MTEL Communication and Literacy Grammar Rules Questions & Answers Correct 100%(SCORED A+)

Noun - ANSWER a person, place, thing, quality, or act. Examples: pencil, girl, supermarket, happiness Verb - ANSWER action or existence words that tell what nouns do. Examples: to fly, to run, to be, jump, lived Adjective - ANSWER describes a noun. Examples: hairy, crazy, wonderful Adverb - ANSWER describes a verb, adjective, or adverb. It often ends in "ly". Examples: carefully, easily, barely Interjection - ANSWER outcry or sudden utterance. Usually starts a sentence. Examples: Wow, Gosh, Darn Preposition - ANSWER describes the relationship between a noun and another noun (or verb or adverb). Examples: to, under, for, at, by, from Conjunction - ANSWER joins together words, phrases, or clauses. Examples: and, or, but Pronoun - ANSWER replaces a noun or noun phrase that is understood from context. Examples: he, it, they Misplaced Modifier - ANSWER a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies / describes. Because of the separation, sentences with this error often sound awkward, ridiculous, or confusing. Modifier - ANSWER describes, clarifies, or gives more detail about a concept Dangling Modifier - ANSWER a word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence. Subject - ANSWER star of the sentence; the person, animal, or thing that is the focus of it.