AP Grammar Flashcards

10857734647	Noun	a part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea.	0
10857734648	Proper Noun	a type of noun that names a particular person, place, or thing.	1
10857734649	Common Noun	a type of noun that names any class of persons, places, or things.	2
10857734650	Collective Noun	indicates a group of persons, animals, places, of things considered as one.	3
10857734651	Abstract Noun	names a thing that is a quality or a condition.	4
10857734652	Concrete Noun	names a person, place, or thing that exists in physical or material form.	5
10857734653	Person	the quality of a noun that indicates whether the noun is first person, (speaker) second person, (one being spoken to) or the third person (person being spoken about).	6
10857734654	Number	the quality of a noun that indicates whether the noun is singular, (names one person, place, or thing) or plural (names more than one persons, places, or things).	7
10857734655	Gender	is the quality of a noun that indicates if the noun is masculine, feminine, or neuter.	8
10857734656	Case	the quality of a noun that indicates the function of that noun in the sentence.	9
10857734657	Nominative Case	a noun that functions as a subject, subjective complement, direct address, or an explanation in a sentence.	10
10857734658	-	an appositive that explains a subject, a subjective complement, or direct address in the nominative case.	11
10857734659	Possessive Case	a noun that has the function of showing possession or ownership in a sentence.	12
10857734660	Objective Case	a noun that functions as a direct object, objective complement, indirect object, or the object of preposition in a sentence.	13
10857734661	-	an appositive that explains a direct object, objective complement, indirect object, or object of preposition in the objective case.	14
10857734662	Subject	answers the question "who?" or "what?" before the predicate or verb.	15
10857734663	Subjective Complement	a noun that follows a linking verb and refers back to the subject.	16
10857734664	A Linking Verb	expresses a state of being; am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been.	17
10857734665	Direct Address	a person, place, or thing spoken to and named; is separated by the usage of commas.	18
10857734666	Appositive	follows a noun or a pronoun to identify or explain them; there is usually a comma separating the appositive and its modifiers.	19
10857734667	Possessive Noun	a noun that takes ownership of someone or something.	20
10857734668	Separate Possession	one or more nouns used together to show that each noun owns something independently.	21
10857734669	Joint Possession	one or more nouns used together to show that all nouns own something as a group.	22
10857734670	Direct Object	answers the questions "Whom?" or "What?" and is found after the predicate or verb.	23
10857734671	Objective Complement	a second object that explains the meaning of the direct object.	24
10857734672	Indirect Object	answers the questions "To whom?" "For whom?" or "To what?" and is found after the verb. Is always followed by a direct object.	25
10857734673	Object of the Preposition	must follow a preposition and is the last word in a prepositional phrase.	26
10857734674	Cognate Object	a direct object that repeats the meaning of the verb and closely resembles it.	27
10857734675	Adverbial Objective	a noun used as an adverb. It tells: "when, where, how long, how high, how low, how far, and how much."	28
10857734676	Pronoun	a part of speech that replaces a noun.	29
10857734677	Personal Pronoun	refers to the person speaking, the person, place or thing spoken to, or the person, place or thing spoken about.	30
10857734678	Demonstrative Pronoun	points to a specific person, place, or thing and may function as the subject, a subjective complement, direct object, indirect object, or an object of the preposition.	31
10857734679	Interrogative Pronoun	asks a question. Who, whom, which, whose, or what.	32
10857734680	Relative Pronoun	is used in a complex sentence and contains both an independent and dependent clause, also contains a subject and predicate. It connects an adjectival dependent clause tot he pronoun's antecedent in the independent clause.	33
10857734681	Indefinite Pronoun	points to no specific person, place, or thing. Ex: another, something, either, neither, much, one, other, anybody, everybody, and many more. It may function as a subject, subjective complement, direct object, indirect object, or object of the preposition.	34
10857734682	Conjunction	the part of speech that connects words, phrases, and or clauses.	35
