Lesson 6

Question 1

Give the eight kinds of pronouns in pairs.

Answer 1

Personal and Possessive

Intensive and Reflexive

Relative and Interrogative

Demonstrative and Indefinite

Question 2

Many pronouns can also function as what part of speech?

Answer 2

Many pronouns also function as adjectives.

Question 3

Give the pronoun forms of the possessive pronoun.

Answer 3

mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs

Question 4

Give the adjective forms of the possessive pronouns.

Answer 4

my, your, his, her, its, our, your their

Question 5

What is a transitive verb? Give examples.

Answer 5

A transitive verb requires a direct object to complete its meaning.

Ex. 1 John ignored the insult.

Ex. 2 John completed his lesson.

Question 6

What is an intransitive verb? Give examples.

Answer 6

An intransitive verb does not require a direct object to complete its meaning.

Ex. sleep, laugh, look die, and the to be verb are always intransitive.

Question 7

Many verbs can be used both transitively and intransitively. Give examples.

Answer 7

Ex. 1 I eat pizza. transitive, pizza is a direct object.

Ex. 2 I eat every day. intransitive, every day is an adverb, not a direct object.

Question 8

What is the difference between the active and passive voice?

Answer 8

In the active voice, the subject performs the action of the verb. In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb.

Question 9

Change a sentence from active to passive voice.

Answer 9

Caesar conquered the Gauls. (active)

The Gauls were conquered by Caesar. (passive)

Question 10

When is the passive voice used? Give an example.

Answer 10

The passive voice is used when the doer of the action is unknown, concealed, or less important than the receiver of the action.

Ex. 1 The cookies were taken from the cookie jar.

Ex. 2 Rome was not built in a day.

Question 11

Give examples of nouns used as adverbs.

Answer 11

Ex. 1 I walked yesterday.

Ex. 2 I will walk Sunday.

Question 12

What is a common way of forming adverbs? Give an example.

Answer 12

Many adverbs are formed by adding ly to an adjective.

Ex. slow (adjective) He is slow.

Ex. slowly (adverb) He walks slowly.

Question 13

Adverbs of degree modify adjectives and other adverbs. Give examples.

Answer 13

very, so, too, really, rather, quite, especially

Ex. 1 Charlotte is very loyal. very modifies the adjective loyal.

Ex. 2 Wilbur walks quite slowly. quite modifies the adverb slowly.

Question 14

What is a conjunction?

Answer 14

A conjunction is a word that joins words, phrases, or clauses.

Question 15

What are the three kinds of conjunctions?

Answer 15

The three kinds of conjunctions are coordinating, correlative, and subordinating conjunctions.

Question 16

What are coordinating conjunctions?

Answer 16

The coordinating conjunctions join words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance. The coordinating conjunctions can be remembered by the acronym FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

Question 17

What are correlative conjunctions? Give examples.

Answer 17

The correlative conjunctions work in pairs to join words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance.

either … or neither … nor

both … and not only … but (also)

whether … or

Question 18

What is a sentence complement? Give the four complements.

Answer 18

A complement is one or more words in the predicate that complete the meaning of the subject and verb. The four complements are predicate nominative, predicate adjective, direct object, and indirect object.

Question 19

What parts of speech are NOT complements?

Answer 19

Adverbs and prepositional phrases are not complements.

Question 20

Define predicate nominative. Give an example.

Answer 20

A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that follows a linkin verb and renames the subject.

Ex. Wilbur is a pig.

Question 21

Define predicate adjective. Give an example.

Answer 21

A predicate adjective is an adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject.

Ex. Wilbur is tired.

Question 22

What question does the predicate nominative or predicate adjective answer?

Answer 22

The predicate nominative or adjective answers the question what or who after a linking verb.

Question 23

What is a linking verb?

Answer 23

A linking verb connects the subject with a noun or ajdective in the predicate. It shows being, not action.

Question 24

What is the most common linking verb?

Answer 24

The to be verb is the most common linking verb.

Question 25

Forms of the to be verb may be used as linking or helping verbs. Give an example of each.

Answer 25

Ex. 1 Wilbur is a pig. (linking verb)

Ex. 2 Wilbur is walking to the barn (heping verb for main verb, walking)

Question 26

What verbs in addition to the to be verb can be linking verbs?

Answer 26

appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem smell, sound, stay, taste​

Question 27

Use smell as an action verb and a linking verb.

Answer 27

Jane smells the rose. (action verb)

The rose smells wonderful. (linking verb)

Question 28

Define direct object. Give an example.

Answer 28

A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb.

Ex. The magister teaches Latin.

Question 29

What question does a direct object answer?

Answer 29

The direct object answers the question what or whom after an action verb.

Question 30

What is a complementary infinitive? Give an example.

Answer 30

A complementary infinitive is an infinitive used as a direct object.

Ex. Wilbur loves to learn. Wilbur wants to eat.

Question 31

What is an indirect object? Give an example.

Answer 31

An indirect object precedes the direct object and tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done.

Ex. 1 The magister teaches me Latin.

Ex. 2 The magister gives John a test.

Question 32

What kind of verbs usually have indirect objects?

Answer 32

Giving and telling verbs usually have indirect objects.

Question 33

Give five difficulties in finding the subject, with examples.

Answer 33

a. When sentences express a command or request, the subject is always you.

Ex. Study your Latin

(You) study your Latin.

b. To find a subject in a question, turn the question into a statement.

Ex. What lesson did you study?

You did study what lesson?

subect: you verb: did study

c. The subject of a sentence is never a propositional phrase.

Ex. Neither of the students studied his Latin.

Neither is the subject. Students is the object of the preposition of.

d. Here is not usually the subject of a verb.

Ex. Here is the book.

The book is here.

Here is an adverb telling where. Book is the subject of the verb is.

e. The expletives there and it are not usually subjects of a verb.

Ex. 1 There are books on both tables.

Books are on both tables.

Books is the subject of the verb are. There gets the sentence started.

Ex. 2 It is important to study Latin.

To study Latin is important.

To study is the subject of the verb is. It gets the sentence started.