Grammar

Question 0

State-of-being Verbs

Answer 0

Words that establish fact or condition

Is, were, am, are, was, etc

Question 1

Action Verb

Answer 1

Words that show action

Grow, hide, play, surf, etc

Question 2

Three types of verbs

Answer 2

Action verbs

State-of-being verbs

Helping verbs

Question 3

Verb Phrase

Answer 3

When a state-of-being verb is combined with an action verb.

Question 4

What is a phrase?

Answer 4

Two or more words serving as one part of a speech.

Question 5

Describe a verb phrase

Answer 5

Ex.

“We are running a race.”

The verb phrase is “are running.”

State of being verb = are
Action been = running

Question 6

Helping verbs

Answer 6

Helping verbs work with the main verb or verb phrase to tell about the action.
A verb cannot be a helping verb unless there is another verb to help.

Question 7

23 helping verbs

Answer 7

Can, could
Have, has had
Am, are
Do, does, did
Be, being, been
Shall, should
Will, would, was, were
Is
May, might, must

Question 8

Easiest way of identifying the subject in a sentence

Answer 8

Find the verb

Question 9

Noun

Answer 9

Person, place, or thing

Question 10

Pronoun

Answer 10

Takes the place of the noun

Question 11

Subject in a sentence

Answer 11

Usually comes before the verb and answers the question:

“Who or what does this action?”

Question 16

Complete Predicate

Answer 16

A sentence is predicated or based on the verb. For this reason we call the verb and usually all other words following the verb the complete predicate.

“The airplane TURNED SLOWLY ON THE RUNWAY.”

Question 17

The Simple Predicate

Answer 17

The most important word or phrase in the complete predicate is the verb or verb phrase. The verb or verb phrase of the sentence is referred to as the simple predicate.

“The infantry MOVES by its legs.”

Question 18

The Complete Subject

Answer 18

The complete subject is usually all the words that come before the simple predicate (verb) in the sentence.

“A STORN WITH SNOW AND RAIN arrived before dark.”

Question 19

The Simple Subject

Answer 19

The simple subject is the noun or pronoun subject of the simple predicate in the sentence. In finding the simple subject one must first find the verb of the sentence and ask who or what accomplishes the action or condition of the verb. The answer to this question would be the simple subject.

“The third PLANET from the sun is the Earth.”

Question 20

The Complete Predicate when it begins with an adverb or adverbial phrase

Answer 20

Often an adverb or adverbial phrase begins a sentence, and the usual sentence pattern changes. An adverb or adverbial phrase usually modifies a verb and is, therefore, part of the complete predicate. Remember that an adverb tells when, where, why, and how an action takes place.

“BY THREE O’CLOCK, the mail WILL BE DELIVERED.”

Question 21

The Clause

Answer 21

A clause is a group of words with a simple subject and a simple predicate. A clause may or may not be a sentence.

1) “While I work at my desk…”
2) “I am working at my desk…”

Question 22

Independent vs Dependent Clauses

Answer 22

When a clause stands alone as a complete thought, the clause is an independent clause. When a clause cannot stand alone as a complete thought, the clause is a dependent clause.

1) “The spring flowers are beginning to grow…”
This clause stands alone and is an independent clause.

2) “when the sun came up…”
This clause cannot stand alone and is a dependent clause.

Question 23

The simple sentence versus the sentence fragment

Answer 23

An independent clause standing by itself as a sentence is referred to as a simple sentence. A dependent clause or phrase standing by itself is referred to as a sentence fragment-just a part of the sentence.

Question 24

The Complex Sentence

Answer 24

When an independent clause and a dependent clause are joined together they form a complex sentence

Question 25

The Adjective Clause

Answer 25

An adjective phrase or an adjective clause usually follows the noun or pronoun it modifies. Common words beginning adjective clauses are: which, that, who, whom, whose.

“The student WHO WON THE AWARD is in the eleventh grade.”

Question 26

Compound Verb

Answer 26

When more than one verb is used in a sentence

We entered the plane, took our seats, and enjoyed the flight

Question 27

Conjunction

Answer 27

A common part of speech used to combine two or more verbs in a sentence

(And, but)

Question 28

Compound Subject

Answer 28

Two or more separate subjects

“Boys and girls will be at the party”

Question 29

Adjective

Answer 29

Words that describe and modify nouns and pronouns. One word adjectives usually come right before the word they modify and answer the questions: which one? Or how many?

Question 30

Difference between adjective and adverb

Answer 30

Adjectives tell us about a person or a thing.

Adverbs tell us in what way someone does something.

Question 31

The 5 uses of adverbs

Answer 31

1. To modify verbs
   The handball team played BADLY last Saturday.
2. To modify adjectives
   It was an EXTREMELY bad match.
3. To modify adverbs
   The handball team played EXTREMELY badly last Wednesday.
4. To modify quantities
   There are QUITE a lot of people here.
5. To modify sentences
   UNFORTUNATELY, the flight to Dallas had been cancelled.

Question 32

The 5 types of adverbs

Answer 32

1. Adverbs of manner
   Quickly; kindly
2. Adverbs of degree
   Very; rather
3. Adverbs of frequency
   Often; sometimes
4. Adverbs of time
   Now; today
5. Adverbs of place
   Here; nowhere

Question 33

What is the correct adjective order?

Answer 33

Opinion or observation
Size
Age
Shape
Color
Nationality
Material
Purpose or Qualifier
Noun

An expensive small German racing car.
A pretty antique gold mirror.
Some tiny round yellow flowers.
Long blonde hair.
A medium square checker board.
A little blue cardboard doll house.
A strong young American baseball player.
Some tasty Italian food.
A noisy 4-year-old white Siamese cat.

Question 34

3 Most common forms of linking verbs

Answer 34

1) Forms of “to be”
Am, is, are, was, were, will be, etc

2) sensory verbs:
Look, sound, taste, smell, feel

3) words that express shades of meaning in reference to state-of-being verbs
Appear, seem, grow, remain, stay

Question 35

The 3 possible comet ions for a linking verb

Answer 35

1) Adjective, or descriptive word
2) Noun
3) Pronoun

Question 36

Subject pronouns
(Subject case)

Answer 36

I, you, he, she, it, we, they, who, whoever

Question 37

Object Pronouns 
(Object case)

Answer 37

Me, him, her, us, them, whom, whoever

Question 38

What two questions do we need to ask when identifying the verb?

Answer 38

1. What is happening?

2. What is?

Question 39

What is an infinitive?

Answer 39

An infinitive is “to + a verb”

To dance
To hear
To sing
To laugh