Study Guide for Grammar
January 13, 2009 Study Guide For Grammar Test
A noun is a word or word group that is used to name a person, place, thing, or an idea Persons: Mr. Wood, teacher, chef, Dr. Hakim Places: Grand Canyon, City, Kitchen Things: lamp, granite, Sports Award, George Washington Bridge
A compound noun is a single noun made up of two or more words used together One word: grandmother, basketball Hyphenated Word: mother-in-law, light-year Two words: grand piano, jumping jack
A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea and begins with a capital letter Morocco, Eiffel Tower, Arabic, Buddhism
Common noun names any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas and is generally not capitalized. Girl, writer, city, language, book.
Concrete noun names a person, place, or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell) Photograph, music, pears, filmmaker, sandpaper, rose, Brooklyn Bridge
Abstract noun names and idea, a feeling, a quality or a characteristic Love, fun, freedom, self-esteem, beauty, honor, wisdom, Buddhism
Collective Noun is a word that names a group audience, batch, class, committee, crew, family, herd, jury, swarm, team
A pronoun is a word that is used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns
A personal pronoun refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about 1st: I, me, my, mine Plural: we, us, our, ours 2nd:you, your, yours 3rd: he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its Plural: they, them, their, theirs
A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence
An intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun or another pronoun and is unnecessary to the meaning of the sentence 1st: myself, ourselves 2nd: yourself, yourselves 3rd: himself, herself, itself, themselves
A demonstrative pronoun points our a person, place, a thing, or an idea this, that, these, those
An interrogative pronoun
A noun is a word or word group that is used to name a person, place, thing, or an idea Persons: Mr. Wood, teacher, chef, Dr. Hakim Places: Grand Canyon, City, Kitchen Things: lamp, granite, Sports Award, George Washington Bridge
A compound noun is a single noun made up of two or more words used together One word: grandmother, basketball Hyphenated Word: mother-in-law, light-year Two words: grand piano, jumping jack
A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea and begins with a capital letter Morocco, Eiffel Tower, Arabic, Buddhism
Common noun names any one of a group of persons, places, things, or ideas and is generally not capitalized. Girl, writer, city, language, book.
Concrete noun names a person, place, or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell) Photograph, music, pears, filmmaker, sandpaper, rose, Brooklyn Bridge
Abstract noun names and idea, a feeling, a quality or a characteristic Love, fun, freedom, self-esteem, beauty, honor, wisdom, Buddhism
Collective Noun is a word that names a group audience, batch, class, committee, crew, family, herd, jury, swarm, team
A pronoun is a word that is used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns
A personal pronoun refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about 1st: I, me, my, mine Plural: we, us, our, ours 2nd:you, your, yours 3rd: he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its Plural: they, them, their, theirs
A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence
An intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun or another pronoun and is unnecessary to the meaning of the sentence 1st: myself, ourselves 2nd: yourself, yourselves 3rd: himself, herself, itself, themselves
A demonstrative pronoun points our a person, place, a thing, or an idea this, that, these, those
An interrogative pronoun