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)