Grammar Flashcards
What is a common noun?
Names a general noun
School
What is a noun?
The name of a person, place, thing or idea
What is a proper noun?
Names a specific noun
Notre Dame Academy
What is a collective noun?
Names a group of people or things
Herd
What is a compound noun?
A noun consisting of more than a single word
Physical education
What is a pronoun?
A word used in the place of one or more nouns
What is the antecedent?
The noun(s) that the pronoun is referring to
Roberto feels that he can win the race.
Which is the pronoun, which is the antecedent?
Pronoun: he
Antecedent: Roberto
What is a personal pronoun? (What does it refer to?)
Refers to to people or things
What are the three types of personal pronouns?
First person: “I/my/mine”…………….”we/ours/us”
Second person: “you/yours”………..”you/yours”
Third person: “he/his/her/she/it”…..”they/their/them”
What is a reflexive/intensive pronoun?
Self/selves!
What are interrogative pronouns? (Examples)
Used to ask a question
Which Who Whose Whom What
What is a demonstrative pronoun? (Examples)
Used to point out something specific
This
That
These
Those
What do indefinite pronouns refer to?
The don’t refer to anything specific
e.g. Everybody will help with everything
What kinds of questions do adjectives answer?
Which kind
Which ones
How many
How much
Wendy payed fifty dollars for the jacket.
What is adjective?
Fifty
What are the three articles?
A, an, the
Give an example of a proper adjective…
Herculean strength or Italian bread
This is difficult.
This problem is difficult.
Which “this” is an adjective and which is a pronoun?
Pronoun, adjective
What are the three types of verbs?
Action, helping, linking
What does an action verb do?
Tells what action the subject is performing
What does a linking verb do?
Connects a subject to the noun or adjective
He=tired, he=fireman
What does the helping verb do?
Assists the main verb in the sentence
The members are going to the city tomorrow evening.
Which is the helping and main verb?
Are- helping
Going- main