Grammar Definitions

What part of speech shows a relationship to some other word in the sentences?

• noun

• preposition

• adjective

• verb

What part of a sentence tells what the entire sentence is talking about?

• subject

• sentence

• verb

• preposition

What part of speech modifies (describes) a noun or a pronoun?

• noun

• preposition

• adjective

• verb

What type of verb connects something in the predicate to the subject?

• transitive

• intransitive

• linking

• helping

What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea?

• noun

• preposition

• adjective

• verb

What is a complete thought and contains a subject and verb?

• noun

• preposition

• sentence

• subject

What type of verb assists a main verb in sentences?

• transitive

• intrasitive

• linking

• helping

What part of the sentence tells what the subject is or is doing?

• noun

• preposition

• adjective

• verb / verb phrase

What type of action verb has no object?

• transitive

• intransitive

• linking

• helping

What type of action verb must have an object?

• transitive

• intransitive

• linking

• helping