Grammar 7

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What questions do adverbs answer?: How?
When?
Where?

(the action verb is done)
What questions do the O.C. answer?: What?
Whom?
What is a noun-adjunct?: Nouns that precede and modify O.P.'s and function as adjectives.
What is an indirect object?: A noun or pronoun that indirectly receives the action of the verb. (I.O.)
List the prepositions from 31 to 40.: 31. near 39. throughout
32. of 40. to
33. off
34. on
35. over
36. past
37. since
38. through
What is a predicate nominative?: If the LV complement is a noun, it is a PN and it renames the subject.
What do you call action verbs that are not followed by direct objects?: Intransitive
List the pronouns that can serve as O.P.'s.: 1. object pronouns
2. indefinite pronouns
3. demonstrative pronouns
4. interrogative pronouns
5. reflexive pronouns
What is the first and most fundamental skill required to understand the structure of a sentence?: The ability to recognize the verb.
What is an A.V.?: An action verb - it expresses the doing of something.
The O.P. answers what 2 questions after the preposition?: What?
Whom?
Can the S (subject) ever be found in a prepositional phrase?: No
What is never a D.O.? (They never follow action verbs): Nominative pronouns
Why is an action verb called intransitive?: The action cannot be transferred to a receiver.
List the interrogative pronouns.: What?
Which?
How do you abbreviate interrogative pronouns?: Itr Pro
How do you label a preposition?: P
What can function as subjects?: 1. nouns
2. nominative pronouns
3. indefinite pronouns
4. interrogative pronouns
List the indefinite pronouns.: any, anyone, anybody; each, everyone, everybody; none, no one, nobody; some, someone, somebody; few, several, many, more most, all; one(s), other(s), another, either, neither both; anything, everything, nothing, something
What is an adjective?: A word that gives information about the noun or pronoun.
What parts of speech can O.C.'s be?: Noun (noun OC)
Adjective (adj. OC)
How do you abbreviate indefinite pronouns?: (Id pro)
Name the auxiliary verbs.: Can, could, shall, should, will, would, has, had, have, be, been, may, must, might, am, are, do, did, does, was, were
List the prepositions from 41 to 49: 41. toward 49. without
42. under
43. underneath
44. until
45. up
46. upon
47. with
48. within
List the object pronouns.: to me
to you
to her, him, it, whom
to us
to you
to them
Name the 5 senses linking verbs.: Look
Smell
Taste
Sound
Feel
How do you abbreviate object pronouns?: (Ob Pro)
What does a prepositional phrase begin and end with?: Begins with a preposition (P) and ends with an object of the preposition (OP).
List the first ten prepositions.: 1. aboard 9. among
2. above 10. around
3. above
4. across
5. after
6. against
7. along
8. amid
How do you abbreviate demonstrative pronouns?: (d pro)
List the demonstrative pronouns.: this
that
these
those
All forms of the word "be" can be used two ways. What are they?: Linking verbs
Auxiliary verbs
What can function as an indirect object?: 1. noun
2. ob pro
3. id pro
4. d pro
5. r pro
Which adverbs answer the questions, how and to what extent?: actually
almost
also
definitely
gradually
only
probably
really
List the prepositions from 21 to 30.: 21. by 29. into
22. concerning 30. like
23. down
24. during
25. except
26. for
27. from
28. in
List the reflexive pronouns.: myself
yourself
himself, herself, itself
ourselves
yourselves
themselves
How do you abbreviate reflexive pronouns?: (r pro)
Which adverbs answer the question, "when?": always
eventually
never
now
often
recently
sometimes
soon
Give all the forms of the word "be".: am
are
is
was
were
be
been
being
What can never be used as a subject?: object pronouns
What questions do I.O.'s answer?: to (what?)
for (whom?)
What are the 3 special adjectives labeled "adj 3"?: a
an
the
How do you label an object of a preposition?: OP
What can serve as predicate nominatives?: 1. nouns
2. Id pro
3. d pro
4. r pro
5. pronouns
Give an example of a prediate nominative.: N (s) LV N (PN)
John is a loyal friend.
Name the five "GRABS" linking verbs.: Grow
Remain
Appear
Become
Seem
What is the action verb complement that follows the D.O. and renames it?: Object Complement (noun or adj.)
List the prepositions from 11 to 20.: 11. at 19. beyond
12. before 20. but
13. behind
14. below
15. beneath
16. beside
17. besides
18. between
How do you abbreviate predicate adjective?: P Adj
Why is an AV complement called transitive?: Because the action of the verb can be transferred to a D.O.
A person or thing that complements the action verb, toward which it is directed.: Direct Object - D.O.
What is a subject?: The particular person, or thing that the sentence is about.
What can come before predicate nominatives?: 1. predicate nominatives
2. adjectives
3. adverbs
What is a linking verb complement?: A sentence with a S and a LV will have a complement. This completes the sentence.
Name the nominative pronouns.: I am
You are
She is, He is, Who is,
We are
You are
They are
What is the second most essential skill in grammar?: The ability to identify the verb as linking or action.
What else besides the P and OP might you find in a prepositional phrase?: adjectives
noun adjuncts
noun signals
adverbs
Name the noun signals.: 1. adj 3
2. possessive pronouns (Ps Pro)
3. possessive indefinite pronouns (Ps id Pro)
4. singular possessive nouns (S Ps N)
5. plural possessive nouns (P Ps N)
Is a preposition always in a prepositional phrase?: No, sometimes a P can function as an adverb.
Can a prepositional phrase separate the S from the Verb?: Yes
What is it called if the action verb has a complement?: It is transitive.
What are the action verb complements?: 1. direct objects
2. indirect objects
3. noun object complements
4. adjective object complements
Can adverbs modify other adverbs?: Yes
Can a P Adj precede a noun?: No, it modifies the subject.
Can a noun signal come before a predicate adjective?: No
What can function as direct objects?: 1. nouns
2. object pronouns
3. indefinite pronouns
4. demonstrative pronouns
5. reflexive pronouns
6. interrogative pronouns
What do you ask after the action verb to find the direct object?: Whom?
What?
What do you call adjectives that function as LV complements?: Predicate adjectives

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