grammer Flashcards
Noun
- Used to name a person, place, thing, animals, abstract ideas.
verb
- Asserts somethings about the subject of the sentence and: expressions, actions, events, and state of being.
adjectives
- Modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, identifying, quantifying words
adverbs
- Can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or clause.
- Indicates manner, time, place, cause, degree
- Answers question of how, when where and how much.
adjective order
- Options, size, physical, quality, shape, age, colour, origin, nature, type, purpose
prepositions
- Links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentences
- Usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its objects to the rest of the sentence.
conjunctions
- Links words, phrases, and clauses
- Fanboys: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
pronouns
- Can replace a noun or another pronoun
articles
- Is used to introduce a noun
- Specific nouns use the, unspecific noun use a / an, general noun use no article/ plural noun
interjection
- Is word added to a sentence to convey emotions
- Not grammatically related to any other part of the sentences
two singular subjects connected by or, either/or, or neither/nor require a
singular verb
The verb in an or, either/or , or neither/nor sentence
agrees with the noun or pronoun closest to it
use a plural verb with two or more subjects
when they are connected by and.
Sometime the subject is separated from the verb by such word as along with, as well, as , besides , not.
These words and phrases are not part of the subject. Ignore them and use a singular verb when the subject is singular
Words that indicate: portions, percent, a lot, majority, some, all.
Rule 1 is reversed, and we are guided by the noun after of.