Test 12 Flashcards
Unit 8: Lessons 65-70
The term modify means to ?; that is, to make other parts of speech more ?.
limit…definite.
A(n) ? adjective follows immediately after a noun and adds a description of that noun.
appositive.
Two main classifications of conjunctions are coordinating and ?.
subordinating.
The most commonly used adjectives are called ?.
articles.
Words that are normally nouns can be used as ?, modifying other nouns.
adjectives.
“In behalf of” is an example of a compound ?.
preposition.
“As soon as” is an example of a ? conjunction.
subordinating.
“Friendly,” “costly,” and “brotherly” are examples of -ly ?.
adjectives.
“Carefully,” “proudly,” and “anxiously” are examples of -ly ?.
adverbs.
A proper ? is formed from a proper noun or a proper noun used as an adjective and begins with a capital letter.
adjective.
A(n) ? complement follows a grammatical object and completes the meaning of that object.
objective.
An ? is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb.
adverb.
A(n) ? is a word that joins other words or groups of words such as phrases, clauses, and occasionally sentences.
conjunction.
A(n) ? is a word that shows how a noun or pronoun is related to another word in the sentence.
preposition.
An ? is a word used to modify or describe a noun or a pronoun.
adjective.
? and ? are two main classifications of coordinating conjunctions.
simple…correlative
? coordinating conjunctions perform the usual simple task of joining words, phrases, or clauses of equal rank.
simple.
A preposition consisting of more than one word is a ?.
compound preposition.
? coordinating conjunctions, always in pairs, are used to join only two ideas, not more than two.
correlative.
A(n) ? answers the following questions: Which one? What kind? How much? Whose?
adjective.
A(n) ? answer the following questions: How? Where? When? To what extent?
adverb.
A(n) ? is an exclamatory word or words that are not grammatically related to any word in the sentence.
interjection.
“For example” is an example of a(n) ?.
conjunctive adverb.
Most ? come immediately before the words they modify.
simple adjectives.
