Unit 1: Echoes from the Past — Grammar

Question 1

What are nominative case pronouns?

Answer 1

Nominative case pronouns are pronouns used as subjects or predicate nominatives

Question 2

True or False: The pronoun “you” can be either plural or singular

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What are objective case pronouns?

Answer 3

Objective case pronouns are used for direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of a preposition

Question 4

What are the objective pronouns?

Answer 4

Me, us, you, him, her, it, them

Question 5

What should you do if a sentence has an objective pronoun as its subject?

Answer 5

If a sentence has an objective pronoun as its subject, it is incorrect (switch it to the nominative case)

Question 6

What are possessive case pronouns?

Answer 6

Possessive case pronouns are pronouns that show possession or ownership

Question 7

True or False: Reflexive and Intense pronouns are personal pronouns plus the endings “-selves” and “-self”

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What do reflexive pronouns indicate?

Answer 8

Reflexive Pronouns indicate that the same person performs and receives the action

Question 9

Reflexive Pronouns must refer to what?

Answer 9

The subject of the sentence

Question 10

True or False: Intense pronouns come right after the noun they describe

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What are demonstrative pronouns? What are they?

Answer 11

Demonstrative pronouns identify a specific person, place, or idea. These include: “that”, “those”, “this”, and “these”

Question 12

What are interrogative pronouns?

Answer 12

Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions

Question 13

What is the difference in the usage of “who” and “whom”?

Answer 13

The pronoun “who” is always used as a subject while “whom” is always used as an object

Question 14

What is case?

Answer 14

Case is the form of a noun or pronoun that indicates its use in a sentence

Question 15

What are the nominative case pronouns?

Answer 15

I, you, he, she, it, we, and they

Question 16

What is a predicate nominative?

Answer 16

A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and identifies or renames the subject

Question 17

True or False: Personal possessive pronouns are not written with an apostrophe (ex: hers)

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Where is the pronoun “who” and its related pronouns used?

Answer 18

In questions and in subordinate clauses

Question 19

True or False: “who” is a pronoun that changes form depending on how it is used in a sentence

Answer 19

True

Question 20

What are the variations of “who” and “whom” in the nominative case?

Answer 20

Nominative Case: Who, whoever

Question 21

What are the variations of “who” and “whom” in the Objective case?

Answer 21

Objective case: whom, whomever

Question 22

What are the variations of “who” and “whom” in the Possessive case?

Answer 22

Possessive Case: whose

Question 23

What is an elliptical clause?

Answer 23

An elliptical clause is a subordinate clause in which words are omitted but are understood to be there. Elliptical clauses begin with “than” or “as”

Question 24

True or False: In an elliptical clause, use the form of the pronoun you would use if the clause were completed

Answer 24

True

Question 25

When should you use a singular pronoun to refer to two or more singular antecedents?

Answer 25

If two or more singular antecedents are joined by “or”, “nor”, “either/or”, or “neither/nor”, use a singular pronoun to refer to them. These pronouns indicate a choice

Question 26

When should you use a plural pronoun to refer to two or more singular antecedents?

Answer 26

If two or more singular antecedents are joined by “and” or “both/and”, use a plural pronoun to refer to them. These conjunctions always indicate more than one

Question 27

What do you do when you do not know if an antecedent is masculine or feminine?

Answer 27

Sometimes you will not know whether an antecedent is masculine or feminine. Standard written English solves this problem by using “his or her” to refer to such vague antecedents

Question 28

True or False: Sometimes an indefinite pronoun, such as “someone”, is the antecedent of a personal pronoun. Making the personal pronoun and the indefinite pronoun agree can be confusing because some singular indefinite pronouns suggest a plural meaning. Others can be both singular or plural

Answer 28

True

Question 29

What are the plural indefinite pronouns?

Answer 29

Both, few, many, several

Question 30

What are the singular/plural Indefinite pronouns?

Answer 30

All, any, most, none, some

Question 31

True or False: Agreement with an indefinite pronoun that can be singular or plural depends upon the number and gender of the object of the preposition that follows it

Answer 31

True

Question 32

What does the suffix “-ify” mean?

Answer 32

“Make or do”; it is usually attached to nouns or adjectives to transform them into verbs