English Notecards For Mrs. K's English Exam

Front 1

what is an adjective

Back 1

describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

Front 2

questions it answers

Back 2

what kind, which one, how many, how much

Front 3

articles

Back 3

a, an, the

Front 4

6 indefinite pronouns

Back 4

all, each, both, few, most, much, several

Front 5

5 possesive pronouns

Back 5

my, his, her, our, your

Front 6

adverb

Back 6

describes a ver, adj, or adv

Front 7

when do you use the comparitive form of an adj or adv?

Back 7

when you compare a person or thing with another person or thing

Front 8

when do you use superlative form

Back 8

when you compare someone or thing to another person or thing

Front 9

what does the complete subject in a scentence include

Back 9

tells who or what the scentence is about

Front 10

what does the complete predicate include

Back 10

verb and that other words that tell about the verb

Front 11

simple subject

Back 11

main words that tell about the subject

Front 12

simple predicate

Back 12

main words in the predicate

Front 13

what is a clause

Back 13

group of words with its own subject and verb

Front 14

independent clause

Back 14

has a subject and verb AND its a complete scentence

Front 15

subordinate clause

Back 15

has a word at the beginning that tells you its sub. such as: as, although, because, if, once

Front 16

all scentences can be classified according to the......and............they contain

Back 16

number and kinds of clause

Front 17

simple scentence

Back 17

single independent clause

Front 18

compund scentence

Back 18

two or more independent clauses put together with a conjunction and comma or a ;

Front 19

complex scentence

Back 19

independent clause and subordinate clause

Front 20

what is the rule regarding commas and complex scentences

Back 20

sub 1st comma, sub 2nd no comma

Front 21

4 kinds of scentences

Back 21

declaritive, interogotive, imparitive, exclamitory

Front 22

what are scentence types that have unusual subject order

Back 22

questions, commands, inverted scentences, scentences beginning with here or there

Front 23

adverb phrase

Back 23

prepositional phrase that describes a verb, adj, or another adv

Front 24

adjective phrase

Back 24

prepositional phrase that describes a noun or pronoun

Front 25

conjunction

Back 25

word used to join words or a group of words

Front 26

7 common conjunctions

Back 26

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

Front 27

interjection

Back 27

word or phrase used to express emotion

Front 28

scentence fragment

Back 28

a scentence that is missing either a subject, predicate, or both

Front 29

run-on scentence

Back 29

two or more scentences written together as if they were a complete scentence