Multi-Subject: Teachers of Childhood (221/222/245) Flashcards
Common Nouns
People, place, things
proper nouns
specific person, place, thing (capitalized)
general nouns
conditions or ideas (ex: beauty, strength)
specific nouns
understood by using five senses (baby, town, cough)
collective nouns
group that acts as whole (class, company, team)
personal pronouns singular nominative
first: I; second: you; third: he, she, it
personal pronouns singular objective
first: me; second: you; third: him, her, it
personal pronouns singular possessive
first: my, mine; second: your, yours; third: his, her, hers, its
personal pronouns plural nominative
first: we; second, you; third: they
personal pronouns plural objective
first: us; second: you; third, them
personal pronouns plural possessive
first: our, ours; second: your, yours; third: their, theirs
intensive pronouns
I myself, you yourself, he himself, she herself, the (thing) itself, we ourselves, you yourselves, they themselves
relative pronouns
which, who, whom, whose
interrogative pronouns
what, which, who, whom, whose
demonstrative pronouns
this, that, these, those
indefinite pronouns
all, any, each, everyone, either/neither, one, some, sever
Reciprocal pronouns
each other, one another
transitive verb
action points to a receiver (He plays the piano.)
intransitive verb
Does not point to a receiver (He plays, She runs).
action verbs
what the subject is doing
linking verbs
link a subject to a noun, pronoun or adjective (appear, be, become, feel, grow, look, seem, smell, sound, taste)
active verb voice
subject is doing the action (Jon drew the picture)
passive verb voice
subject receives the action
present verb tense
Action happens current time (I talk)
past verb tense
Action happened in the past (I talked)
future verb tense
Action will take place later (I will talk)
present perfect verb tense
Action started in the past and continues into present (I have climbed the highest mountains.)
past perfect verb tense
First action came before second. Second action happened in the past (Before I climbed the highest mountains, I had run through the fields.)
future perfect verb tense
An action that is completed before a future moment, When I scale city walls, I will have run and crawled.)
present tense verb conjugation singular
first: I dream; second: you dream; third: he/she/it dreams
past tense verb conjugation singular
first: I dreamed; second: you dreamed; third: he/she/it dreamed
past participle verb conjugation singular
first: I have dreamed; second: You have dreamed; third: He/she/it has dreamed.
present tense verb conjugation plural
First: We dream; Second: You dream; Third: They dream
past tense verb conjugation plural
First: we dreamed; Second: You dreamed; Third person: They dreamed
past participle tense verb conjugation plural
First: We have dreamed; Second: You have dreamed; Third: They have dreamed.
Indicative mood verb
Used for facts, opinions and questions
imperative mood verb
Used for orders or requests
subjunctive mood verb
Used for wishes and statements that go against fact