Grammar

Question 1

Descriptive Grammar

Answer 1

Describes a language the way people use it without judging for correctness

Question 2

Prescriptive Grammar

Answer 2

Concerned with correct usage

Question 3

Gerund

Answer 3

Verb with -ing attached to it that functions as a noun

i.e. I love RUNNING

Question 4

Antecedent

Answer 4

The person or thing that defines a pronoun in a sentence

i.e. Joe works in the post office and he likes it

Question 5

Interrogative Pronouns

Answer 5

Who, Whose, Whom, What, Which

Question 6

Demonstrative Pronouns

Answer 6

That, This, These, Those

Question 7

Indefinite Pronouns

Answer 7

Everyone, Everybody, No one, Nobody

Question 8

Transitive Verb

Answer 8

Require an object

i.e. Chris writes books

Question 9

Intransitive Verb

Answer 9

Verbs that do not need objects

i.e. Chris is sleeping

Question 10

Adverbs

Answer 10

Answer how (sloppily), where (here, there), to what degree (very, hardly), and when (now, later, yesterday)

Question 11

Coordinating Conjunctions

Answer 11

and, but, nor, for, or

Question 12

Correlating Conjunctions

Answer 12

either/or, both/and, neither/nor

Question 13

Subordinating Conjunctions

Answer 13

when, since, because

Question 14

Appositive Phrases

Answer 14

Are offset with commas, further describing nouns

i.e. Mr. Dobbs, our teacher, is here.

Question 15

Simple Sentences

Answer 15

Straightforward sentences

Question 16

Compound Sentences

Answer 16

One sentence contains a subject and verb, and the second sentence contains another subject and verb.

Question 17

Complex Sentences

Answer 17

If the sentence has an independent clause and a dependent clause, it is complex.

Question 18

Compound-Complex Sentence

Answer 18

If the sentence has two independent clauses and a dependent clause, it is compound and it is complex.

Question 19

Determiner

Answer 19

Term for an element preceding a noun in a noun phrase.

i.e. the, that, two, a, many, all