grammar

Question 1

noun

Answer 1

a word or group of words that names a person, place, thing, or idea

Question 2

common noun

Answer 2

the general name of a person, place, or thing

eg nurse, hospital, syringe

Question 3

proper noun

Answer 3

official name of a person, place, or thing

eg Fred, Washing University

Question 4

abstract noun

Answer 4

the name of a quality or a general idea

eg persistence, democracy

Question 5

collective noun

Answer 5

represents a group of persons, animals, or things

eg family, flock, furniture

Question 6

pronoun

Answer 6

a word that takes the place of a noun, another pronoun, or a group of words acting as a noun.
eg We, you, them, (possessive) my, his, mine

Question 7

antecedent

Answer 7

word or words to which a pronoun refers

Question 8

adjective

Answer 8

modifies a noun or pronoun

Question 9

participle

Answer 9

verb form that functions as an adjective which usually ends in -ing or -ed
eg scowling, worried

Question 10

verb

Answer 10

used to express an action or a state of being

Question 11

linking verb

Answer 11

verbs that join the subject of the sentence to a noun, pronoun, or predicate adjective
eg am, was, been, smell, taste, appear, turn, remain

Question 12

adverb

Answer 12

modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

Question 13

preposition

Answer 13

a wrod that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence
eg in, above, by, opposite

Question 14

conjunction

Answer 14

word that joins words
(coordinating conjunctions) and, but, or, so, nor, for
(correlative conjunctions) neither/nor which work together
(subordinating conjunctions) while

Question 15

interjection

Answer 15

word that expresses emotion or exclamation

eg yikes, wow

Question 16

clause

Answer 16

group of words that has a subject and a predicate
(independent clause: expresses a complete thought and can stand alone)
(dependent clause) begins with a subordinating conjunction and cannot stand alone

Question 17

direct object

Answer 17

is the person or thing that is directly affected by the action of the verb

Question 18

indirect object

Answer 18

is the person or thing that is indirectly affected by the action of the verb

Question 19

predicate

Answer 19

the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or what is done to the subject. includes the verb and all the words that modify the verb

Question 20

predicate adjective

Answer 20

follows a linking verb and helps to explain the subject

Question 21

predicate nominative

Answer 21

a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and helps to explain or rename the subject