Midterm

Question 1

What is a noun?

Answer 1

A person, place, thing, or idea

Question 2

What are the 4 types of nouns? Describe them

Answer 2

Proper- names a specific noun
Common - names a general thing, object, or idea
Plural - states more than one
Possessive - shows ownership

Question 3

What are the subjective pronouns?

Answer 3

I, you, he, she, it, they, we

Question 4

What is a possessive pronoun?

Answer 4

Indicates ownership; his, hers, theirs, ours

Question 5

What are the 3 articles?

Answer 5

A
An
The

Question 6

What are conjunctions?

Answer 6

A word used to connect clauses or phrases

Question 7

What is a subordinating conjunction

Answer 7

Joins an independent clause and a dependent clause- because, although

Question 8

What is a coordinating conjunction

Answer 8

Fanboys- for, an, nor, but, yet, so, or

Question 9

What are interjections?

Answer 9

Expresses emotion but has no real connection with the sentence.

Question 10

What are verbs

Answer 10

Show action or state of being

Question 11

What are the 2 types of verbs?

Answer 11

Action- shows movement

Linking- connects subject to its predicate

Question 12

What are adverbs?

Answer 12

Modifies verbs- most verbs that end in “LY” are adverbs

Question 13

What are prepositions

Answer 13

Show a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence

Question 14

What is an adjective?

Answer 14

Modifies a verb
Ex- a PURPLE shirt
Purple is acting as an adjective

Question 15

What is an independent clause?

Answer 15

Can function alone

Question 16

What is a dependent clause?

Answer 16

Can’t function on its own

Question 17

What are the 4 types of sentences?

Answer 17

simple- One independent clause
Compound- two independent clauses
Complex- 1 independent clause and 1 or more dependent
Compound complex- 2 independent clauses and at least one dependent clause