Granmer

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

Person, place, thing or idea

Question 2

Pronoun

Answer 2

He, she, they, we, us, their

Question 3

Verb

Answer 3

Action word. Describes what the subject of the sentence is doing.

Question 4

Subject

Answer 4

The noun that is performing the action(verb) of the sentence

Question 5

What are Coordinating conjunctions?

Answer 5

Conjunctions that connect two independent clauses.

Question 6

What is a conjunction?

Answer 6

A word that connects words, phrases or clauses

Question 7

What are Dependent clauses?

Answer 7

A clause that needs an independent clause to make a complete sentence

Question 8

What is an Independent Clause?

Answer 8

clauses that can stand alone as a complete sentence

Question 9

What is a Prepositional phrase?

Answer 9

a phrase including a preposition and the noun that follows it. Ex. The nurse parked her car in the garage. Prepositional phrase- in the garage

Question 10

What is a Preposition?

Answer 10

A word that expresses the location of a noun or pronoun in relation to other words and phrases in a sentences.

Question 11

Tense

Answer 11

when the verb happened. Must be the same tense throughout the whole sentence or passage.

Question 12

When is the suffix, “er” used?

Answer 12

when comparing two things.

Question 13

When is the suffix “est” used?

Answer 13

When comparing more than two things.

Question 14

What is a concrete noun?

Answer 14

A noun that is a physical object or thing in the real world like ball, country or dog

Question 15

What is an abstract noun?

Answer 15

A noun that is an idea and is not a physical thing like a feeling, emotion, freedom, hope

Question 16

What are adverbs?

Answer 16

A word describing another adverb, verb or adjective

Question 17

What are some rules about verbs?

Answer 17

-If the subject ends with an “s” the verb does not and vice versa.
- Must match the subject in pov, number(singular plural), and tense

Question 18

When is the verb plural in a sentence?

Answer 18

When the subject is plural. When the subject of a sentence contains two or more nouns and are connected by “and”, the subject is considered plural so the verb should also be plural. Ex. The truck and car race around the track.

Question 19

When is the verb singular?

Answer 19

When the subject is singular. When the subjects are connected by words like “either/or,neither,
/nor, not only/but also, the subject becomes singular and requires a singular verb.

Question 20

What is the relationship between a subject and its verb?

Answer 20

They must both be singular or plural. If the subject is singular the verb must be singular. If the subject is plural the verb must be plural.

Question 21

What number should the verb be when there are both singular and plural subjects?

Answer 21

The verb should match the closest subject.

Question 22

What is a helping verb?

Answer 22

A verb that forms tenses and describes when an action occurs or if the action is possible. Ex. They were dancing. I can’t believe it.

Question 23

What are linking verbs?

Answer 23

Verbs that describe what the subject is like or reference the senses. Ex. Alice is tall. Flowers smell nice.

Question 24

What is a Verb phrase?

Answer 24

composed of the main verb and any helping verbs.

Question 25

What is a noun phrase?

Answer 25

consists of a noun and any adjectives or modifiers

Question 26

What is a simple sentence?

Answer 26

A sentence that only consists of one independent clause.

Question 27

What is a compound sentence?

Answer 27

a sentence that has two or more independent clauses and no dependent clauses. Usually, the clauses are connected by a comma and a coordinating conjunction.

Question 28

What is a complex sentence?

Answer 28

a sentence that has one independent clause and atleast one dependent clause. The clauses are connected by a subordinating conjunction.

Question 29

What is a compound complex sentence?

Answer 29

a sentence that has two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. Contains both a coordinating and subordinating conjunction.

Question 30

What is a Consonant?

Answer 30

A letter that isn’t a vowel

Question 31

What are some rules when adding suffixes?

Answer 31

• Double the final consonant when adding suffixes if the suffix starts with a vowel. Ex. Run running
• Drop the final vowel when adding a suffix. Ex. Observe- observance
• Change the final y to an I when adding a suffix
• When adding a suffix to a word that ends with a silent letter, drop the letter

Question 32

How do you make a word that ends with an “o” plural?

Answer 32

By adding -es Ex. Tomato Tomatoes

Question 33

What are coordinating adjectives?

Answer 33

Two or more adjectives describing the same noun. They must be separated by a comma

Question 34

What is a modifier?

Answer 34

A word or phrase that describes another word. Adjective, adverb

Question 35

Where are modifiers supposed to be placed in a sentence?

Answer 35

Directly next to a word they are modifying

Question 36

What are some capitalization rules?

Answer 36

• Titles of people are capitalized when they precede the name they modify.
• Names of major holidays are capitalized. “Day” is only capitalized when it is part of the holiday’s name.
• Titles of relatives are capitalized when they precede a name but not when they stand alone.

Question 37

What is a contraction?

Answer 37

A word that combines two words with an apostrophe. Ex. Can’t, don’t, let’s, isn’t

Question 38

What must the word “seen” be used with?

Answer 38

A helping verb. Ex. Had seen