GRAMMER AND VOCAB EXAM REVIEW Flashcards
Define a noun
A word that names a person, place, object, idea, or quality
What kind of noun names a particular person, place, object, idea
Proper
Which kind of nouns name any person, place, object, idea
Common
Which Class of nouns name a quality condition or idea
Abstract
Which class of nouns name a group of persons, places, objects, ideas gathered in a unit
collective
Which class of nouns is made up of two or more works
compound
Name the four genders of a noun/pronoun
Masculine, Feminine, Neuter, Common
Masculine Noun
A noun that is male
Feminine noun
a noun that is female
Neuter noun
A noun that doesn’t have a gender
Common Noun
A noun that can be either male or female
Name the uses and cases of a noun
Objective Case: Indirect Object, Direct Object, Object of preposition
Nominative Case: Subject, Predicate Noun, Noun of Direct adress
Both: Noun in Apposition (case is determined by the noun it follows)
Possessive: Adjective
Define a sentence
A group of words that contain a subject, predicate, and a complete thought. It usually ends with either a period, question mark or exclamation point.
Simple Sentence
Made up of one independent clause
Compound sentence
Made up of two or more independent clauses combined by a conjunction
A _____ is one verb that contains one or more helping verbs and one main verb.
Verb Phrase
A ____ is a word that expresses an action or state of being
verb
A _____ is a verb that expresses a state of being. It connects or links the subject to a word that indentifies or describes the subject.
Linking verb
What are the types of sentences
declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory
declarative sentence
sentence that makes a statement and ends with a period
interrogative sentence
sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark
imperative sentence
sentence that gives a command or makes a request. It is often used for directions
exclamatory sentence
sentence that shows excitement or expresses a strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point
A _____ is a verb that expresses either physical or mental activity
action verb
A ______ (auxiliary verb) helps the main verb express an action or a state of being
helping verb
What are the 4 types of subjects
Simple, Complete, Compound, Understood
identifies the person, place, object, or idea that is being spoken about in the rest of the sentence.
subject
The _____ of the sentence is the part that says something about the subject
predicate
What are the three types of predicates
Simple, Complete, Compound
Verbs to be (linking verbs)
am, are, is, was, were, been, being, verb to seem
Double Agents (VERBS)
appear, become, fell, grow, smell, taste, turn, look remain, sound, stay
Forms of BE (HELPING VERBS)
am, are, is, was, were, been, being
Forms of DO (HELPING VERBS)
do, does, did
Forms of HAVE (HELPING VERBS)
have, has, had
Other forms (HELPING VERBS)
can, could, may, might, must, will, would, shall, should
A _____ is a connecting word that shows the relationship between its object and another word in the sentence
Preposition
What are the three types of prepositions
Simple, Compound, Phrasal
What are the two types of prepositional phrases
Adjectival and Adverbial
Adverbial phrases
modify adjectives, adverbs, or verbs AND they ask when, where, how, why, to what extent, and under what conditions
Adjectival phrases
they ask which one, what kind, whose, and how many AND they modify nouns
Part of speech of a preposition
Preposition
Object of preposition
What the preposition points to in the phrase
The part of speech of a pronoun is
Pronoun
What are the THREE kinds of prepositions that we’ve covered
Interrogative, Demonstrative, Personal
What are the three types of Point of Views (Persons) a pronoun has
1st, 2nd, 3rd
What are the genders of a pronoun
Feminine, Masculine, Neuter, Common
What are the numbers of a pronoun
Singular, and plural
what are the uses and cases of a pronoun
Objective Case: Indirect Object, Direct Object, Object of preposition, Pronoun in Apposition (case is determined by the noun/pronoun it follows)
Nominative Case: Subject, Predicate Noun, pronoun of Direct address, pronoun in Apposition (case is determined by the noun/pronoun it follows)
Possessive: Adjective
______ pronouns take the place of known people, place, objects, or ideas
Personal Pronouns
_____ pronouns are used to designate or to point out some definite person, place, object and ma be used to avoid repetition of a noun
Demonstrative Pronouns
THE GENDER OF A DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN IS DETERMINED BY ITS ANTICEDENT
ALL ARE 3RD PERSON
List all the Personal Pronouns
Nominative Case : (S, PN, PDA, ProApp)
Person Singular Plural
1st I we
2nd you you
3rd he, she, it they
Objective Case (DO, IO, OP, ProApp)
Person Singular Plural
1st me us
2nd you you
3rd him, her, it them
Possessive Case (Adj, S, PN)
Person Singular Plural
1st my, mine our, ours
2nd your, yours your, yours
3rd his, her, hers, its their, theirs
List all Demonstrative Pronouns
Nominative Case (S, PN)
Person Singular Plural
3rd this, that these, those
Objective Case (DO, IO, OP)
Person Singular Plural
3rd this, that these, those
Possessive Case (No uses)
WHEN PARSIN A DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN USED AS AN ADJECTIVE, GIVE IT THE GENDER AND CASE OF THE WORD IT MODIFIES
____________ Pronouns appear in place of unnamed people, place, or objects and are used IN ASKING QUESTIONS. They are used as nouns or adjectives
Interrogative Pronouns
THE NUMBER AND GENDER ARE DETERMINED BY ITS ANTICEDENT
ALL ARE 3RD PERSON
List all interrogative pronouns
Nominative Case (S, PN)
Person Singular Plural
3rd who, which, what who, which, what
Objective Case (DO, IO, OP)
Person Singular Plural
3rd whom, which, what whom, which, what
Possessive Case (S, PN, ADJ)
Person Singular Plural
3rd whose whose
WHEN PARSING AN INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN USED AS AN ADJECTIVE. GIVE IT THE GENDER AND CASE OF THE WORD IT MODIFIES
