Key Concepts Week 1

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

Person, place, or thing, idea

Question 2

Verb

Answer 2

Action word

Question 3

Sentence

Answer 3

A clause that can stand alone

Question 4

Clause

Answer 4

Has a subject and a predicate; may or may not be independent

Question 5

Predicate

Answer 5

That which is said of the subject; Peter was the first pope.

Question 6

Subject

Answer 6

The entity that the clause is about

Question 7

Object

Answer 7

Goal of the verb or preposition; direct (I gave the book)or indirect (I gave the book to Peter

Question 8

Predicate

Answer 8

That which is said or “predicated” of the subject; Peter

WAS THE FIRST POPE..

Question 9

Adverb

Answer 9

Describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb

Question 10

Adjective

Answer 10

Describes a noun, either attributively (the green frog), or predicatively (the frog is green), or substantively (the good, the bad, the ugly).

Question 11

Pronoun

Answer 11

Replaces a person, place, or thing

Question 12

Conjunction

Answer 12

Links words, clauses, or sentences. (Frankie AND Johnny; I like him BUT not her.

Question 13

Article

Answer 13

Article is a subset of adjectives, according to some grammarians; they determine if a noun is definite (the) or infinite (a, an) in the case of English. Latin has no articles.

Question 14

Particle

Answer 14

A short word or phrase that modifies the sentence or tone in some way, In English, these are almost always interjections (Oh!)

Question 15

Preposition

Answer 15

Relates a noun to the sentence in some way. We went TO school. The book is ON the shelf. The car was BESIDE the curb.