Midterm

Question 1

noun

Answer 1

person, place, thing, or idea

Question 2

pronoun

Answer 2

stands in place of a noun

Question 3

verb

Answer 3

tells what is done to the subject. Action linking or helping verbs

Question 4

adjective

Answer 4

describes a noun

Question 5

adverb

Answer 5

describes verbs, adjectives and other adverbs

Question 6

preposition

Answer 6

a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence

Question 7

conjunction

Answer 7

connects, words, phase, or sentences

Question 8

interjection

Answer 8

shows excitement or emotion

Question 9

subject

Answer 9

noun or pronoun about which the verb asks or states something

Question 10

predicate nominative

Answer 10

noun that comes after a linking verb (is are); same as the subject

Question 11

possessive

Answer 11

shows ownership uses s’ ‘s

Question 12

infinitive

Answer 12

generic form of a verb “to”

Question 13

prepositional phrase

Answer 13

includes the preposition of the noun or pronoun

Question 14

case

Question 15

number

Question 16

gender

Answer 16

female, male

Question 17

declension

Answer 17

the variation of the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, by which its grammatical case, number, and gender are identified.

Question 18

conjugation

Answer 18

a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if ).

Question 19

base

Answer 19

the core part of a word that provides its basic meaning and can be used to create new words by adding prefixes and suffixes:

Question 20

tense

Answer 20

a verb form that indicates when an action or event takes place in relation to the time of speech

Question 21

irregular verb

Answer 21

that dont follow a normal pattern

Question 22

nominative

Answer 22

a noun or pronoun that is the subject of a verb in a sentence

Question 23

genitive

Answer 23

a grammatical case that indicates a relationship of possession, control, or association between a noun or pronoun and another word

Question 24

dative

Answer 24

a grammatical case that indicates the indirect object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or a person or thing that possesses something else

Question 25

accusative

Answer 25

a grammatical case that identifies a noun or pronoun as the direct object of a verb or the object of a preposition

Question 26

ablative

Answer 26

a grammatical case that indicates a person, place, or thing from which something is separated, or the source of something