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language
Synonym
Marks the end of a declarative sentence
Period
.
Marks a pause between parts of a sentence or between elements in a list
Comma
,
Directs attention to what follows, as in explaining, listing, or quoting
Colon
:
Marks the end of a word or a sentence to indicate a query
Question Mark
?
Replaces words that were left out (or used to create a pause)
Ellipsis
…
Marks the end of a word or a sentence to express strong emotions or surprise
Exclamation Point
!
Shows posession and constructs a construction
Apostrophe
‘
Encloses a word, phrase, number, or expression
Parentheses
( )
Used to join independent related clauses
Semicolon
;
Used to identify a title, quoted passage, or a word or a phrased used as jargon
Quotation Marks
“ “
Used to join words and used to separate syllables of a single word
Hyphen -
Marks the start and the end of speech mentioned within a quoted speech
Single Quotation Marks
‘ ‘
