intro to Literature: grammar review Flashcards
noun
a word or word group that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
pronoun
word that is used in place of one or more nouns
adjective
a word that is used to modify a noun or pronoun
verb
word used to express action or a state of being
adverb
modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverd
preposition
word used to show relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word
conjunction
word that joins words or word groups
correlative conjunction) (subordinating conjunctions- similar to prepositions
interjection
word that expresses emotion
ten noun markers
a, an, the, my, our, your, her, his, their, its
six uses of a noun
subject, indirect object, direct object, object of preposition, predicate nominative, appositive
four most basic sentence patterns
S AV DO
S AV IO DO
S LV PN
S LV PA
expletives, command and question
X S LV
(S) AV DO
HV S AV DO
appositive
noun or pronoun placed next to another noun or pronoun to identify or explain
99% rules
not too and very are always adverbs
NM ADJ N
prepositions are only found in prepositional phrases
the subject is never in a prepositional phrase
the indirect object only comes with and before a direct object
labeling steps
- noun clusters and pronouns
- prepositional phrases and infinitives
- subject
- LV, PN/ PA
- AV, DO/ IO
- clean up
the questions an adjective answers
what kind?
which one?
how many?
demonstrative adj/ pro
this, that, those, these, which
common helping verbs
can, could, did, do, does, had, have, has, may, might, must, should, will, would
common linking verbs
be, being, am, is,
what questions do adverbs answer
where? when? how? to what extent?
