Unit I Review

Question 1

What is a sentence?

Answer 1

A sentence is a group of words expressiong a complete thought.

Question 2

What are the two parts of every sentence?

Answer 2

The two parts of every sentnece are the subject and predicate.

Question 3

What is a subject?

Answer 3

The subject tells who or what the sentence is about.

Question 4

What is a predicate?

Answer 4

The predicate tells wihat the subject is or does.

Question 5

Give the four types of sentences classified by purpose with definitions.

Answer 5

The four types of sentences are declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory.

a. A declarative sentence makes a statement
b. A imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request.
c. An interrogative sentence asks a question.
d. An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling.

Question 6

Give the eight parts of speech.

Answer 6

The eight parts of speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

Question 7

What is a noun?

Answer 7

A noun is word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

Question 8

Name the four ways nouns may be classified.

Answer 8

Nouns may be common or proper, concrete or abstract, collective, and compound.

Question 9

What is a common noun? Give examples.

Answer 9

A common noun names a non-specific person, place, or thing. It is not capitalized.

Question 10

What is a proper noun? Give examples.

Answer 10

A proper noun names a specifice person, place, or thing. It is capitalized.

Ex. John, Italy, the White House

Question 11

What is a concrete noun? Give examples.

Answer 11

A concrete noun names something that can be perceived by the senses.

Ex. truth, goodness, beauty

Question 12

What is an abstract noun? Give examples.

Answer 12

An abstract noun names a quality, characteristic, or idea that cannot be perceived by the senses.

Ex. truth, goodness, beauty

Question 13

What is a compound noun? Give the three kinds with examples.

Answer 13

A compound noun is maked up of more than one word.

a. The words can be joined into one word.

Ex. door step

b. The words can be joined with hyphens.

Ex. sister-in-law

c. The words can be seperate.

Ex. United States of America

Question 14

What is a collective noun? Give examples.

Answer 14

A collective noun names a group.

Ex. team, flock, class

Question 15

Name and define the three grammar persons.

Answer 15

The three grammar persons are first person (the person speaking), second person (the person spoken to), and third person​ (the person spoken about).

Question 16

What is a pronoun?

Answer 16

A pronoun is word used in place of a noun.

Question 17

Give the subject personal pronouns in three persons.

Answer 17

The subject personal pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we, you (all), they.

Question 18

Give the object personal pronouns in three persons.

Answer 18

The object personal pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, you (all), them.

Question 19

What is an adjective?

Answer 19

An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun.

Question 20

Give the three questions adjectives answer with examples.

Answer 20

Adjectives answer the questions: which one, what kind, and how much or how many.

Ex. 1 John gave Mary that rose. (which one)

Ex. 2 John gave Mary a red rose. (what kind)

Ex. 3 John gave Mary a dozen roses. (how many)

Question 21

Define article and name the three English articles.

Answer 21

Articles are words that signify nouns. A and An are the indefinite articles. The is the definite article. Articles are considered adjectives.

Question 22

What is an adverb?

Answer 22

An adverb is a word that usually modifies a verb, but also an adjective or another adverb.

Question 23

Give the four questions adverbs answer. Give examples.

Answer 23

Adverbs answer the questions: how (manner), when, where, and to what extent (how often, how much).

Ex. 1 He walks gracefully. (how)

Ex. 2 He walks early. (when)

Ex. 3 He walks outside. (where)

Ex. 4 He walks often. (to what extent)

Question 24

What is a verb?

Answer 24

A verb is a word that shows action or being.

Question 25

What verb shows being or existence?

Answer 25

The to be verb shows being or existence.

Question 26

Give all forms of the to be verb.

Answer 26

The forms of the to be verb are am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been.

Question 27

What is a physical action verb? Give examples.

Answer 27

A physical action verb expressions action that can be perceived by the senses.

Ex. kick, run, eat

Question 28

What is a mental action verb? Give examples.

Answer 28

A mental action verb expressions action that cannot be perceived by the senses.

Ex. think, know, believe

Question 29

What is a verb phrase? Give examples.

Answer 29

A verb phrase is made up of a main verb and one or more helping verbs.

Ex. 1I have been walking for an hour.

Ex. 2 I should have walked yesterday.

Question 30

Give the common helping (auxiliary) verbs.

Answer 30

The common helping verbs are:

am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been

have, has, had,

do, does, did,

may, might, must,

can, could,

will, would,

shall, should, ought

Question 31

Give the first three English verb tenses and an example of each using I walk.

Answer 31

The first three English verb tenses are present, past, and future.

Ex. Present Tense - I walk

Past Tense - I walked

Future Tense - I will walk