Grammar Flashcards
What is a clause
A group of words that are related and contain both a subject and a verb
Direct object
The noun or pronoun that receives that action of the verb and answers the question whom or what
Phrase
A group of words that are related but do not contains verb and a subject together
First person
Singular: Mine, my
Plural; our, ours
Second person
Singular: your, yours
Plural: your, yours
Third person
Singular: her, hers, his, its
Plural: their, theirs
Pronoun-antecedent agreement
The pronoun and the antecedent must both be either singular or plural
ex. Mom wished she could bake a pie.
Ex the girls were presented with their varsity letter
Subject-verb agreement
The subject and the verb should both be either Singular or plural
Ex. he chooses not to eat.
They choose not to eat.
First-person point of view
The narrator is a character within the story. Uses pronouns I, my, we and our
Ex I appreciate the opportunity I have had to visit the campuses of many fine universities.
Third-person point of view
The most formal writing style. Narrator will reference the thoughts or actions of other characters.
Ex sherry appreciates the opportunity to have toured many campuses.
People sometimes fail to realize the significance of obtaining a drivers license.
Second-person point of view
Refers to the reader using the pronoun you.
Ex you have failed to realize the significance of obtaining a drivers License
Coordinating conjunctions
Are words that join two or more words phrases or clauses such as for, and, nor, but, for, yet, or so
Subordinating conjunction
A word that joins two or more clauses and makes the clause that contains it dependent on another clause; therefore, the clause that contains the subordinating conjunction is of less important examples are because, although, as, as if, When and While.
Nominalization
The making of a noun from a verb, adverb, or adjective
Etymology
The history of the given word or its origin
A root word
A word in its simplest form, before any affixes are attached
A simple sentence
Is a sentence that contains only one clause that has a complete meaning
A simple sentence cannot contain a dependent
clause it only needs a subject and a verb to be complete
Independent clause
Is a clause that has a complete meaning
A dependent clause
Is a clause that is me dependent or incomplete because of the addition of a subordinating conjunction.
A complex sentence
Contains one or more dependent clauses
A compound sentence
Differs from a simple sentence because it contains two or more independent clauses joined together with a Coordinating conjunction or semicolon
Capitalization rules
Locations, historical events, historical documents, special events, holidays, referring to deities, first word of a complete quotation, etc
Due to his mercurial temperament, justin did not work well with others
What is the simple predicate of this sentence
The simple predicate is the verb in the sentence
Did work (the main and helping verb)
Imperative
Gives a command or makes a request
Third person point of view
Third person pronouns include it, he, she, and they
How to spell Finaly Finally Finely Final
Finally
Declarative sentence
Makes a declaration or statement
Either is always ____ and takes a ____ verb
Singular; singular
A simple sentence
It will never have two separate subject and predicate combinations
Ante- means?
Before
