Comprehensive Grammar

Unit 2 Grammar Review

Nouns

• Proper Noun- names a particular person, place, thing, or idea

• Possessive Noun- shows ownership. Need an apostrophe s

• Plural Noun - names more than one most nouns ad -s or -es

Open Ended

What is the possessive noun in the sentence?

John's car roared loudly.

Multiple Choice

What is the proper nouns in the sentence.

I went to the Wisconsin Dells last weekend.

• I

• weekend

• Wisconsin Dells

• Wisconsin

Multiple Choice

What is the plural noun in the sentence?

The players were lined up in the dugout.

• dugout

• players

• lined up

More Nouns

• Collective Nouns- names a group of people or things

• Concrete Noun- names something you can see, touch, hear, smell, or taste

• Abstract Noun- names an idea

Multiple Choice

What is the collective noun is the sentence?

My sister and I were greeted by the staff at Space Camp.

• staff

• sister

Multiple Choice

What is the abstract noun in the sentence?

We looked with amazement at the computers in the mission control center.

• computers

• amazement

Multiple Choice

What is the concrete noun in the sentence?

I wanted to grab a mouse and begin the process of learning to control a spacecraft right then!

• process

• mouse

Pronoun

• can take the place of a noun- he, she

• Personal Pronoun- I, me, we, us

• Compound Personal Pronoun- myself, ourselves

More Pronouns

• Interrogative - who, whom, whose, which, and what are used in questions

• indefinite- refer to persons or things that are not identified as individuals. This includes: all, anybody, anyone, both, either, anything, everyone, few, many, most, one, no one, several, nobody, and someone.

Main/ Auxiliary Verbs

• Main verb- the most important verb in each sentence

• Auxiliary verbs- may come before the main verb

• May, might, can, could, should, must, could, should, will

Multiple Choice

What is the main verb in the sentence?

Such a star has been discovered.

• has

• been

• discovered

Multiple Choice

What is the main verb in the sentence?

Energy is released in this process.

• is

• released

• process

Verbs

• Action Verbs- shows action

• Linking Verb - does not show action

Multiple Choice

What is the action verb in the sentence?

The astronauts examined the Mars landscape.

• astronauts

• examined

• Mars

• landscape

Multiple Choice

What is the action verb in the sentence?

Julie baked a chocolate lava cake for the party.

• chocolate

• baked

• party

• for

Multiple Choice

What is the linking verb in the sentence?

Tomorrow's technology will be more effective for the analysis of distant worlds.

• will be

• effective

• analysis

Multiple Choice

What is the linking verb in the sentence?

The planet is lifeless.

• planet

• is

• lifeless

Progressive Verb Tenses

• Present - consists of the helping verb am, is, or are

• Past - was or were

• Future - will be

Multiple Choice

Is the sentence present, past, or future?

I am reading a book about World War 2.

• present

• past

• future

Multiple Choice

Is the sentence present, past, or future?

I will be writing a short story.

• present

• past

• future

Multiple Choice

Is the sentence present, past, future?

I was nervous watching the game.

• present

• past

• future

Adverbs/Adjectives

• Adjectives - describes nouns and pronouns

• Adverbs - describes verbs or adjectives. They tell how, when, where, or to what extent. Many adverbs end in -ly.

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the sentence?

I made myself a small bowl of oatmeal.

• small

• oatmeal

• made

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb in the sentence?

John sings loudly at the concert.

• sings

• loudly

• concert

Prepositions

• Prepositions- shows a relationship between one word in a sentence and the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition.

• Preposition tells us WHERE.

• Examples: across, in, into, over, above, of, to, by, inside, outside, for, around,...

• Prepositional phrase is the preposition, the object of the preposition, and any words between them.

• Example: The railroad is under construction.

• Please sit down for awhile.

Multiple Choice

What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?

Mary was sitting under a tree.

• under

• under a

• under a tree

• sitting under a tree

Conjunctions

• coordinating conjunctions - and, but, or, for, nor, yet connect words or groups of words

• Subordinating conjunctions - such as although, because, since, if, and before, show how one clause is related to another.

• A Subordinating conjunction begins a dependent clause.

Multiple Choice

What is the coordinating conjunction in the sentence?

Mars is about half the size of Earth and twice the size of our moon.

• is

• about

• and

• our

Multiple Choice

What is the coordinating conjunction in the sentence?

Does Clark have any brothers or sisters?

• in

• the

• have

• or

Multiple Choice

What is the subordinating conjunction in the sentence?

Although I love Mexican food, I am thinking pizza for dinner tonight.

• Although

• tonight

• thinking

• food

Correlative Conjunctions

• always appears in pairs

• They connect words or groups of words and provides more emphasis that coordinating conjunctions

• both/and, either/or, neither/nor, not only/but, whether/or

Multiple Choice

Is there a coordinating conjunction or correlative conjunction in the sentence?

Neither Biology nor Chemistry has openings.

• coordinating conjunction

• correlative conjunction

Multiple Choice

Is the sentence have a coordinating conjunction or correlative conjunctions.

Miss. Johnson loves cheese, but hates pizza.

• coordinating conjunction

• correlative conjunction