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Grammar/Punctuation
Parts of Speech
Question | Answer |
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Noun: | Word used to name a person, place, thing, or idea. |
Pronoun: | A word used in place of a noun. |
Adjective: | Word used to modify a noun or a pronoun. Which one? What kind? How many? |
Verb: | Word that expresses action or shows a state of being. |
Adverb: | Word used to modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb. How? When? Where? or To what extent? |
Preposition: | Shows the relation of a noun to another word in the sentence. |
Conjunction: | Word that joins other words/groups of words. |
Interjection: | Word that adds emotion to a sentence (Wow!). |
Nouns that are capitalized are called | proper nouns. |
Nouns that are not capitalized are called | common nouns. |
prep (a): (11) | aboard about above across after against along amid among around at |
prep (b): (9) | before behind below beneath beside between beyond but by |
prep (d-o): (12) | down during except for from in into like of off on over |
prep (p-u): (12) | past since through throughout to toward under underneath until unto up upon |
prep (w): (3) | with within without |
run-on sentence | two or more sentences (independent clauses) that are connected without any punctuation. |
A comma splice | a sentence that is created by joining two independent clauses with a comma. |
Commas to join | independent clauses |
Commas to separate | items in a series |
Commas used after | introductory elements |
Commas with | Nonessential Elements |
Commas with_________ adjectives | Coordinate Adjectives |
Commas with _________ elements | and Parenthetical Elements |
Primarily, periods are used to separate | sentences. |
Periods are used in names and titles, such as | Mr. and Mrs. or Dr. |
Periods are used when typing____ in reports. | medications |
Include a colon after a | greeting in a business letter (Dear Mr. Chambers:). |
Include a colon in expressions of | time (3:32 A.M.). |
Include a colon in specific account instructions after a | subheading. |
The most common use of hyphens is | to create compound modifiers. |
words with the prefix ex-, self-, all-, or the suffix –elect are | hyphenated. |
Hyphens are used when a prefix is added to a | proper noun or a proper adjective. |