Grammar

Question 1

What is a noun?

Answer 1

Names a person, place, thing, or idea.

Sarah, Regina, book, love.

Question 2

What is a pronoun?

Answer 2

A word that substitutes for or refers to a noun or another pronoun.
He, she, me, it.

Question 3

What is a verb?

Answer 3

A word that expresses action or state of being.

Run, hit, abusing.

Question 4

What is an adjective?

Answer 4

A word that describes, identifies, qualify or limit the meaning of nouns and pronouns.
Red, sneaky, mean.

Question 5

What is an adverb?

Answer 5

A word that describes, qualifies, or limits the meaning of verbs, adjectives, other adverbs or entire sentences or clauses.
Quickly, steadily, cruelly.

Question 6

What is a conjunction?

Answer 6

A word that connects words, phrases, and clauses.

And, but, for, nor.

Question 7

What are prepositions?

Answer 7

Words that tell the where, when, etc. They link and relate the object (noun) to the rest of the sentence.
In, above, at, with.

Question 8

What are interjections?

Answer 8

Words that express emotions or surprise.

Ouch! Wow!

Question 9

What are the 4 types of sentences?

Answer 9

Declarative
Interrogative
Exclamatory
Imperative

Question 10

What are the two parts of a sentence?

Answer 10

Subject

Predicate

Question 11

What is a Declarative sentence?

Answer 11

Makes a statement. Ends in a period.

I have three lemons.

Question 12

What is an interrogative sentence?

Answer 12

Asks a question. Ends in a question mark.

Who are you?

Question 13

What is an Exclamatory sentence?

Answer 13

Conveys strong emotion. Ends in an exclamation point.

I hate you!

Question 14

What is an Imperative sentence?

Answer 14

Gives an order or request. Ends in a period or exclamation point.
Go to your room!

Question 15

What is the subject?

Answer 15

Who or what the sentence is about.

Question 16

What is a predicate?

Answer 16

What the subject does/happens to/ said about the subject.

Question 17

Simple sentences

Answer 17

1 independent clause, 0 dependant clauses.
At least 1 subject and 1 predicate.
Can have compound subjects and predicates, and various phrases, but only one clause.

I sit.
Michael, the newly elected mayor, asked for a Big Mac.

Question 18

Compound sentence

Answer 18

At least 2 independent clauses and 0 dependent clauses.

I don’t want to go to Greece, but I want to go to Germany.

Question 19

Complex sentence

Answer 19

Has 1 independent clause and at least 1 dependent clause.

Because I’m not hungry, I won’t be eating supper.

Question 20

Compound-complex sentence

Answer 20

Contains at least 2 independent clauses and at least 1 dependent clause.

Although she worked hard to to be noticed, many people did not know who she was, and her friends did not even appreciate her work.

Question 21

Independent clause

Answer 21

A clause that can stand alone

Although that looks delicious, I AM TOO FULL TO EAT.

Question 22

Dependent clause

Answer 22

A clause that cannot stand alone.

ALTHOUGH THAT LOOKS DELICIOUS, I am too full to eat.