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

Fill in the Blank

What word could you replace with a pronoun in the sentence?

Mary forgot to grab her coat this morning?

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.

Fill in the Blank

What is the indefinite pronoun in the sentence?

Does anybody know who invited the telescope?

Fill in the Blank

What is the interrogative pronoun in the sentence?

Who first used the telescope to discover new things about astronomy?

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

Fill in the Blank

What is the auxiliary verb in the sentence?

Hydrogen will ignite swiftly under the right conditions.

Fill in the Blank

What is the auxiliary verb in the sentence?

Stars can last as long as 15 billion years.

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

Fill in the Blank

What is the preposition in the sentence?

It's 20 degrees below zero.

Fill in the Blank

What is the preposition in the sentence?

I always go to work by train.

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

Fill in the Blank

What is the subordinating conjunction in the sentence?

Because I studied, I aced my math test.

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