GRAMMER Flashcards
clause
group of words that has a subject and a predicate.
noun
word / group of words that names a person, place, thing, idea.
common noun
general name of a person, place, thing
Proper Noun
official name of a person, place, thing
one example of proper noun
Parish
are proper nouns capitalized
yes
abstract noun
name of quality or general idea
collective noun
group of persons, animals, or things (e.g., family, flock, furniture).
personal pronoun
person, place, thing, first, second, third person
possesive pronoun
shows possesion ownership
example of possessive Pronoun
that is my book
adjective
modifies a nounpronoun.
answers questions such as “what kind?”, “ which one”
Participle
Participle usually ends in -ing / -ed
verb
verb what you do
adverb
modifies verb,adjective,or adverb
Preposition
Preposition shows relationship of a noun pronoun to some other word in sentence
clause
has a subject and a predicate
examples of conjunctions
and, but, or, so, yet
interjection
expresses emotion or exclamation
example of interjection
yikes
independent clause
expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence
dependent clase
does not express a complete thoughtand can’t stand `alone as a sentense
direct object
directly affeted by the action of verb
indirect object
person / thing indirectly affected by action of verb
predicate
tells what subject does/ has done
predicate adjective
helps explain the subject
example of predicate adjective
my professors are <b> wonderful</b>
compound sentence
two / more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (but, or, and)
