Grammar Definitions

Front 1

Define noun of direct address.

Back 1

A noun that is used to identify the person to whom one is speaking is known as the noun of direct address.

Front 2

Name the nine modals.

Back 2

Modals: can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would

Front 3

Define an essential appositive.

Back 3

An appositive that MUST clarify the word that it is restating in order for the sentence to make sense is an essential appositive.

Essential appositives do not require commas.

Example:
My dog Copper drank the water.

Front 4

Define a direct object.

Back 4

A direct object is the noun that receives the action of the verb in a sentence.

Front 5

Define a non-essential appositive.

Back 5

An appositive that DOES NOT need to clarify the word that it is restating in order for the sentence to make sense is a non-essential appositive.

Non-essential appositives DO require commas.

Example:
My husband, John, ate the pie.

Front 6

Name some examples of linking verbs.

Back 6

Some examples of linking verbs: is, are, was, were, will be, has been, is being, could have been, become, remain, stay, prove, look, sound, taste, feel, appear, grow, turn, seem.

Front 7

Define an appositive.

Back 7

A noun that is used to restate another noun in a sentence is called an appositive.

Front 8

What is the function of a helping verb?

Back 8

Helping verbs help the main verb create the various tenses.

Front 9

Name the four types of sentences.

Back 9

Statements - declarative

Questions - interrogative

Exclamations - exclamatory

Commands - imperative

Front 10

Define a verb.

Back 10

A verb is the word that is doing or being something in a sentence.

Front 11

When a noun of direct address is the first word in a sentence, where do you place a comma?

Back 11

When a noun of direct address is the first word in a sentence, a comma is always placed AFTER the noun of direct address.

Example:
Victoria, come here!

Front 12

What questions do you ask to identify the direct object in a sentence?

Back 12

To find the direct object: Ask who or what is receiving the action of the verb.

Front 13

When the noun of direct address is the final word in a sentence, where do you place a comma?

Back 13

When a noun of direct address is the final word in a sentence, a comma always PRECEDES the noun of direct address.

Example: Come here, Victoria.

Front 14

Define an indirect object.

Back 14

An indirect object is the noun that tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is being done.

The indirect object ALWAYS precedes the direct object.

Front 15

When the noun of direct address is in the middle of a sentence, where do you place the commas?

Back 15

When a noun of direct address is in the middle of a sentence, one comma always PRECEDES and one comma always FOLLOWS the noun of direct address.

Example: Come here, Victoria, and catch the spider!

Front 16

Define a predicate.

Back 16

A predicate is what the subject is doing (action verb) or being (linking verb) in a sentence.

The predicate is the verb or the verb phrase in the sentence.

Front 17

A sentence consists of what two elements?

Back 17

1. A subject
2. A predicate

Front 18

Define a predicate noun.

Back 18

A predicate noun restates in a different way the person, place, thing, or idea that is the subject of a sentence. A predicate noun ONLY follows a linking verb NOT action verbs.

Example: Henry is a DOG.

Front 19

Name the principal parts of the verb.

Back 19

The principal parts of the verb: infinitive, past, past participle, present participle

Front 20

Define a subject.

Back 20

A subject is the pronoun or noun (who or what) that is doing something in a sentence.

Front 21

Define a proper noun.

Back 21

A proper noun is a word used to identify a specific person, place, thing, or idea. It is always upper cased.

Front 22

Name the eight parts of speech.

Back 22

The eight parts of speech: verbs, nouns, adjectives, pronouns, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections

Front 23

Define a linking verb.

Back 23

A linking verb is a verb that connects the subject with a (predicate) noun.

Example: Henry IS a dog.

(It can also connect the subject with an adjective, but we'll study this later.)

Front 24

Define modals.

Back 24

Modals (9) are helping verbs that show degrees of possibility or obligation for the verb to happen.

Front 25

Define a common noun.

Back 25

A common noun is a word used to identify a general person, place, thing, or idea. It is not upper cased.

Front 26

Do modals act as main verbs?

Back 26

Modals never act as main verbs.

Front 27

Define a noun.

Back 27

A noun is a word used to identify a person, place, thing, or idea.

Front 28

What is an adjective?

Back 28

An adjective is a word or a group of words used to modify (describe) a noun or pronoun.

Front 29

An article is a type of adjective. Name the three articles.

Back 29

a, an, the

Front 30

A demonstrative is a type of adjective. Name the five demonstratives.

Back 30

this, that, these, those, a certain

Front 31

What four questions do adjectives usually answer?

Back 31

Which one? What kind? How many? How much?

Front 32

Name the two types of adjectives?

Back 32

Limiting adjectives, descriptive adjectives

Front 33

What are the six catagoreis of limiting adjectives?

Back 33

articles, demonstratives, possessives, ordinals, quantifiers, comparatives and superlatives