Grammar Adjective, Noun, and Pronoun Review

Comparative adjective?

-er -est

What is a Compound Noun?

A noun that is made up of 2 more nouns.

What is a noun?

A person, place, or thing, item, idea, or concept, can either can be proper, or common.

What is a countable noun (count noun)?

Able to count the noun. e.g three pencils, many desks

What is a Helping Verb?

Also known as Auxiliary Verb,it's an extra part of the verb that goes in front of the main verb.

What is a Linking Verb?

Any verb that means equals. Most common verb is any form of *to be* am, is, are, was, were. e.g I am a teacher. You seem tired. He is excited.

What is a sentence adverb?

Can describe a whole sentence. e.g. Hopefully, I will pass the test. Truthfully, STMA is going to ace this test.

What is the form of water?

Clear, tasteless, wet

What is a predicative adjective?

Comes after the verb in the predicate. This class is *amazing*! Object compliment verb: My friends call me *awesome*.

What is an attributive adjective?

Comes before the noun that is modifies. The *tall* giraffe. The *fluffy* puppies.

What is a Object-Complement Verb?

Creates object complements. Subject-OCV-D.O=OC. e.g They-elected-him=president.

What is a Preposition?

Defines relationships between something & a noun. The noun is the *object of the preposition.* That "something" can be a N, ADJ, or V e.g The spider is under the table. spider= noun, subject or object of the preposition. is = verb under = preposition. the table = noun direct object.

What is an adverb?

Describes how a verb is done. Most commonly end in "ly" (see what i did there) ;)

What is a relative pronoun?

Fills in a noun spot in a clause. e.g The book, *which* is delightful to read, is about grammar.

What are some hints in determining if a noun, is a noun.

Has a suffix e.g -ation, -ition, -ier Can be pluralized with -s or -es

What is an Transitive Verb?

Has something to someone or something. That "something" is the direct object. He walked to the gas station.

What are worker words?

Hold content words together, shows relationship. words: preposition, conjunction, and interjection

What is a manner adverb?

How a verb happened. e.g quickly, slowly, happily, usually, very

What is the function of water?

Hydrate our bodies, cleans things.

What are subordinating conjunctions?

Introduce dependent clauses. e.g I will learn about clauses *after* break.

What is an Intransitive Verb?

It "just happens" doesn't happen to anyone or anything. He walked.

What is an interjection?

It has no grammatical relationship to the rest of the sentence. Introduces feeling. e.g Wow! That's awesome. Oh, thats cool.

What is a conjunction?

Join together two like things. Make parallel.

What is an adjective?

Modifies noun.

What is a common noun?

Non specific e.g student, school

What is an abstract noun?

Non tangible e.g hope, dreams, love

What is "this and these" used for?

Objects that are close

What is "that and those" used for?

Objects that are far.

What is an uncountable noun (mass noun)?

Pluralized by pluralizing a *unit*. e.g 5 grams of salt, 3 barrels of hay, 8 gallons of milk.

What is a demonstrative pronoun?

Pronoun that can often times be used as an adjective. "this, that (singular), these, those(plural)" words e.g Ollie is a dog, Demonstrative case: *this* is a dog

What is a indefinite pronoun?

Pronoun where you don't know the antecedent. e.g another, some, most, somebody.

What is a interrogative pronoun?

Pronoun with unknown antecedent, trying to figure out what it is. e.g *Who* is the best student?

What is a clause?

Sentence within a sentence.

What is a proper noun?

Specific name, and capitalized in writing e.g Saint Thomas More Academy

What is a pronoun?

Specific type of noun / noun replacer. e.g Bob walked to the school. He walked to the store.

What is a concrete noun?

Tangible. Has physical properties. Whenever you are trying to figure out if a noun is concrete, think like a scientist. Meaning, if the noun has physical properties, than it is concrete. e.g heat, or steam.

What is an antecedent?

The word that a pronoun is replacing. e.g the antecedent of he --- bob

What is a determiner?

Type of adjective that marks nouns so you know when it is coming next. Can be used as most pronouns. articles: -a -an -the specification: this, that, these, those, which, neither. Quantity # : 5, some, most

How to point out a transitive vs. intransitive verb.

Typically, if you are trying to distinguish wether the verb in the sentence is transitive or intransitive, flip the sentence into a question by asking *what*. For example, She ate pumpkin pie. She ate what? Pumpkin pie. Since the *what* can be answered the verb is transitive, but if the *what* is undefined than it's intransitive.

What is form?

Way it looks.

What is function?

What it does.

What is a Verb?

What's happening, action of the sentence.

What is a Noun Modifier?

When a noun acts like an adjective. e.g kitchen table kitchen is modifying table. (Anna DeCarlucci approves this method)

What is an example of a spatial preposition?

Where the object is in relation to the space it's at. between, under, among.

What is a temporal adverb?

Words talking about when verbs happen. e.g currently, lastly, soon, always. e.g 2. Currently, I am studying for grammar but, soon I will read for ancient literature then, lastly I will do my math homework.

What are content words?

Words that give language meaning. words: noun, verb, adjective, adverb

What are the 7 coordinating conjunctions?

and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so

What is an example of a temporal preposition?

before, during

What are correlative conjunctions?

both....and not.....but either....or neither....nor (just)as.....so

What is a Helping Verb in the form of a question?

e.g Do you study? *do* is the helping verb since it is an extra part of the main verb, which is study.

What is a Helping Verb in the form of a possibility?

e.g I might study. *might* is the helping verb since it is an extra part of the main verb, which is study.

What is a Helping Verb in the form of a command?

e.g You will study! *will* is the helping verb since it is an extra part of the main verb, which is study.

Superlative adjective?

more, most

What are the three forms a preposition can take.

noun-preposition-noun tickets- for- the show adjective-preposition-noun quiet- as- a mouse verb-preposition-noun ate- on- the table

How do you test if something is a preposition?

put the word "right" right before the preposition to see if it works. she what i did? ;)

What is an example of a manner preposition?

relationship, how it happened, and why. written by her, written for her, written with her.

What are some examples of helping verbs?

should, might, could, would, may, shall, can, do, have, be, will.