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Grammer Test 1 Flashcards

1
Q

A verb is a word that ______ ______, _____ another to the subject, _______ another verb, or merely ____ ____.

A

Shows action, links/ helps/ indicates existence

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2
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The action of a verb may be ____ or ____

A

Physical mental

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3
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Sometimes the verb is a single word, other times it is made up of two or more words called what?

A

Verb phrase

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4
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A verb phrase consists of what?

A

A main verb plus one or more helping verbs

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5
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A verb must be distinguished from what?

A

A verbal

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6
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Verbs may be called ____, ____, ____, or ______ according to their use in a sentence

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Transitive
Intransitive
Linking (copulative)
Helping (auxiliary)

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7
Q

Which verb requires a receiver of its action in order to express a complete

A

Transitive

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8
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Which verb does not require a receiver to express a complete thought?

A

Intransitive

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9
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Which verb links a word in the predicate to the subject

A

Linking

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10
Q

What verb helps the main verb to make a statement

A

Helping

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11
Q

A noun names what

A

Person
Place
Thing
Idea

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12
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What type of noun names a person, place, thing, or idea, but does not say with particular one?

A

Common

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13
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What noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea, and always begins with a capital letter?

A

Proper

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14
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What noun names whatever exists as a physical or material substance?

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Concrete

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15
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What noun names a quality, state, activity, or general idea?

A

Abstract

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16
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What noun is two or more words used as a single noun?

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Compound

17
Q

What is another term that refers to any word, phrase, or clause that functions as a noun equivalent?

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Substantive

18
Q

What is a substantive that follows another substantive to explain or identify it

A

Appositive

19
Q

T/F: An appositive may be compound

A

True

20
Q

What is an appositive phrase

A

An appositive and all its modifiers

21
Q

Nonessential appositives an appositive phrases are set off by what

A

Commas

22
Q

What word takes the place of a noun

A

Pronoun

23
Q

What is the word for which the pronouns stands?

A

Antecedent

24
Q

What are the 7 different types of pronouns

A 
Personal 
Reflexive 
Intensive
Interrogative
Demonstrative
Relative
25
Q

Which pronouns show by their form whether reference is made to the speaker, to the person spoken about

A

Personal

26
Q

What are personal pronouns which add the suffix -self

A

Compound personal

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