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Eng Q3 (V,N,Pro)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection | 8 parts of speech |
| verb | a word that shows action, links another word to the subject, helps another this, or merely indicates existence |
| physical, mental | two broad types of action verbs based on the verb itself |
| verb phrase | two or more words that function together as a verb |
| main verb | the word that contains the central meaning of a verb phrase |
| transitive, intransitive, linking, helping | four types of verb based on use in the sentence |
| transitive | a verb that requires a receiver of its action in order to express a complete thought |
| intransitive | a verb that does not require a receiver of its action in order to express a complete thought |
| linking | a verb that links a word in the predicate to the subject |
| helping | a verb that helps the main verb to make a statement |
| noun | a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea |
| common noun | names a person, place, thing, or idea but does not say which particular one |
| proper noun | names a particular person, place, or thing and always begins with a capital letter |
| concrete noun | names whatever exists as a physical or material substance |
| abstract noun | names a quality, state, activity, or general idea |
| collective noun | names a group or a collection |
| compound noun | two or more words used as a single noun |
| substantive | used to refer to any word, phrase, or clause that functions as a noun or as a noun equivalent |
| appositive | a substantive that follows another substantive to explain or identify it |
| appositive phrase | an appositive with all its modifiers |
| commas | used to set off nonessential appositives/appositive phrases |
| pronoun | a word that takes the place of a noun |
| antecedent | the word for which a pronoun stands |
| personal, reflexive, intensive, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite, relative | seven types of pronouns |
| personal pronouns | reference the speaker, the person spoken to, or the person spoken about |
| first person | type of personal pronoun that references the speaker |
| second person | type of personal pronoun that references the person spoken to |
| third person | type of personal pronoun that references the person spoken about |
| compound personal pronouns | personal pronouns+the suffix -self or -selves |
| reflexive, intensive | two types/uses of compound personal pronouns |
| reflexive | compound personal pronoun that "reflects" the action of the verb back to the subject |
| intensive (mr. smith HIMSELF did the work/mr. smith did the work HIMSELF) | compound personal pronoun that is used for emphasis |
| interrogative pronouns | pronouns used to ask a question |
| who, whom, whose, which, what | five interrogative pronouns |
| demonstrative pronouns | pronoun that points out the person or thing referred to |
| this, that, these, those | the four demonstrative pronouns |
| indefinite pronouns | pronouns that do not specifically point out persons or things and don't usually have antecedents |
| relative pronouns | pronouns that introduce dependent clauses |
| who, whom, whose, which, that | five relative pronouns |
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