Eight Parts of Speech Review (English Grammar)

Question 1

Reflexive pronouns are used to show...

Accepted Answer

clairity of meaning

Question 2

Demonstrative pronouns are used to point out a specific _____, and indicate proximity.

Accepted Answer

noun

Question 3

Subordinating conjunctions join a(n) _____ to the main clause of a sentence.

Accepted Answer

adverb

Question 4

What is a common noun?

Accepted Answer

part of a &#x27;generic group&#x27; and therefore uncapiatalized

Question 5

Linking verbs can be replaced by a(n) _____ without changing the meaning of the sentence.

Accepted Answer

&#x27;be&#x27; verb

Question 6

What does it mean for a noun to be concrete?

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the entity is tangible, you can see it

Question 7

What is an interjection?

Accepted Answer

a word that expresses an emotion

Question 8

What is an uncountable noun?

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the noun is understood to be plural, but cannot actually be counted

Question 9

Which are determiners of a noun?

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possessive nouns or pronouns, articles (a, an, the), demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those), Interrogative pronouns (what, which, whose)

Question 10

What is a verb?

Accepted Answer

shows either an action or a state of being

Question 11

Objective pronouns are used as the...

Accepted Answer

direct object/indirect object/object of preposition

Question 12

Correlative conjunctions occur in pairs.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Nominative pronouns are used to complement the...

Accepted Answer

subject

Question 14

Possessive pronouns are used to show possession of a noun.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Action verbs fall into two categories:

Accepted Answer

transitive and intransistive

Question 16

Intransitive verbs are followed by an object.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

What is a conjunction?

Accepted Answer

a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses

Question 18

What is an impersonal pronoun?

Accepted Answer

indefinite, reciprocal, interrogative, domstrative, and/or relative

Question 19

What is a preposition?

Accepted Answer

relates a noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence

Question 20

What is a noun?

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a thing, a place, an idea, a person

Question 21

Indefinite pronouns are used to take the place of a(n) _____ which cannot be named specifically.

Accepted Answer

noun

Question 22

What questions do adverbs answer?

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For what purpose?, When?, Where?, How?

Question 23

Prepositions can consist of more than just one word.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

What is a proper noun?

Accepted Answer

the noun is individualized and therefore capitalized

Question 25

What is a personal pronoun?

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can be nominative, objective, reflexive, intensive, and/or posessive

Question 26

You can test to see if a word is a noun by making it either plural or possessive.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Intensive pronouns are used to show...

Accepted Answer

emphasis

Question 28

An adjective that precedes a verb is called a(n)...

Accepted Answer

attributive adjective

Question 29

Reciprocal pronouns can be either singular (only two), or plural (more than two). Which two pronouns are these?

Accepted Answer

one another (plural), each other (singular)

Question 30

What is an adjective?

Accepted Answer

a word that modifies a noun or pronoun

Question 31

You can also test to see if a word is a noun by replacing it with a(n)...

Accepted Answer

pronoun

Question 32

Prepositions can also express concepts of _____.

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condition, time

Question 33

What does it mean for a noun to be abstract?

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the entity is intangible, you cannot see it

Question 34

What questions do adjectives answer?

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How many?, Which one?, What kind?

Question 35

Adverbs can take the form of phrases, not just one word.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

What does it mean for a noun to be regular?

Accepted Answer

the plurals of these nouns end in s or es

Question 37

Transitive verbs are followed by a(n) _____ that recieves the action.

Accepted Answer

object

Question 38

Which interrogative pronouns can be used as adjectives?

Accepted Answer

whose, which, what (immediately followed a noun)

Question 39

Interjections have no grammatical function.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

Which interrogative pronouns can be used to begin a question?

Accepted Answer

who, whom, whose, which, what

Question 41

What is a pronoun?

Accepted Answer

a word that takes the place of a noun

Question 42

What is an adverb?

Accepted Answer

a word that modifies a verb, ajective, or adverb

Question 43

State of being verbs fall into two categories:

Accepted Answer

&#x27;be&#x27; verbs and linking verbs

Question 44

What does it mean for a noun to be irregular?

Accepted Answer

the plural version either changes its form or remains unchanged

Question 45

Coordinating conjunctions are better known as...

Accepted Answer

FANBOYS (for [because], and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

Question 46

What is a countable noun?

Accepted Answer

a noun that can be counted/numbered

Question 47

Relative pronouns are used to begin a relative or adjective ______.

Accepted Answer

clause

Question 48

You can determine if a word is a conjunctive adverb if it's immediately preceded by a ______.

Accepted Answer

semicolon ( ; )

Question 49

An adjective that follows a verb is called a(n)...

Accepted Answer

predicate adjective, subjective complement

Eight Parts of Speech Review (English Grammar)

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Eight Parts of Speech Review (English Grammar)

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