Final Exam - English
Possessive Noun
A noun that shows ownership
Nouns
A person, place, thing, or idea
Linking Verb
A verb that does not show action but connects the subject with a word in the predicate
Action Verb
A verb that expresses either physical or mental activity
Verb
Action words/ Explains what the subject is doing
Interrogative EX: What are we having for lunch today?
Asks a question (punctuated by a question mark)
Imperative EX: Give me that pencil right now.
Gives a command/demand (punctuated by a period)
Helping Verb
Helps the main verb express action or a state of being
Use hyperbole in a sentence
I Love You to the moon and back
Use onomatopoeia in a sentence
I popped the balloon with the help of a needle.
Use Simile in a sentence NOTE: a simile compares two or more things using like or as
I said it twice you are acting like a deaf post
Proper Noun
Names a specific person, place, thing, or idea
Abstract Noun
Names an idea, quality, or characteristic
Common Noun
Names any person, place, thing, or idea
Concrete Noun
Names things you can see and touch
Use idiom in a sentence
Once in a blue moon
Declarative EX: The dog ate his food.
Provides a statement/declaration (punctuated by a period)
Exclamatory
Provides an exclamation and excitement (punctuated by an exclamation mark)
Use personification in a sentence
That bike just wouldn't quit
Root EX: Angle, Cycle, Appear
The base or origin of a word (without a prefix or suffix)
Find the complete subject in this sentence: The great teacher likes students. Note: A complete subject tells whom or what the sentence is about
The great teacher
Find the complete subject in this sentence: The house is white. Note: A complete subject tells whom or what the sentence is about
The house
Find the complete subject in this sentence: The red car is fast. Note: A complete subject tells whom or what the sentence is about
The red car
Use metaphor in a sentence NOTE: a metaphor compares two or more things: saying one thing is another
Today was a roller coaster, but things have finally calmed down.
Prefix EX: UN-acceptable, MIS-spelled, BI-cycle
at the beginning of a word
Suffix EX: concentra-TION, ship-MENT, bad-LY
at the end of a word
Find the simple subject in this sentence: The red car is fast. Note: A simple subject is a noun in the complete subject (of which the sentence is about)
car
Conjunctions EX: and, but, or
connects more than one clauses (complete thoughts) together to form a sentence
Interjections EX: wow! Oh No! Ouch!
expresses emotion within a sentence
Find the simple subject in this sentence: The house is white. Note: A simple subject is a noun in the complete subject (of which the sentence is about)
house
Find the simple predicate in this sentence: The house is white Note: a simple predicate contains the verb in the complete predicate (what the subject is doing)
is
Find the simple predicate in this sentence: The red car is fast. Note: a simple predicate contains the verb in the complete predicate (what the subject is doing)
is (2)
Find the complete predicate in this sentence: The red car is fast. Note: A complete predicate tells what the subject is or does
is fast
Find the complete predicate in this sentence: The house is white Note: A complete predicate tells what the subject is or does
is white
Find the simple predicate in this sentence: The great teacher likes students Note: a simple predicate contains the verb in the complete predicate (what the subject is doing)
likes
Find the complete predicate in this sentence: The great teacher likes students. Note: A complete predicate tells what the subject is or does
likes students
Prepositions
relates nouns or pronouns to other parts of the sentence
Find the simple subject in this sentence: The great teacher likes students. Note: A simple subject is a noun in the complete subject (of which the sentence is about)
teacher
Adjectives
words used to describe/ modify nouns of pronouns
Adverbs
words used to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs (tells how when and why)
