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| What is meant by the expression “parts of speech”? | The 8 basic categories or classes of English. |
| Worlds are classified in a sentence by the way they are _____ | used. |
| The expression for the ways words are used is called | parts of speech. |
| Name the 8 parts of speech in English | noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, verb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. |
| A noun is… | a name word. |
| (Finish the sequence) persons-child, father, George,…. | ANY noun dealing with a person (ex. Mary, uncle) |
| (Finish the sequence) qualities-pride, honesty, beauty | ANY abstract quality (ex. Intelligence) |
| The two classes of nouns based on Capitalization are | proper and common nouns |
| ____ nouns which are not capitalized name a general person, place, or group. | Common |
| ____ proper nouns which are capitalized name a particular person, place, or group. | Proper |
| The remaining 3 special classes of nouns are called… | compound, collective, and abstract |
| What are the 3 kinds of compound nouns | 1) TWO WORDS (ex. Amusement park) 2) ONE WORD MADE UP OF 2 OR MORE PARTS WHICH ARE COMBINED (ex. Baseball) 3) 2 OR MORE WORDS CONNECTED BY A HYPEN (ex. Mother-in-law) |
| Name some kinds of nouns that are ALWAYS capitalized (im guessing u only have to know them loosely) | Names of people or pets, titles of peoples used before a name, family names or titles used without a possessive word, government groups and political grounds, business firms, structures such as buildings,etc, names of products, documents, laws, awards, important words in geographical names, first word and all rather important words in titles of books, newspapers, movies, plays, television show, days and month of year, names of school subjects when course number is included, religious terms….phew |
| (Define which words are capitalized) the boston globe | Boston, Globe (2 words) |
| (Define which words are capitalized in the title of the book) an american in paris | An, American, Paris (3 words) |
| (true or false) The general term “god” referring to pagan deities is capitalized | False, they are NOT capitalized. |
| labor day, mother’s day (Which parts of the words are capitalized?) | ALL THE PARTS. You capitalize the “day” part whenever you deal with holidays. |
| The ____ of a noun refers to how many items the noun names. | number |
| ______ means that the noun names one item | singular (ex. Sing) |
| ______ means that the noun names more than one item. | plural (ex. Plates) |
| In a ______ noun, that is, one that follows a traditional English spelling pattern, the letter “S” makes the noun plural. | regular |
| (Make these nouns plural) bear, den | – bears, dens |
| There are many groups of ______ nouns in English which form their plurals in various ways. | Irregular |
| Nouns ending in S, SH, CH, X, and Z add ___ to their endings | “-es” |
| (Apply the rule for plural) bus, mass, marsh, rush, church, lunch, box, fox, quiz, and buzz | busses (or buses), masses, marshes, rushes, churches, lunches, boxes, foxes, quizzes, and buzzes. |
| Nouns ending in O, form their plurals _ ways | 2 |
| If the noun ends in o preceded by a _________, the plural is formed with an | -es |
| (Apply the rule for plural) potato, tomato, hero | potatoes, tomatoes, heroes |
| Nouns ending in O referring to ____ form their plurals with an S in ALL cases | music |
| (Apply the rule for plural) solo, alto, soprano, piano | solos, altos, sopranos, pianos |
| Nouns ending in Y form their plurals in _ ways | 2 |
| If the noun ending in y has a _______ before the y, then the plural is formed by changing the y to I and and –es. | consonant |
| (Apply the rule for plural) library, memory, penny, pony | libraries, memories, pennies, ponies |
| If the noun ending in y has a _______, the noun forms the plural by adding –S | Vowel |
| (Apply the rule for plural) delay, key, relay | delays, keys, relays |
| Most nouns ending in f or ff form their plurals by adding _ to the singular form | -S |
| Some nouns change the fe or f from the singular form to __ and add __ | ve, and –S |
| (Apply the rule for plural) belief, staff, roof, handkerchief | beliefs, staffs, roofs, handkerchiefs |
| (Apply the rule for plural) life, knife, hoof, leaf, self, half, elf, sheaf | lives, knives, hooves, leaves, selves, halves, elves, sheaves |
| Some nouns have very irregular plurals which _____ the word from singular to plural | change |
| (Apply the rule) tooth, mouse, louse, foot, man, woman, child, ox | teeth, mice, lice, feet, men, women, children, oxen |
| Some nouns remain the _____ in both the singular and plural forms | same |
| (Apply the rule for plural) deer, elk, salmon, moose, cattle, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, corps | YOU LEAVE IT AS IT IS |
| Nouns ending in FUL form their plurals by adding ___ | -S |
| (Apply the rule for plural) spoonful, bowlful, armful, cupful, handful | spoonfuls, bowlfuls, armfuls, cupfuls, handfuls |
| For compound nouns with hyphen (what should you to make it plural?) | make the most important part of the compound word plural |
| (Apply the rule for plural) sister-in-law, matron-of-honor, right-of-way | sisters-in-law, matrons-of-honor, rights-of-way |
| Your family name is made plural by EITHER adding __ or __ | es and S |
| Family names ending in _, _, _, __, or __ form the plural form by adding | es – z, S, x, ch, or sh |
| Nouns not ending in z, S, x, ch, or sh form their plurals ending by adding | -S |
| (Apply the rule for plural) Williams, Delle Curti, Smith, Johnsons | Williamses, Dell Curtis, Johnsonses |
| If the noun does not end in S, (what should u do to make it possessive) | add an apostrophe and S |
| If the singular noun already ends in S, (what should u do to make it possessive) | just add an apostrophe (or an apostrophe and S to make it clearer) |
| If a plural ends in S (what would u do to make it possessive) | just add an apostrophe |
| If the plural noun does not end in S- example [men, children, and deer] (what would u do to make it possessive) | add an apostrophe and S |
| How do you show joint/common ownership when 2 persons or groups own the same item | Add an apostrophe and S to the last possessor named |
| (Apply the rule which makes it show joint/common ownership) Lord and Taylor store | Lord and Taylor’s store |
| How do you show separate ownership with 2 persons or group | Add an apostrophe plus S to all owners. |
| (Apply the rule which makes it show separate ownership) Boys and girls lockers | Boys’ and girls’ lockers |
| For a compound (hyphenated, two words, or one word made up of 2 words) having 2 or more words, only the ____ word shows possession | last |
| (Apply the rule to make it possessive) brother-in-law, commander-in-chief, Chief Justice | brother-in-law’s, commander-in-chief’s, Chief Justice's |
| Use an apostrophe and an S for ALL indefinite _______ to show ownership | pronouns |
| (Apply the rule to make it possessive) someone, somebody, everyone, everybody, anyone, anybody, no one, nobody | someone’s, somebody’s, everyone’s, everybody’s, anyone’s, anybody’s, no one’s, nobody’s |
| NEVER use an ________ with possessive pronouns | apostrophe |
| Name the Singular and Plural possessive pronouns | mine, yours, his, her, its, ours, yours, theirs |
| Name the Singular and Plural possessive adjective nouns | my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their |
| When nouns are used as adjectives, words expressing ___ and ___ are given possessive form | time and amount |
| (Apply the rule to make it possessive) a day journey, seven day journey, a year work | a day’s journey, seven days’ journey, a year’s work |
| (Make possessive) the class of 1982, The class of 1976 | The class of ’82, the fall of ‘76 |
| (Combine to form contraction) could not, cannot, shall not, they are | couldn’t, cannot, shan’t, they’re |
| To show the plurals of letters, words, and numbers (what do you do?) | add an apostrophe and an s |
