ELA Grammar Final Study Guide Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards for ELA Grammar Final Study Guide

Noun

A person, place, thing, or idea.

Common noun

General noun: author, river, country

Proper noun

Specific noun: Mile River

Collective noun

Group noun: army, faculty

Concrete noun

Something you can sense noun: whistle

Abstract noun

Idea or feeling noun: judgment

Pronoun

Takes the place of a noun.

Personal Pronoun

Pronoun: he, she, they

Reflexive Pronoun

Pronoun: herself, himself

Intensive Pronoun

Pronoun: myself

Demonstrative Pronoun

Pronoun: that, this

Interrogative Pronoun

Pronoun: who, whom

Indefinite Pronoun

Pronoun: all, some

Antecedent

The noun or pronoun that a pronoun replaces.

Verb

Tells what the subject does or links the subject to more information.

Action Verb

Verb: run, jump, think

Linking Verb

Verb: is, are, seems

Helping Verb

Verb: has, will, would

State of Being Verb

Verb: am, is, are

Adjective

Describe or modify nouns or pronouns.

Adverb

Modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

Preposition

Show the relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word.

Prepositional Phrase

Begins with a preposition and ends with a noun.

Conjunction

Connect words, phrases, or clauses.

Interjection

A word or phrase that expresses emotion.

Declarative Sentence

Makes a statement (The sky is blue.)

Interrogative Sentence

Asks a question (What time is it?)

Imperative Sentence

Gives a command (Sit down.)

Exclamatory Sentence

Shows strong feelings (I won the art contest!)

Sentence (S)

Complete thought

Fragment (F)

Missing part of a sentence

Run-On (R-O)

Two sentences stuck together

Complete subject

Who/what the sentence is about

Complete predicate

What the subject does

Simple predicate

The main verb

Direct Object (DO)

Receives the action

Indirect Object (IO)

To whom or for whom something is done

Predicate Nominative (PN)

Renames the subject

Predicate Adjective (PA)

Describes the subject

Independent Clause (IC)

Complete sentence

Dependent Clause (DC)

Cannot stand alone