STUDY SHEET GRADE 7
QUIZ 0NE
THE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH
1. A NOUN NAMES A PERSON, PLACE, THING, OR IDEA. IT CAN BE PROPER OR COMMON, COLLECTIVE, CONCRETE, OR ABSTRACT, SINGULAR OR PLURAL. NOUNS HAVE PERSON (first, second, third), NUMBER (singular/plural), GENDER (masculine, feminine, neuter), AND CASE (nominative, possessive, objective).
2. A VERB IS A WORD USED TO EXPRESS ACTION, BEING, OR STATE OF BEING. IN A SENTENCE A VERB OR VERB PHRASE MAKES UP THE PREDICATE. A VERB PHRASE IS MADE UP OF A MAIN VERB AND AN AUXILIARY/ HELPING VERB.
3. ADJECTIVES DESCRIBE NOUNS OR PRONOUNS. 
A. TYPES OF ADJECTIVES:
1. DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES (PROPER/COMMON)
2. LIMITING ADJECTIVES
A. ARTICLES (a, an, the)
B. NUMERAL ADJECTIVES (for example-one, two, first, second)
C. PRONOMINAL ADJECTIVES (words that can be adjectives or pronouns).
B. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS- THE THREE DEGREES OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS ARE POSITIVE, COMPARATIVE (COMPARING TWO-ER, MORE, LESS), AND SUPERLATIVE (MORE THAN TWO-EST, MOST, LEAST)
4. ADVERBS DESCRIBE VERBS, ADJECTIVES, AND OTHER ADVERBS. ADVERBS ANSWER THE QUESTIONS WHERE, WHEN, HOW, AND WHY, AND OFTEN END IN LY.
A. TYPES OF ADVERBS:
1. SIMPLE (TIME, PLACE, MANNER, DEGREE, AFFIRMATION, NEGATION)
2. INTERROGATIVE (WHERE, WHEN, HOW, WHY)
3. RELATIVE (WHERE, WHEN, WHY)
4. ADVERBIAL OBJECTIVE (ADVERB NOUN)- NOUNS USED AS ADVERBS
5. PRONOUNS TAKE THE PLACE OF NOUNS.
AN ANTECEDENT IS THE NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT A PRONOUN OR POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE REPLACES OR REFERS TO.
6. PREPOSITIONS INTRODUCE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES CAN BE EITHER ADJECTIVAL OR ADVERBIAL.
A. INTRODUCTORY PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES AND PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES THAT COME IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VERB ARE ADVERBIAL.B. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES THAT COME IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SUBJECT ARE ADJECTIVAL.C. MOST PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES BEGINNING WITH OF ARE ADJECTIVAL.D. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES FOLLOWING DIRECT OBJECTS AND SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENTS CAN BE EITHER ADJECTIVAL OR ADVERBIAL. IF THE PHRASE ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS WHAT OR WHICH IT IS ADJECTIVAL. IF THE PHRASE ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS WHERE, WHEN, HOW, OR WHY, IT IS ADVERBIAL.7. CONJUNCTIONS JOIN WORDS, PHRASES, AND CLAUSES.
8. INTERJECTIONS EXPRESS STRONG OR SUDDEN EMOTIONS: OH, WOW, OUCH.
QUIZ 2
SYNTAX
IN A SENTENCE NOUNS AND PRONOUNS HAVE MANY USES OR SYNTAXES.
1. THE SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE IS THE NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS WHO OR WHAT. IT TELLS WHAT THE SENTENCE IS ABOUT. SOMETIMES A SENTENCE HAS TWO OR MORE NOUNS USED AS THE SUBJECT (COMPOUND SUBJECT). SOMETIMES A SENTENCE HAS TWO OR MORE VERBS USED AS THE PREDICATE (COMPOUND PREDICATE).
2.THE DIRECT OBJECT IS THE NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT COMES AFTER THE PREDICATE AND ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS WHOM OR WHAT.
THE DIRECT OBJECT IS THE NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT COMES AFTER THE PREDICATE AND ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS WHOM OR WHAT. 3. THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION IS A NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT COMES AT THE END OF A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE.
4. A SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT IS A NOUN, PRONOUN, OR ADJECTIVE THAT FOLLOWS A LINKING (COPULATIVE) VERB AND REFERS TO THE SUBJECT. (ALSO CALLED PREDICATE NOMINATIVE [NOUN/PRONOUN] AND PREDICATE ADJECTIVE [ADJECTIVE]).
5. AN INDIRECT OBJECT IS A NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT TELLS TO WHOM OR FOR WHOM SOMETHING IS DONE OR GIVEN. THE INDIRECT OBJECT COMES BETWEEN THE VERB AND THE DIRECT OBJECT.
TYPES OF VERBS
A. THE BEING VERBS ARE AM, IS, ARE, WAS, WERE, BE, BEING, BEEN.
B. THE AUXILIARY/HELPING VERBS ARE AM, IS, ARE, WAS, WERE, BE, BEING, BEEN, SHALL, WILL, MAY, CAN, HAS, HAVE, HAD, DO, DOES, DID, SHOULD, WOULD, MIGHT, COULD, MUST.
