Grammar Vocab

Fill in the blanks on the following grammar term definitions…

Nouns & Pronouns

Nouns• _________• _________• _________• _________

• Main noun: ________ the noun that is doing the main action.

Pronouns• A word that takes the

place of a _______ in a sentence

• Examples: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Adjectives & Articles

Adjectives• A word that

___________ or ___________ a _______ or a ___________

Articles• These include ____, _____,

_____• They __________ a _____

or ______ phrase in a sentence.

• If they precede a word with a consonant, then use ____.

• If they precede a word with a vowel, then use _____.

Subject-Verb Agreement

• The ________ and _________ must agree in ____________.

• A singular subject takes a _________ verb.• A plural subject takes a _________ verb.

They ________ (is/are) Everybody ____ (is/are)She _________ (is/are) Sally & John ____(is/are)

Adverbs & Irregular Verbs

Adverbs• Just as adjectives modify

______, Adverbs modify ______.

• They modify by answering the questions:

________? ________? _______? _____________?

• Irregular Verbs• Verbs consist of three parts:

________, _________, _________

• Regular verbs end in “___” for simple _____ and past participle.

• Irregular verbs do ____ follow this pattern.

• Examples: Be, ____________, beenDo, _______, doneGet, got, _________

Conjunctions & Prepositions• Conjunctions• A word that ______ TWO

_______________ (IC) or ______________ together.

• Coordinating examples: __________________________________________________________________________________________

• Subordinating examples: __________________________________________________________________________________________

• Prepositions• These sit _______ a noun or pronoun.• These convey a _______,

____________, or ___________ meaning.

• Anywhere the squirrel can go!• Prepositional phrases consist of:PREPOSITION + OBJECT OF THAT PREPOSITION“TO the STORE”• Examples:

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Verbals

• The other verbs in a sentence (besides the main verb, which is called the ____________) have jobs to do!

• Each word in a sentence that appears as a verb/action word is called by a name based on their job in the sentence.

• The following are names of verbals…

Gerunds

• A gerund is a verbal that ends in _______ and functions as a _______ in the sentence.

• Because it looks like a verb, but it functions as a ___________, it can be used as a ________, ______ object, _______ complement, and object of the ______________.

• Example:My friend’s favorite activity is sleeping.Swimming is a satisfying way to work out.

Participle

• A participle is used as an _____________.• It often ends in ______ or _____.• Since they act as adjectives, they often modify __________

or ____________.• There are two types: 1. ___________ participles, ending in _____And 2. _________ participles, ending in ____________________________________Examples:The smiling dog looked suspicious.Defeated, she went over to the beaten child.

Infinitives• An infinitive consists of the word _____ plus a verb.• Formula= to + verb• These function as a _________, __________, or __________ in the

sentence.• It can be used as the __________, _______ object, _________

complement, _________, or ___________ in a sentence.• These are sometimes confused with prepositional phrases. The word

“to” is used as a preposition IF IT IS FOLLOWED BY A NOUN—THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION. If “to” is followed by a VERB, it is an infinitive*******

• Examples:• She wants us to learn.• To die is man’s greatest fear.

Commas1. Lists…A comma goes after every item in a series or list UNTIL the ____________. A list is three or more things.

2. Compound SentencesWhen two _____________ clauses join, they must have a semi-colon or a comma-conjunction between them.

3. Complex SentencesWhen a _____________ clause is used at the _____________ of the sentence, and it is followed by an ________________ clause, a comma must separate the clauses.

There are nine rules to commas……make them your friend

Commas4. If a long phrase (not a complete sentence) is used at the beginning of a sentence, and it is followed by an ________________ clause, they must be separated by a comma.

5. If a _______ or ________ interrupts a sentence, use commas on _______ sides.

6. Commas are used to set off a non_________ clause. These are the WHISPER of information that is _____ necessary for the completion of the sentence

More rules….

Commas7. Commas are used to set off a ___________ verbSuch as…. __________, ______________, ______________If the conjunctive adverb is at the beginning of the sentence, place the comma ______ the adverb.If the conjunctive adverb is at the end of the sentence, place the comma _________ the adverb.If the conjunctive adverb is within the sentence, place the comma(s) __________ the adverb

8. When using two _____________ without a _____________ between them, place a comma between the two adjectives.

Almost there…

Commas9. Commas are used to clarify addressesWhenever words in an address need to be _________ from one another, use commas.

And finally….

Verbals