Grammar Flashcards
Student’s:
Singular possessive
Students’:
Plural possessive
Who/whoever:
Substitute for he/she
Whom/whomever:
Substitute for him/her
Nominative case:
I, you, he, she, it, we they
Objective case:
Me, you, him, her, it, them
Adjective
______________
Present participle:
Past participle:
Participles end in -ing or -ed
The boiling water
The boiled water
Adverb:
Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb
Ex:
I ran [quickly].
I am [very] colorful.
Preposition:
Tells you where something is or when something happened
Ex: As, at, of, by, for, from, in, to
I left the class [at noon].
Interjection:
Yikes, whew
Lie:
Doesn't require object Lie- present Lay- past Lain- past participle Lying- present participle
Lay:
Requires object Lay- present Laid- past Laid- past participle Laying- present participle
Fewer:
Can be counted
Less:
Cannot be counted
Affect:
To influence or change
Ex: Sun affects plants.
Effect:
Result or outcome
Ex: The medication has side effects.
or
To bring about/accomplish
Ex: I was able to effect a change.
Besides:
Suggest exclusion
Beside:
Next to
Elude:
To get away from
Allude:
To make a reference
Quotes are used for:
Poems
Italics are used for:
Novels, films, and newspaper
Noun phrase:
A noun and it’s modifiers
Ex: Long black limosine
Gerund phrase:
Has an -ing word
Ex: [Eating] ice cream everyday is bad.
Propositional phrase as an adjective:
Answers which one?
Ex: on the bathroom floor
Propositional phrase as an adverb:
Answers how, when, where?
Ex: for the longest time
Compound sentence:
2 independent clauses with a conjugation between them (but, and, for, yet, so)
Complex sentence:
1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause
