Unit 1 Flashcards
Pronouns
Used in place of nouns
Subjects-I, we, they
Objects-me, us, them
Possession-mine, ours, his
Connectors-that, which, who
Nouns are
Person, place, and things. In addition qualities concepts and activities.
Rule* try using it with IS or ARE
Honesty IS important.
Maria IS pretty.
Verbs
Express action, occurrence or a state of being
Action verb
Runs, studies, works
State of being or linking verbs
am is are were be being
Feels appears tastes sounds see a looks smells
Adjectives
Describe nouns and pronouns.
Answer the questions what kind? How many? Which one?
Adverbs
Words that describe verbs adjectives or other adverbs.
Answer the question when? How? Where? Or to what extent?
Adverbs often end in
LY
Prepositions
Join nouns and pronouns to other words in a sentence
As the word “pre” suggests “before”
Prepositional phrase signifies
2 or more words that begin with a preposition and end with it’s object
With James
About James
To James
Frequently used prepositions
At be for from in of to with
Conjunctions are
Word that connect words or sentences
Common conjunctions
And
But
Or
Nor
Interjections
Words that express strong feelings.
If alone usually followed by and exclamation mark but Ina sentence usually followed by a comma
Wow! That’s cool.
Well, I guess we’re done.
FANBOYS are conjunctions and stand for
For And Nor But Or Yet So
Subjects
Simple subject is a noun or pronoun that tells who/what sentence is about
Complete subject is a sentence that includes simple subject and all modified
Modifiers
Words that describe or limit the subject
Predicates
Simple is a verb/verb phrase that tells what subject is doing or what is being done to them
Complete include verb/verb phrase and it’s modifiers, objects, and complements.
Helping or auxiliary verbs
Frequently used am is are was were been have had must ought might can could would should will do does did
3 times when a verb may precede the subject
Inverted sentences
Sentences beginning with there or here
Questions
Pattern 1: subject-verb
Verb follows the subject.
We worked.
Everyone is studying.
Pattern 2: Subject-action verb-object
Direct object is a noun or pronoun that answer what or whom?
Indirect object answers to whom? To what? For whom? For what?
Pattern 3: subject-linking verb-complement
Complement is a noun pronoun or adjective that renames or describes the subject.
Pattern 4: inverted order
Sitting in front is Doreen.
Doreen is sitting in front.
Fragments
Incomplete sentence punctuated as if it we’re complete.
Fix by
Join them to complete sentences or
Add appropriate subjects and verbs
Run on
Fuses 2 or more complete thoughts without punctuation
Fix
Separate into 2 sentences
Add a comma and conjunction
Add semicolon
Comma splice
2 or more thought are incorrectly joined or policed together with a comma. Fix Add conjunction after comma Separate into 2 sentences Change comma to semicolon
