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L.A. Midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a preposition? | A group of words that show how a noun relates to another word. |
| What is a prepositional phrase? | A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. |
| What is a noun? | A person, place, thing, or idea. |
| What is a adverb? | A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. |
| What are the three types of verbs? | Action, helping, and linking. |
| What does a verb phrase have? | A helping verb and a main verb. |
| What can an adjective only modify? | A noun or a pronoun. |
| What does a pronoun do? | A pronoun replaces a noun or another pronoun. |
| What do pronouns help communicate? | Point of view/perspective. |
| What does a coordinating conjunction do? | It joins words, phrases, and clauses. |
| What does FANBOYS stand for? | For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. |
| What is a compound sentence? | Two independent clauses joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction. |
| What do you do when writing a list of 3 or more items? | Separate every item on the list with a comma. |
| What do you do when writing two adjectives in a row without using "and"? | Add a comma between the adjectives. |
| What does a sentence have? | A subject and a predicate. |
| What does a sentence express? | A complete thought. |
| What is an apostrophe do? | An apostrophe is used to replace missing letters in a word OR show possession. |