Grammer Final Study Guide

Question 1

person, place, or thing

Answer 1

noun

Question 2

a, an, the; points out the noun

Answer 2

determiner

Question 3

action word

Answer 3

verb

Question 4

modifies or changes the noun; words that are colors numbers or descriptions

Answer 4

adjective

Question 5

modifies verbs, adjectives and other, and answers how when and where: quickly, loudly, nearby. most of the time ends in ly

Answer 5

adverb

Question 6

main noun in the sentence, this is the noun that is doing the action, N1

Answer 6

simple subject

Question 7

verbs show action; trans=across=not across ;there is no noun after it.

Answer 7

intransitive verb

Question 8

the action moves from the verb to a second noun. The main noun N1 does the action and the second noun receives the action

Answer 8

transitive verb

Question 9

the second noun that receives the direct action of the transitive verb. labeled N2 on top and DO on the bottom

Answer 9

direct object

Question 10

shows postiton, first word in the phrase is this, labeled p

Answer 10

prepositional phrase

Question 11

helping verbs, used when a single verb does not convey enough meaning; may, must, should, could, would, shall

Answer 11

Auxiliary verbs

Question 12

connect two of the same thing; some are and, but, or; can combine two sentences

Answer 12

coordinating conjuctions

Question 13

contains all the necessary parts of a sentence and can stand alone

Answer 13

independent clause

Question 14

missing subject, verb or complete thought

Answer 14

dependent clause

Question 15

function in a sentence is describing; his, her, my, your, its, our, their

Answer 15

possessive pronouns

Question 16

look like verbs, but they function in a sentence as adjectives

Answer 16

participles

Question 17

ends in ing

Answer 17

present participles

Question 18

usually end in d or Ed some are formed irregularly

Answer 18

past participles

Question 19

labeled N3 on top and IO below. Indirect object receives the direct object

Answer 19

indirect object

Question 20

begins a dependent clause

Answer 20

subordinate conjunction

Question 21

it is not active ; describes and can be equaled to an equal sign

Answer 21

linking verb

Question 22

one independent clause

Answer 22

simple

Question 23

two independent clauses

Answer 23

compound

Question 24

one independent and one or more dependent clauses

Answer 24

complex

Question 25

two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

Answer 25

compound-complex

Question 26

words that are combined to form one word

Answer 26

contractions

Question 27

used as a noun=who or I

Answer 27

nominative

Question 28

used as and object=whom or me

Answer 28

objective