Quiz 2

Question 1

8 categories of words

Answer 1

Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections

Question 2

Noun

Answer 2

Person, place, thing, idea, concept, or quality.

Question 3

Proper noun

Answer 3

Specific I person, place, or thing

Question 4

Common noun

Answer 4

General person, place, or thing

Question 5

Pronouns

Answer 5

Replace the noun (I, he, she, you, it, we they, their, ours, his, hers, its)

Question 6

Both nouns and pronouns:

Answer 6

Function as subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, objects of prepositions, appositives, and complements

Question 7

Verbs

Answer 7

Express action, state of being, or condition

Question 8

Action verbs

Answer 8

Express obvious action and give the sentence life

Question 9

Linking verbs

Answer 9

Express a condition or state of being (is, be, were, was)

Question 10

Adjectives

Answer 10

Describe nouns and pronouns by limiting or making more specific the noun or pronoun.

• what kind, how many, which one…
• can proceed a noun or follow a linking verb

Question 11

Articles

Answer 11

Indefinite (a, an) and definite (the)

Question 12

Adverbs

Answer 12

Modifiers of adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs

• how, when, where, why, in what manner, and to what extent
• end in ly

Question 13

Prepositions

Answer 13

Connecting words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence

• used in phrases
• at, on, after, before, between, off, into

Question 14

Prepositional phrases

Answer 14

Contain an object

- after the meeting, to the airport, over the fence, across the ditch, with her crew

Question 15

Conjunctions

Answer 15

Words that join words, phrases, or clauses

- and, but, or, nor

Question 16

Interjections

Answer 16

Words used alone that express and extremely stron feeling. Followed by exclaimation point
- wow, oops, wait!

Question 17

Present tense

Answer 17

Show an action happening now

- something that is always true

Question 18

Past tense

Answer 18

Indicate action that has already been completed

Question 19

Future tense

Answer 19

Indicates action that is to take place in the future

Question 20

Present perfect

Answer 20

Shows that an action began in the past and may still be occurring (has redecorated)

Question 21

Past perfect tense

Answer 21

Shows which of two past actions occurred first (had signed and received)

Question 22

Future perfect tense

Answer 22

Shows that an action will be completed by some specific time in the future (will have completed)

Question 23

Present progressive tense

Answer 23

Describes an action that is in progress in the present (you are reading)

Question 24

Past progressive tense

Answer 24

Describes an action that was in progress at a certain time in the past (they were assessing)

Question 25

Future progressive tense

Answer 25

Describes and action that will be in progress at a certain time in the future (will be interviewing)

Question 26

Transitive verb

Answer 26

Verb that has an object or receiver of the verbs action (Laura accepted ken’s gift)

Question 27

Intransitive verb

Answer 27

Verb that has no object (She visits often)

Question 28

Period

Answer 28

Mark end of sentence

• end declarative or imperative sentences
• end requests that are phrased as questions simply for the sake of courtesy
• end indirect questions

Question 29

Question marks

Answer 29

Only after a direct question

Question 30

Exclamation point

Answer 30

Show emphasis or surprise. Never in formal business writing

Question 31

Commas (1)

Answer 31

• let readers know to pause or slow down
• connect thoughts and separate elements
• separate words and word groups witha series of 3+
• separate 2 adjectives instead of “and”
• before and after name or title of person directly addressed
• separate day from year and after year (if any part is left out, omit the comma)
• separate city from state and after state (unless 2 letter abbrev)
• after degrees or titles (not jr, sr, II)
• set off expressions that interrupt sentence flow
• when sentence starts with dependent clause

Question 32

Commas (2)

Answer 32

• after phrases of 3+ words that start a sentence
• the description following a suffeciently identified person is considered nonessential
• separates independent clauses joined by a conjunction
• separate clauses to avoid confusion
• use to introduce or interrupt quotes
• separate statement from question
• separate contrasting parts of a sentence
• after beginning a sentence with an introductory word
• surrounding words like therefore and however

Question 33

Comma splice

Answer 33

Error caused by joining two independent clauses with only a coma instead of separating the clauses with a conjunction, a semicolon, or a period

Question 34

Run-on sentence

Answer 34

Created by joining two independent clauses without punctuation

Question 35

Semicolons

Answer 35

Separate two independent clauses where the conjunction has been left out

• before introductory words (however, therefore, that is)
• separate units of series when there are loads of commas

Question 36

Colon

Answer 36

• After complete sentence to introduce list of items when NO introductory words
• to follow salutation of business or cover letter (use comma is personal)
• introduce a quote 3+ lines long

Question 37

En dash

Answer 37

• indicate time in place of the word to (no space) (Jan-June)

Question 38

Em dash

Answer 38

• replace commas, semicolons, colons, and parentheses in informal writing for added emphasis, an interruption, or abrupt change of thought
• no space
• unlike parantheses, this highlights the statement instead of hushes it