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What is the definition of a noun?

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

What are the two main classes of nouns?

Proper nouns and common nouns.

What is a proper noun?

A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing and is capitalized.

What is a common noun?

A common noun does not refer to a specific person, place, or thing and is not capitalized.

What is a collective noun?

A collective noun refers to a group or collection of individuals or items regarded as a single unit.

What is an abstract noun?

An abstract noun denotes an intangible idea, condition, or quality.

What are the three cases of nouns?

Nominative, possessive, and objective.

What does nominative case indicate?

A noun in the nominative case serves as the subject of the sentence.

Define possessive case.

A noun in the possessive case indicates ownership or possession.

What is the objective case of a noun?

The objective case is used for nouns acting as direct or indirect objects in a sentence.

What distinguishes personal pronouns from other pronouns?

Personal pronouns replace specific nouns, often reflecting person, number, and gender.

What is the difference between intensive and reflexive pronouns?

An intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun, while a reflexive pronoun indicates the subject also receives the action.

What are interrogative pronouns used for?

Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions.

How do demonstrative pronouns function in a sentence?

Demonstrative pronouns indicate or point to specific persons, places, or things.

What is a linking verb?

A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to its complement.

What is the mood of a verb?

The mood of a verb indicates the manner in which the action or state of being is expressed.

Define 'tense' in relation to verbs.

Tense indicates the time of the action, being, or state of being expressed by the verb.

What is subject-verb agreement?

Subject-verb agreement means that the verb must always agree with its subject in person and number.

What is a preposition?

A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between its object and another word in the sentence.

What are coordinating conjunctions?

Coordinating conjunctions connect words, phrases, or clauses of equal rank.