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Essentials Grammar
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10/06/2011

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Term
Structures of Sentences
Definition
Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex
Term
Purposes of sentences
Definition
Declarative, Exclamatory, Interrogative, Imperative
Term
Patterns of Sentences 
Definition

S - Vi, S-Vt-DO, S-Vl-PN, S-Vl-PA, S-Vt-IO-DO,

S-Vt-DO-OCN, S-Vt-DO-OCA

Term
 parts of Speech
Definition
Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Conjunction, Interjection, Preposition, Adjective
Term
Parts of a Sentence
Definition

Subject, Verb, Capital letter, End mark,

Complete Sense

Term
Noun usages
Definition

Subject Noun

Possesive Noun Adj

Indirect Object

Direct Object

Object of Preposition

Predicate Nominative

Object  Complement Noun

Noun of Direct Address 

Appositive

Term
Noun Attributes
Definition
Common/Proper, Single/Plural, Concrete/Abstrace, Collective, Compound
Term

What is a common noun?

 

Definition

a non-specific  noun

dog

Term
What is a proper noun?
Definition

 is specific and requires a capital letter.

Rover

Term
What does singular mean?
Definition

one

 

dog

Term
What does plural mean?
Definition

more than one

 

dogs

Term
What does a concrete noun mean?
Definition

can be experienced with the five senses.

paw

Term
What is an abstract noun?
Definition
concept, quality, or condiion that cannot be experienced with the five senses.  loyalty
Term
What is a collective noun?
Definition

a group composed of members.

pack

Term
What is a compound noun?
Definition

two words joined together

doghouse

Term
What is a pronoun?
Definition
replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition. 
Term
Order of Pronouns?
Definition
1st person singular, 2nd person singular, 3rd person singlular, 1st person plural, 2nd person plural, 3rd person plural.
Term

Subjective

(Nominative)

Pronouns

Definition
I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they
Term

Objective 

Pronouns

Definition
me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them
Term

Possessive 

Pronouns

(The car is _______)

(He drove _________)

Definition

mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs

 

Term

Possessive 

Pronoun Adjectives

(That is ______ car.)

Definition
my, your, his, her, its, ours, your, their
Term

Reflective

Pronouns

(Subject) saw __________.

Definition
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Term
uses of Subjective (Nominative) Pronouns
Definition

Subject

Predicate Nominative

Term
Uses for the Objective pronouns.
Definition

Direct Object

Object of Preposition

Indirect Object

Term
What are the uses for possessive pronouns?
Definition

Independent:

Subject

Predicate Adjective

Direct Object

Object of Preposition

Term
What are the uses of possessive pronoun adjectives?
Definition

Modifiers;

Show possession and

function as adjective

Term
What are the uses of reflexive pronouns?
Definition

Indirect Object

Direct Object

Object of Preposition

Predicate Nominative

Term
Demonstrative Pronouns
Definition
this, that, these, those
Term

Interrogative Pronouns

 

Definition
who, whom, whose, which, what
Term
Indefinite Pronouns
Definition
all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each either, everybody, everyone, everything, few many, more most neither, nobody, none, one, other, several, some, somebody, someone, such
Term
Relative Pronouns
Definition
who, whom, whose, whoever, whomever, that, which what, whatever
Term
What are the verb types?
Definition
Intransitive, Transitive, Linking, and Helping
Term
What are the verb attributes?
Definition
Person, number, voice and mood
Term
What are the persons of verbs?
Definition
first person, second person and third person
Term
What are the numbers of verbs?
Definition
Singular and Plural
Term
What are the voice of verbs?
Definition
Active and Passive
Term
What are the moods of verbs?
Definition
Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive
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