Question | Answer |
what is a way of thinking about language | grammar |
the four levels of traditional grammar | Parts of speech
Parts of sentence
Phrases
Clauses
Diagram |
the 8 kinds of words in English dictionary | Parts of speech |
Person, place, thing, or idea | Noun |
takes place of noun | Pronoun |
What type of pronoun can be used for subject of verbs and subject compliments | Subject |
List the subject pronouns(7) | I, you, he, she, it, we, you |
List the object pronouns(7) | me, you, him, her, it, we, you, them |
What modifies a noun or pronoun | adjective |
The three adjectives_, __, and ___ are articles(1, 2, 3 letters) | A, an, the
1 2 3 |
___ is a definite article | The |
_ and __ are indefinite articles | A, an |
The three degrees of adjectives are _____, _____, and _____ | Positive, comparative, and superlative |
a verb shows _____, _____, or links a subject to its _______ _______ | Action, being, subject compliment |
a ______ is a word that joins two words or groups of words | Conjuction |
list the coordinating conjunctions(7) | And, or, but, for, nor, so, yet |
List 5 subordinating conjunctions | Because, since, before, whereas, although |
The correlative conjuctions are | neither nor, either or, not only but also |
a _______ shows relationship between its object and another word in the sentence | Preposition |
an _______ shows emotion but has no grammatical function | Interjection |
Do 4-level analysis for the sentence
My uncle eagerly wrote many books about the civil war | Pro.n, n, adv, v, adj, n, prep, adj, n
subj AVP DO
1 independent simple declarative |
write a sentence using every part of speech at least once | Yo, cucumbers are very dumb, but they live under the ground. |
a ______ verb transfers action to the ______ | Transative, direct object |
The ______ object is indirectly affected by the verb | Indirect |
A ______ verb does not need to transfer action | intransative |
a gerund us used as a _____ and ends in _____ | noun, ing |
a participle is used as a _____ ending in ___/___ | adj, ing/ed |
An infinitive is the word to and a _____ and can be used as a _____, _____, or _____ | verb, noun, adj, adv |
What are the gerunds, participles, and infinitives in the sentence: Studying for a graded test is a good idea to help remember the facts | Studying=gerund, graded=partacipe, to help=infinitive |
What are the gerunds, participles, and infinitives in the sentence: The untrained pilot wanted to learn how to fly to Florida | untrained=participle, to learn=infinitaive |
Use laughing as an adjective | The laughing rock didnt make a sound |
Use walking as a subject | walking causes death |
Use to play as a direct object | I want to play |