intro to Literature: grammar review

Question 1

noun

Answer 1

a word or word group that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea

Question 2

pronoun

Answer 2

word that is used in place of one or more nouns

Question 3

adjective

Answer 3

a word that is used to modify a noun or pronoun

Question 4

verb

Answer 4

word used to express action or a state of being

Question 5

adverb

Answer 5

modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverd

Question 6

preposition

Answer 6

word used to show relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word

Question 7

conjunction

Answer 7

word that joins words or word groups

correlative conjunction) (subordinating conjunctions- similar to prepositions

Question 8

interjection

Answer 8

word that expresses emotion

Question 9

ten noun markers

Answer 9

a, an, the, my, our, your, her, his, their, its

Question 10

six uses of a noun

Answer 10

subject, indirect object, direct object, object of preposition, predicate nominative, appositive

Question 11

four most basic sentence patterns

Answer 11

S AV DO
S AV IO DO
S LV PN
S LV PA

Question 12

expletives, command and question

Answer 12

X S LV
(S) AV DO
HV S AV DO

Question 13

appositive

Answer 13

noun or pronoun placed next to another noun or pronoun to identify or explain

Question 14

99% rules

Answer 14

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

Question 15

labeling steps

Answer 15

1. noun clusters and pronouns
2. prepositional phrases and infinitives
3. subject
4. LV, PN/ PA
5. AV, DO/ IO
6. clean up

Question 16

the questions an adjective answers

Answer 16

what kind?
which one?
how many?

Question 17

demonstrative adj/ pro

Answer 17

this, that, those, these, which

Question 18

common helping verbs

Answer 18

can, could, did, do, does, had, have, has, may, might, must, should, will, would

Question 19

common linking verbs

Answer 19

be, being, am, is,

Question 20

what questions do adverbs answer

Answer 20

where? when? how? to what extent?