Grammar Definitions

Question 1

Definition of Antecedent

Answer 1

An antecedent is the noun or nouns that the pronoun stands for.

Question 2

Definition of Preposition

Answer 2

A preposition is a word used to show the relationship between nouns.

Question 3

Definition of Action verb

Answer 3

An action verb is a word that expresses a mental or physical action.

Question 4

Definition of Adverb

Answer 4

Adverbs are words that can modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Question 5

Definition of Adjective

Answer 5

Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns.

Question 6

Definition of Noun

Answer 6

A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

Question 7

Definition of Pronoun

Answer 7

A word that takes the place of one or more nouns. A pronoun can do anything a noun can do.

Question 8

Definition of Subject

Answer 8

The subject is the noun or pronoun that is doing the action of the verb.

Question 9

The subject of an action verb is……..

Answer 9

doing something

Question 10

The subject of a linking verb is…….

Answer 10

being something

Question 11

Definition of Linking verb

Answer 11

A linking verb is a word that links its subject with a noun (or pronoun) or an adjective in the predicate.

Question 12

Definition of Predicate

Answer 12

The predicate is everything except the subject and its modifiers.

Question 13

Definition of Helping Verb

Answer 13

A word(or words) which come before an action or linking verb and helps form different tenses.

Question 14

Definition of Conjunction

Answer 14

A word (or words) that joins grammatical equals.

Question 15

Definition of Participle phrase

Answer 15

A participle phrase is a group of words beginning with a participle which acts as an adjective.

Question 16

Definition of Participle

Answer 16

A participle is a verb form that acts like an adjective.

Question 17

Definition of Gerund

Answer 17

A Gerund is a verb ending in “ing” which is used as a noun. A Gerund can do any job a noun can do.

Question 18

Definition of Infinitive

Answer 18

An infinitive is a verb form, almost always preceded by “to,” which is used as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

Question 19

Definition of Appositive

Answer 19

An appositive is a noun or pronoun which usually follows another noun or pronoun and restates it to help identify or explain it.

Question 20

Definition of Clause

Answer 20

A clause is a group of words that contains a verb and its subject and is used as part of a sentence.

Question 21

Definition of independent clause

Answer 21

A clause that expresses a complete thought, or a sentence.

Question 22

Definition of dependent clause

Answer 22

A clause that does not express a complete thought, or a subordinating clause.

Question 23

Definition of Adjective clause

Answer 23

A clause that modifies a noun or pronoun.

Question 24

Definition of Adverb clause

Answer 24

A clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Question 25

Definition of Noun clause

Answer 25

A dependent clause which is used as a noun in the sentence.