Grammer 😵💫 Flashcards
What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
What is a subject?
A subject tell whom or what the sentence is about.
What is a verb?
Verbs tell what the subject is or does.
What is a verb phrase?
Verb phrases are two or more verbs acting together as one verb. They are made from one main verb and one or more helping verbs.
Examples: will run, might have jumped, had painted
What is helping verbs?
Helping verbs help the main verb. They express certain tenses or conditions of main verbs, and they can’t stand on their own. If you have a helping verb, then you must also have a main verb.
What is a Declarative sentence?
They make statements. They end with periods.
Examples: We walk. Maria will skip. Children play.
What is Interrogative sentences?
They ask questions. They end with question marks.
Examples: Are you singing? Will you be dancing? Did he run?
What are nouns?
Nouns are words that name people, places, things, or ideas.
Examples: student, Joe Paris, pencil, freedom, classroom
What are pronouns?
Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns.
Examples: it, he, she, them, you, they, we
What are Imperative sentences?
They give commands. The subject of imperative sentences is you understood or (you)
Examples: Go. Stay. Sit.
What are adjectives?
They are words that describe (or modify) nouns or pronouns.
Examples: cute cat, yummy cookie, four dogs
Adjective questions
Which one? What kind? How many? Whose?
What are adverbs?
They are words that describe (or modify) verbs , adjectives, and other adverbs.
Examples: gracefully walking, extremely happy, very slowly
Adverb questions
How? When? Where? To what extent? Why?*
What are prepositions?
They are words that show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and another word or element in the rest of the sentence. They are ALWAYS in prepositional phrases.
What are prepositional phrases?
They will begin with a preposition and end with a noun or a pronoun. It will often include adjectives that modify the noun or pronoun.
What is a Intransitive Complete Verb?
*In is a Latin prefix that means not.
-incomplete = not complete
-intactive = not active
* Trans refers to wether the verb (trans)fers it’s action.
-It’s Latin for across.
*Intransitive complete verbs do not transfer their actions to anyone or anything.
*They are complete without having to transfer their action.
What is Transitive Active Verbs
*The verb transfers its action to something.
Example: Joe ran a marathon.
- Marathon is receiving the action of the verb.
- Lesson is receiving the action of the verb.
*The someone or something receiving the action of a transitive active verb is called the direct object.
- Marathon and lesson are direct objects.
What is a Direct Object Question
What\Whom did (the) subject: Verb:
