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Grammar
Grammar- Question #2 (Other)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Concrete Nouns | things you can touch (people, places, things) |
| Abstract Nouns | things you can't touch (ideas) (ex:reason) |
| Common Nouns | general (ex: school) |
| Proper Nouns | specific (ex: DeSoto High School) |
| Compound Nouns | two nouns put together (ex: cupcake, butterfly) |
| Collective Nouns | talks about more than one thing/person, can't have a S (ex: class, band, family) |
| Personal Pronouns (1st, 2nd, 3rd person) | a pronoun used to refer to the antecedent or the same person without using their name (1st- I, we 2nd- you 3rd- he) |
| Reflexive Pronouns | pronouns that reflect back, end in self or selves (herself, themselves) |
| Intensive Pronouns | A reflexive pronoun that refers back to another noun or pronoun, this emphasizes it. (You yourself) |
| Interrogative Pronouns | Used to ask questions. (What, Which, Who, Whom, Whose) |
| Demonstrative Pronouns | A pronoun that indicates something (this, that, these those) |
| Antecedent | The word that a pronoun refers to. |
| Transitive Verbs | a verb that has an object |
| Intransitive Verbs | a verb that does not have an object |
| Action Verbs | Verbs that express action. (Run, walk, laugh) |
| Linking Verbs | A verb or verb phrase that links the subject with another word in the sentence. |
| Helping Verbs | Helping verbs help the main verb in a sentence. |
| Verb Phrase | A group of words that contains a main verb and one or more helping verbs. |
| Compound Adjectives | An adjective that is made up of more than one word. (part-time) |
| Proper Adjectives | When you take a proper noun and make it into an adjective. (American, Shakespearean, Kansan) |
| Articles | a, an, the |
| Comparative Adjectives | -er, more, (ex: more peaceful) |
| Superlative Adjectives | compares two or more things, -est, most (biggest, most dramatic) |
| Adverbs | a word that modifies an adjective, verb, or another adverb |
| Conjunctions | a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause Ex: and, but, or |
| Interjections | an abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption Ex: wow!, gasp! |
| Prepositions | a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause ex: before, above, next to |
| Sentence vs. Fragment | The dog. The dog ran across the yard. |
| Types | interrogative: Is the king sick? imperative: Cure the king. declarative: The king is sick. exclamatory: The king is dead! |
| Complete subject vs. Simple subject | tall boy out in left field vs. boy |
| Complete predicate vs. simple predicate | runs on the treadmill at the gym vs. runs |
| compound subjects | contain 2 or more subjects, use the same verb and are joined by a conjunction such as and or, or Bob and Joe |
| compound verbs | contain 2 or more verbs, uses the same subject, and are joined by a conjunction such as and or or |
| direct object | nouns or pronouns that receive the action of the verb, at the end of the sentence ex: Lila sent Mr Hernandez the *email* |
| indirect object | the part of the sentence that follows an action verb, always come between the verb and the direct object ex: Lila sent *Mr Hernandez* an e-mail. |
| subject complements | follow linking verbs |
| predicate nominatives | nouns or pronouns that complete the linking verb (renames the subject) ex: Emily is a fabulous *dancer* |
| predicate adjectives | an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject ex: My biology class is *difficult* |
| indefinite pronouns | a pronoun that does not refer to any person, amount, or thing in particular, ex., anything, something, anyone, everyone |
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