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MTTC - Elementary Ed
Foundations of Grammar, Sentence Structure
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the 8 parts of speech? | 1. Nouns 2. Pronouns 3. Verbs 4. Adjectives 5. Adverbs 6. Prepositions 7. Conjunctions 8. Interjections |
| general nouns | the names of conditions or ideas |
| specific nouns | name people, places, and things that are understood by using your senses |
| nominative | personal nouns or pronouns that are the subject of a sentence |
| objective | the case for nouns and pronouns that are an object in a sentence |
| possessive | the case for nouns and pronouns that show possession/ownership |
| intensive pronouns | I myself, you yourself, they themselves, etc. |
| relative pronouns | which, who, whom, whose |
| interrogative pronouns | what, which, who, whom, whose |
| demonstrative pronouns | this, that, these, those |
| indefinite pronouns | all, any, each, everyone, either/neither, one, some, several |
| reciprocal pronouns | each other, one another |
| transitive verb | a verb whose action (e.g. drive, run, etc.) points to a receiver (e.g. car, dog, etc.); come in an active or passive "voice" |
| intransitive verb | a verb that doesn't point to a subject or object |
| action verb | a verb that shows what the subject is doing in a sentence |
| linking verbs | link the subject of a sentence to a noun or pronoun, or they link a subject with an adjective |
| verb tense | shows the different form of a verb to point to the time of an action |
| present perfect tense | the action started in the past and continues in the present |
| past perfect tense | the second action happened in the past, and the first action came before the second (ex: "before I walked in the store [action2], I had walked to the library [action1]") |
| future perfect tense | an action that uses the past and the future; the action is complete before a future moment |
| indicative mood | mood used for facts, opinions, and questions |
| imperative mood | mood used for orders or requests |
| subjunctive mood | mood that's for wishes and statements that go against fact |
| adjective | a word that is used to modify a noun/pronoun; usually come before the words that they modify, but they may also come after a linking verb |
| articles | adjectives that are used to mark nouns (using "the", "a", or "an") |
| adverbs | a word used to modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb |
| antecedent | the noun that has been replaced by a pronoun |
| independent clause | contains a complete thought |
| dependent clause | does not contain a complete thought unless it's joined by an independent clause |
| adjective clause | a dependent clause that modifies a noun or pronoun |
| essential clauses | explain or define a person or thing |
| nonessential clauses | give more information about a person or thing, but are not necessary to define them; set off with commas |
| adverb clauses | a dependent clause that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb; introduced with words like after, although, as, before, because, if, since, so, unless, when, where, and while |
| noun clause | a dependent clause used as a subject, object, or complement |
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