Grammar

Question 1

What is a pronoun?

Answer 1

Substitute for a noun like he, they, ours, and those

Question 2

What is an adverb?

Answer 2

Modifies a verb, adjective: slowly, well, busily.

Question 3

What is a conjunction?

Answer 3

Joins words, sentences, and phrases: and, but, or

Question 4

What is a preposition?

Answer 4

Shows positions in time or space: in, during, after, behind

Question 5

What is a phrase?

Answer 5

Any group of related words that has no subject or predicate (part of the sentence which talks about the subject and which has a verb) and that is used as a single part of speech.

Question 6

What is an antecedent?

Answer 6

The noun to which a pronoun refers.

Question 7

What is a subjective (nominative) pronoun & noun?

Answer 7

Acts as the subject of a sentence. It performs the action of the verb.

Question 8

What is a objective pronoun?

Answer 8

Acts as the object of a sentence. Receives the action of the verb.

Question 9

Nouns or pronouns connected by a form of the verb “to be” are always in what case?

Answer 9

Nominative.

Question 10

Examples of subjective pronouns are:

Answer 10

I, he, she, we, and they

Question 11

Examples of objective pronouns are:

Answer 11

me, him, her, us, and them.

Question 12

Examples of possessive pronouns are:

Answer 12

mine, his, hers, ours, and theirs

Question 13

Who and whoever are in what case?

Answer 13

Nominative.

Question 14

Whom and Whomever are in what case?

Answer 14

Objective.

Question 15

Where should adverbs, clauses, and phrases be near to prevent confusion?

Answer 15

The words they modify.

Question 16

Three types of conjunctions are:

Answer 16

Coordinate, subordinate, and correlative.

Question 17

What is a coordinate conjunction?

Answer 17

placed next to the words and ideas it connects: and and but

Question 18

What is a subordinate conjunction?

Answer 18

Connects a dependent idea in a sentence with the main thought. Used to indicate concession (although, even if, though), show cause (now that, because, as, since), to describe a condition (provided that, if only, except that, unless), to indicate purpose (in order to, so that), or to fix a time (as long as, ever since, until, after, when, now).

Question 19

What is a correlative conjunction:

Answer 19

Used in pairs and usually placed next to the words they connect. Neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also

Question 20

Worls like harldly, scarcely, barely, only and but are negative words. Do not do what with any of these words?

Answer 20

Use another negative combination. “I can’t hardly read the small print.”

Question 21

What are prepositions?

Answer 21

connecting words that show a noun or pronoun’s relationship to other words in the sentence.

Question 22

What is a prepositional phrase?

Answer 22

phrase acts as an adjective or adverb to locate something in time and space, to modify a noun, or to describe where or under what conditions something occurred. “about, above, across, after, against, along, off, on, on top, onto, out of”

Question 23

Should a verb agree in number with the subject?

Answer 23

Yes.

Question 24

What is the difference between all ready and already?

Answer 24

Already means prior to a specific or implied time while all ready means completely prepared.