10857734683	Reflexive	follows the verb, refers back to the subject, may function as a direct object, indirect object, or object of the preposition. IS required to complete the meaning of the sentence.	36
10857734684	Intensive	is often found after the noun or pronoun that it emphasizes and is only used to emphasize a proceeding noun or pronoun. Is NOT needed to express a complete sentence.	37
10857734685	Sentence Fragment	An incomplete sentence that does not have either a subject or verb.	38
10857734686	Run-on Sentence	A sentence two or more sentences that are joined without adequate punctuation or a connecting word.	39
10857734687	Coordinating Conjunction	A word that combines two complete sentences punctuated by placing a comma before it	40
10857734688	Correlative Conjunction	It is used to compare or contrast two ideas.	41
10857734689	Comma splice	when two sentences are connected only with a comma	42
10857734690	Gerund	a verbal that acts as a noun and always ends in -ing	43
10857734691	Verbal	A verb form used as a different part of speech	44
10857734692	Appositive	a noun, that describes or renames another noun	45
10857734693	Infinitive	It is the form of a verb that comes after the word TO and acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb	46
10857734694	Participle	It is the form of a verb that ends with -ing, -ed, or -en but act like adjectives	47
10857734695	Simple Sentence	One independent clause	48
10857734696	Compound Sentence	Two or more independent clauses	49
10857734697	Complex Sentence	Independent clause joined to dependent clause	50
10857734698	Compound-Complex Sentence	Sharing compound and complex sentence structure	51
10857734699	Parallel Structure	Is the repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage.	52
10857734700	Clause	A group of words with a subject and verb in it.	53
10857734701	Subordinate Clause	Does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence. (A type of clause.)	54
10857734702	Independent Clause	Expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence; has both a subject and a verb.	55
10857734703	Active Voice	A sentence in which the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed in the verb.	56
10857734704	Passive Voice	A sentence in which the subject is acted upon; he or she receives the action expressed by the verb.	57
10857734705	What is a verb?	an action word	58
10857734706	What verbs can be linking verbs?	Being verbs or verbs ending in be / been	59
10857734707	What verbs could be a linking verb?	Have	60
10857734708	Which is a being verb?	Am	61
10857734709	Common nouns name a ____ person, place, or thing.	general	62
10857734710	Proper nouns name a ___ person, place, or thing.	particular	63
10857734711	Concrete nouns name whatever you ___ experience with senses.	can	64
10857734712	Abstract nouns name whatever you ___ experience with senses.	cannot	65
10857734713	Collective nouns name ____	groups	66
10857734714	Compound nouns are _____ words used as a single noun.	two or more words	67
10857734715	Personal pronouns represent ____ people or things.	specific	68
10857734716	Reflexive pronouns usually end in ____.	self	69
10857734717	Intensive pronouns are used for ____	emphasis.	70
10857734718	Interrogative pronouns answer ___	questions.	71
10857734719	Demonstrative pronouns ____ a specific person or thing.	point out	72
10857734720	Indefinite pronouns don't have ____.	antecendents.	73
10857734721	Relative pronouns introduce ____	dependent clauses.	74
10857734722	Adjectives describe	nouns.	75
10857734723	Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and ___	adverbs.	76
10857734724	Prepositions locate nouns and ____ in time and space.	pronouns.	77
10857734725	Conjunctions connect _____ and clauses.	words	78
10857734726	Interjections are _____ inserted in speech.	exclamations	79
10857734727	Direct objects _____ the action of the verb.	recieve	80
10857734728	Indirect objects are nouns that tell ____ the action is done.	to whom	81
10857734729	A word that is used to complete the verb.	predicate nominative	82
10857734730	A word following a linking verb that modifies the subject of a linking verb.	predicate adjective	83
10857734731	The part that says what a paragraph is about.	a topic sentence.	84
10857734732	The part that ties the paragraph together.	a summarizing sentence.	85
10857734733	A paragraph should be ____ and unified.	cohesive ;	86
10857734734	A group of words that can stand alone as a complete thought.	a sentence	87
10857734735	To correct ____, connect it to the sentence from which it has been separated.	a fragment	88