AM, IS, ARE, WAS, WERE, BE, BEING, BEEN, SHALL, WILL, MAY, CAN, HAS, HAVE, HAD, DO, DOES, DID, SHOULD, WOULD, MIGHT, COULD, MUST.C. COPULATIVE/LINKING VERBS LINK THE SUBJECT WITH A NOUN, PRONOUN OR ADJECTIVE (A SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT OR PREDICATE NOMINATIVE/PREDICATE ADJECTIVE).
COPULATIVE/LINKING VERBS LINK THE SUBJECT WITH A NOUN, PRONOUN OR ADJECTIVE (A SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT OR PREDICATE NOMINATIVE/PREDICATE ADJECTIVE).D. THE COPULATIVE/LINKING VERBS ARE AM IS ARE WAS WERE BE BEING BEEN APPEAR BECOME CONTINUE FEEL GROW LOOK REMAIN SEEM SMELL SOUND TASTE
QUIZ 3
PRONOUNS
A. THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS ARE I MINE ME WE OURS US HE HIS HIM SHE HER HERS IT YOU YOURS THEY THEIRS THEM
B. NOMINATIVE CASE PERSONAL PRONOUNS- I, WE, HE, SHE, THEY (IT, YOU)
C. OBJECTIVE CASE- ME, US, HIM, HER, THEM (IT, YOU)
D. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS- MINE, OURS, YOURS, HIS, HERS, ITS, THEIRS
E. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES- MY, OUR, YOUR, HIS, HER, ITS, THEIR
F. RELATIVE PRONOUNS- WHO, WHOSE, WHOM, WHICH, THAT
QUIZ 4
G. PRONOMINALS- WORDS THAT CAN BE USED AS ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS:
1. DEMONSTRATIVE- THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE
2. DISTRIBUTIVE- EACH, EITHER, NEITHER
3. INDEFINITE-
ALLANOTHERANYANYBODYANYONE ANYTHING BOTH EVERYBODY EVERYONE EVERYTHING FEW MANY MUCH NOBODY NONE NO ONE NOTHING ONE SEVERAL SOME SOMEBODY SOMEONE SOMETHING SUCH
ANOTHERANYANYBODYANYONE ANYTHING BOTH EVERYBODY EVERYONE EVERYTHING FEW MANY MUCH NOBODY NONE NO ONE NOTHING ONE SEVERAL SOME SOMEBODY SOMEONE SOMETHING SUCH4. INTERROGATIVE- WHO, WHOSE, WHOM, WHICH, WHAT
QUIZ 5
PREPOSITIONS
ABOUT, ABOVE, ACROSS, AFTER, AGAINST, AMONG, AROUND AT, BEFORE, BEHIND, BESIDE, BETWEEN, BEYOND, BY DOWN, DURING, EXCEPT, FOR, FROM, IN, INTO NEAR, OF, OFF, ON, OVER, PAST, THROUGH THROUGHOUT, TO, TOWARDS, UNDER, UNTIL, UP, WITH
CONJUNCTIONS
A. THE COORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS- AND, BUT, OR, NOR, FOR, YET, SO.
B. THE CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS COME IN PAIRS: NEITHER...NOR, EITHER....OR, NOT ONLY...BUT ALSO, BOTH...AND
C. ADVERBIAL CONJUNCTIONS (CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS) ARE USED TO JOIN TWO MAIN CLAUSES: HOWEVER, MOREOVER, NEVERTHELESS, THEREFORE, THEN, THUS, CONSEQUENTLY
D. SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS INTRODUCE ADVERBIAL CLAUSES: AFTER, ALTHOUGH, AS, BECAUSE, BEFORE, FOR, IF, PROVIDED, SINCE, SO, THAN, THAT, THEN, UNLESS, UNTIL, WHEN, WHERE, WHILE, AS SOON AS, IN ORDER THAT, PROVIDED THAT, AS IF, INASMUCH AS, SO THAT
QUIZ 6
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
1. A PHRASE IS A GROUP OF RELATED WORDS USED AS A SINGLE PART OF SPEECH (NO SUBJECT/PREDICATE).
2. A CLAUSE IS A GROUP OF WORDS THAT CONTAINS A SUBJECT AND A PREDICATE.
A. A MAIN CLAUSE CONTAINS A SUBJECT AND PREDICATE AND CAN STAND ALONE.
B. A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE CONTAINS A SUBJECT AND A PREDICATE BUT CANNOT STAND ALONE.
1. AN ADJECTIVAL CLAUSE DOES THE WORK OF AN ADJECTIVE AND IS INTRODUCED BY RELATIVE PRONOUNS (WHO, WHOSE, WHOM, WHICH, THAT) OR RELATIVE ADVERBS (WHERE, WHEN, WHY).
2. AN ADVERBIAL CLAUSE DOES THE WORK OF AN ADVERB AND IS INTRODUCED BY A SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION.
3. A NOUN CLAUSE DOES THE WORK OF A NOUN (SUBJECT, DIRECT OBJECT, OBJECT OF A PREPOSITION, SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT, APPOSITIVE).
