Traditional Grammer

Question 1

Appositive

Answer 1

A noun, noun phrase, or noun clause that follows a noun or pronoun.

Often set off by commas.

Question 2

Split infinitive

Answer 2

An infinitive verb form with an element, usually an adverb, interposed between “to” and the verb form

Example:

“To kindly stay” adverb “kindly” comes between “to” and “stay”

Question 3

Independent clause

Answer 3

A stand alone sentence

Question 4

Noun

Answer 4

Name people, places, things, or abstractions

Question 5

Pronouns

Answer 5

Substitutes for nouns

Question 6

Adjectives

Answer 6

Describes and limits nouns

Pretty, tall, new, red

Question 7

Verbs

Answer 7

Define states of being or actions

Action words

Question 8

Prepositions

Answer 8

Express relationships-in space, time, or other senses-between nouns or pronouns

For, of, with, by, to, in, out

Question 9

Adverbs

Answer 9

Tell where, when, and how the action or state occurs
Modify verbs

Here, today, fast, happily

Question 10

Conjunctions

Answer 10

Connect and relate various elements of a sentence

And, but, so, however

Question 11

Collective nouns

Answer 11

A noun that names a group of people with common interests

Team, class, family, office

Question 12

Proper noun

Answer 12

A specific person, place, or thing

Question 13

Common noun

Answer 13

A general group of a person, place or thing

Question 14

Direct object

Answer 14

Noun or pronoun that tells whom or what the verb points to

Question 15

Indirect object

Answer 15

The person who is the receiver of the direct object

Question 16

Gerund

Answer 16

The present participle (basic verb+ing).

Used as a subject, direct object, object of a proposition

Question 17

Infinitive

Answer 17

(To+ basic verb)

Used as a subject or direct object of a sentence

Question 18

Prepositional phrase

Answer 18

A phrase beginning with a proposition, a noun, or pronoun; object of the preposition. Any modifiers of the object.

Question 19

Participial phrase

Answer 19

Consists of a present participle or past participle and any modifiers, objects, or complements.

• ed
• ing

Question 20

Appositive phrase

Answer 20

A noun phrase that renames the noun or pronoun that immediately precedes it.

Ex. The report, “a hefty three-volume work…”

Question 21

Antecedent-pronoun agreement

Answer 21

Agreement between the pronoun and the noun it replaces.

Question 22

Subordinate clause

Answer 22

Depends on the rest of the sentence for its meaning.

Must always be attached to a main clause that completes the meaning.