English Grammar Practice: Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, and Conjunctions

Vocabulary review flashcards covering definitions and usage rules for pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions from the grammar practice worksheets.

Pronoun

A word that takes the place of one or more nouns.

Personal Pronouns

Pronouns that refer to people or things.

Subject Pronoun

A pronoun used as the subject of a sentence.

Object Pronoun

A pronoun used as the object of a verb or a preposition.

Antecedent

The noun or group of words to which a pronoun refers.

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

The requirement that a pronoun agree with its antecedent in number (singular or plural) and gender (masculine, feminine, or neuter).

Possessive Pronoun

A pronoun that shows who or what has something; it may take the place of a possessive noun and does not use an apostrophe.

Indefinite Pronoun

A pronoun that does not refer to a particular person, place, or thing.

Reflexive Pronoun

A pronoun ending in -self or -selves that refers to a noun or another pronoun and indicates that the same person or thing is involved.

Intensive Pronoun

A pronoun ending in -self or -selves that adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun already named.

Interrogative Pronoun

A pronoun used to introduce an interrogative sentence, such as who, whom, or whose.

Adjective

A word that modifies, or describes, a noun or a pronoun.

Predicate Adjective

An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence.

Indefinite Articles

The adjectives 'a' and 'an,' which refer to one of a general group of people, places, things, or ideas.

Definite Article

The adjective 'the,' which identifies specific people, places, things, or ideas.

Proper Adjectives

Adjectives formed from proper nouns that begin with capital letters.

Comparative Form of an Adjective

The form of an adjective that compares two things or people.

Superlative Form of an Adjective

The form of an adjective that compares more than two things or people.

Adverb

A word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Intensifier

An adverb that emphasizes or intensifies an adjective or adverb.

Comparative Form of an Adverb

The form of an adverb that compares two actions.

Superlative Form of an Adverb

The form of an adverb that compares more than two actions.

Predicate Adjectives vs. Adverbs After Verbs

Predicate adjectives follow linking verbs (such as be, seem, appear, and become), while adverbs describe action verbs.

Preposition

A word that relates a noun or a pronoun to some other word in a sentence.

Prepositional Phrase

A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.

Object of the Preposition

The noun or pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase.

Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions

A rule stating that when a pronoun is the object (or part of a compound object) of a preposition, an object pronoun must always be used.

Adjective Phrase

A prepositional phrase that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun.

Adverb Phrase

A prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb by telling when, where, or how an action takes place.

Coordinating Conjunction

A conjunction that connects words or groups of words, such as and, but, or or.

Correlative Conjunctions

Pairs of words used to connect words and phrases in a sentence, such as neither/nor and either/or.

Interjection

A word or group of words that expresses feeling, followed by an exclamation mark if strong or separated by a comma if milder.