English Grammar Definitions
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- What is the definition of a noun?
- A person, place, thing, or idea.
- What is a subject?
- The one doint the action or being described.
- What is a direct object?
- The one that receives the action.
- What is an indirect object?
- To/for whom or to/for what the action is being done, it is always before the direct object.
- What is an object of a preposition?
- The noun in a prepositional phrase.
- What is an apposative?
- It is set up by commas, restates the noun it follows.
- What is predicate noun?
- It follows a linking verb and modifies/restates the subject.
- What is a noun of direct address?
- It is the one being directly addressed in the sentence.
- What is a verb?
- A word used to express an action or a state of being.
- What is a nominative pronoun?
- A pronoun that is used to replace the subject or predicate noun.
- What is an objective pronoun?
- It replaces a direct object, indirect object, or an object of a preposition.
- What does an indefinite pronoun do?
- Usually refers to a quantity.
- What is an adjective?
- A word that modifies/restates a noun/pronoun.
- What questions does an adjective answer?
- Which one? What kind? How many?
- What is an adverb?
- A word that modifies/describes adjectives, verbs, or other adverbs.
- What questions does an adverb answer?
- When? Where? Why? To what extent?
- What is a conjunction?
- A word that joins two grammatical constructions.
- What are coordinating conjuctions?
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- They work in pairs. For example: either...or, neither...nor, not only...but also, both...and.
- What are some conjunctive adverbs?
- However, therefore, furthermore, also, in addition, nevertheless.
- What is an interjection?
- A word or group of words that add feeling or emotion to the sentence.
- What is a preposition?
- It shows the realtionship of one object to another.
- What is a gerund?
- It ends in "-ing" and acts as a noun.
- What is a participle?
- It ends in "-ing" or "-ed" and acts as an adjective.
- What is a prepositional phrase?
- It begins with a acts as an adverb or and adjective.
- What is an infinitive phrase?
- It begins with "to" and a verb; it acts as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.