PR flash cards

Question 1

Object

Answer 1

the receiver of the action, or the finish to a prepositional phrase.

Question 2

Adjective

Answer 2

A word used to describe or modify a noun or pronoun

Question 3

Dependent clause

Answer 3

a group of words that has a subject and a verb but that can’t stand alone as a sentence.

Question 4

Colon

Answer 4

A punctuation used after a complete statement to introduce an explanation of the statement or a list of related elements

Question 5

Subject

Answer 5

The topic of the sentence. Always a noun or include a noun because it can be a group of words.

Question 6

Comma

Answer 6

A punctuation mark used to separate items in a list or to change restrictive clauses to nonrestrictive clauses.

Question 7

Who versus Whom

Answer 7

who is a subjective pronoun (subject of the clause) and whom is an objective pronoun (object of the clause)

Question 8

idiom

Answer 8

a figure of speech that follows no grammatical rules

Question 9

infinitive

Answer 9

the form of the verb beginning with “to”

Question 10

case

Answer 10

A category of pronouns that describes the function of the pronoun: subject ,object or possessive.

Question 11

passive voice

Answer 11

use of the verb so that the subject is the receiver not the performer of the action.

Question 12

tense

Answer 12

the form of the verb that tells what time the action happened.

Question 13

interjection

Answer 13

An introductory word often used to show emphasis

Question 14

phrase

Answer 14

A group of words lacking a subject and a verb and which can function as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

Question 15

semicolon

Answer 15

A punctuation mark used to link two independent clauses or used between items in a list containing commas.

Question 16

independent clause

Answer 16

A group of words that has a subject and a verb and that can stand alone as a sentence.

Question 17

prepositional phrase

Answer 17

A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun

Question 18

pronoun

Answer 18

A word that stands in for a noun.

Question 19

verb

Answer 19

A word that expresses an action, a feeling, or a state of being.

Question 20

collective noun

Answer 20

Nouns that identify groups of things or people

Question 21

present participle

Answer 21

the “-ing” form of the verb, either used with the verb “to be” to make a verb phrase, or on its own as an adjective.

Question 22

noun

Answer 22

A person, place, thing. or idea

Question 23

past participle

Answer 23

The form of the verb, either used with the verb “to have” to make a verb phrase or on its own as an adjective.

-d, -t , -en , -n

Question 24

Article

Answer 24

A word used to identify a noun

Question 25

Adverb

Answer 25

A word used to describe, or modify , a verb, adjective, or other adverb.

Question 26

preposition

Answer 26

A word that describes time or place relationships between words.

Question 27

misplaced modifier

Answer 27

Any kind of description that is put in the wrong place in a sentence and thus describes the wrong thing.

Question 28

conjunction

Answer 28

A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses together.

Question 29

Active voice

Answer 29

Use of the verb so that the subject is the performer, not the receiver, of an action.

Question 30

Gerund

Answer 30

A noun made from the “-ing” form of the verb

Question 31

Helping verb

Answer 31

Verbs that can stand on their own or are used with the participles of other verbs to ask a question, add emphasis, change tense, or change voice.