Grammar

Question 1

noun

Answer 1

person, place, thing or idea (can be the subject or object of the sentence)

Question 2

count vs. mass

Answer 2

countable: countable (rings, girls) vs. mass: not countable (milk, sand)

Question 3

concrete vs. abstract

Answer 3

concrete: tangible vs abstract: intangible

Question 4

proper vs. common

Answer 4

proper noun: name vs common noun: categories

Question 5

gerund

Answer 5

noun derived from a verb that tends to end in –ing (must be the subject of a sentence)

Question 6

verb

Answer 6

action or state of being (doable)

Question 7

transitive verb

Answer 7

accompanies a direct object

Question 8

intransitive verb

Answer 8

doesn’t require a direct object

Question 9

ditransitive verb

Answer 9

accompanies a direct and indirect object

Question 10

auxiliary verb

Answer 10

verbs used with a main verb to carry grammatical information (only three examples – to have, to do, to be)

Question 11

modal verb

Answer 11

fixed forms that don’t change (eight main examples: can, could, should, will, would, might, must & may)

Question 12

participle

Answer 12

piece of a verb

Question 13

present participle

Answer 13

ends in -ing; usually accompanied by an auxiliary verb

Question 14

adjective

Answer 14

modifies or describes a noun (ex: green, round, wet, pretty)

Question 15

pronoun

Answer 15

replaces a noun

Question 16

object

Answer 16

recipient of an action

Question 17

demonstrative pronoun or determiner

Answer 17

this / that (can act as a determiner or replace the noun)

Question 18

adverb

Answer 18

modifies or describes a verb or adjective

Question 19

conjunction

Answer 19

connects sentence parts

Question 20

coordinating conjunction

Answer 20

(FANBOYS) for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and & so

Question 21

subordinating conjunction

Answer 21

connects a dependent clause to an independent clause (ex: while, unless, although, since, because)

Question 22

interjection

Answer 22

hey! , no!, Oh!

Question 23

preposition

Answer 23

small word that expresses spatial or temporal relationships (of, for, with, around, to etc)

Question 24

definite article

Answer 24

the

Question 25

indefinite article

Answer 25

a/ an

Question 26

infinitive

Answer 26

a verb that is conjugated; usually begins in “to”

Question 27

imperative

Answer 27

command without a subject

Question 28

(simple) past

Answer 28

a verb conjugated into the past tense

Question 29

present progressive

Answer 29

auxiliary verb in the present tense with a present participle (ex: I am running)

Question 30

past progressive

Answer 30

auxiliary verb in the past tense with a present participle (ex: I was running)

Question 31

present perfect

Answer 31

auxiliary verb in the present tense with a past participle (ex: I have been to Japan several times)

Question 32

past perfect

Answer 32

auxiliary verb in past tense with a past participle (ex: I had been to Japan before I met Sally)

Question 33

conditional

Answer 33

indicates an action that is not fully realized

Question 34

future

Answer 34

involves will (a modal verb)

Question 35

future construction

Answer 35

present participle followed by an infinitive (ex: I am going to go.)