ILTS 305 SIMPLIFIED EXAM
REVISION SUMMARY
Nouns
A person, place, thing, or idea
Common Noun
The class or group of people, places, and things (not
capitalized)
Proper Nouns
The names of a specific person, place, or thing
(capitalized)
General Nouns
The names of conditions or ideas
Specific Nouns
Names people, places, and things that are understood by
using your senses
Collective Nouns
The names for a person, place or thing that may act as a
whole
Pronouns
Words that are used to stand in for a noun
Nominative Nouns and Pronouns
The case for nouns and pronouns that are the subject of a
sentence
Objective Nouns and Pronouns
The case for nouns and pronouns that are an object in a
sentence
Possessive Nouns and Pronouns
,The case for nouns and pronouns that show possession or
ownership
How can Pronouns be Grouped?
-Intensive (I myself, you yourself, he himself, she herself,
the itself, we ourselves, you yourselves, they themselves)
-Relative (which, who, whom, whose)
-Interrogative (what, which, who, whom, whose)
-Demonstrative (this, that, these, those)
-Indefinite (all, any, each, everyone, either/neither, one,
some, several)
-Reciprocal (each other, one another)
Transitive Verbs
A verb whose action points to a receiver
Intransitive Verbs
A verb that does not point to a receiver of an action
Action Verbs
A verb that shows what subject is doing in a sentence
Linking Verbs
Link the subject of a sentence to a noun or pronoun or link
a subject with an adjective
Transitive Verbs-Active Voice
The subject of the sentence is doing the action
Transitive Verbs-Passive Voice
The subject receives the action
Past Verbs
The action happened in the past
,Present Verbs
The action happens at the current time
Future Verbs
The action is going to happen later
Past Perfect Verbs
The second action started in the past and the first action
came before the second
Present Perfect Verbs
The action started in the past and continues into the
present
Future Perfect Verbs
An action that uses the past and the future
Conjugating Verbs
When you change the form of a verb
Indicative Moods
Used for facts, opinions, and questions
Imperative Moods
Used for orders or requests
Subjunctive Moods
Used for wishes and statements that go against facts
Adjectives
A word that is used to modify a noun or pronoun
Articles
Adjectives that are used to mark nouns
Types of Articles
-Definite (the)
-Indefinite (a, an)
Relative Adjectives
Can show the comparison between things
Absolute Adjectives
, Can show comparison
Adverbs
A word that is used to modify a verb, adjective, or another
adverb
Rules to Compare Adverbs and Adjectives
-Positive (standard or normal form)
-Comparative (compares 1 person or thing to another)
-Superlative (compares more than 2 people or things)
Prepositions
A word placed before a noun or pronoun that shows the
relationship between an object and another word in the
sentence
Conjunctions
Join words, phrases, or clauses and they show the
connection between the join pieces
Correlative Conjunctions
Show the connection between pairs
Subordinating Conjunctions
Join subordinate clauses with independent clauses
Common Subordinating Conjunctions
After, although, because, before, in order that, since, so
that, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever,
whether, while
Interjections
A word for exclamation that is used alone or as a piece to
a sentence
Subject
Names who or what the sentence is all about
Complete Subject
REVISION SUMMARY
Nouns
A person, place, thing, or idea
Common Noun
The class or group of people, places, and things (not
capitalized)
Proper Nouns
The names of a specific person, place, or thing
(capitalized)
General Nouns
The names of conditions or ideas
Specific Nouns
Names people, places, and things that are understood by
using your senses
Collective Nouns
The names for a person, place or thing that may act as a
whole
Pronouns
Words that are used to stand in for a noun
Nominative Nouns and Pronouns
The case for nouns and pronouns that are the subject of a
sentence
Objective Nouns and Pronouns
The case for nouns and pronouns that are an object in a
sentence
Possessive Nouns and Pronouns
,The case for nouns and pronouns that show possession or
ownership
How can Pronouns be Grouped?
-Intensive (I myself, you yourself, he himself, she herself,
the itself, we ourselves, you yourselves, they themselves)
-Relative (which, who, whom, whose)
-Interrogative (what, which, who, whom, whose)
-Demonstrative (this, that, these, those)
-Indefinite (all, any, each, everyone, either/neither, one,
some, several)
-Reciprocal (each other, one another)
Transitive Verbs
A verb whose action points to a receiver
Intransitive Verbs
A verb that does not point to a receiver of an action
Action Verbs
A verb that shows what subject is doing in a sentence
Linking Verbs
Link the subject of a sentence to a noun or pronoun or link
a subject with an adjective
Transitive Verbs-Active Voice
The subject of the sentence is doing the action
Transitive Verbs-Passive Voice
The subject receives the action
Past Verbs
The action happened in the past
,Present Verbs
The action happens at the current time
Future Verbs
The action is going to happen later
Past Perfect Verbs
The second action started in the past and the first action
came before the second
Present Perfect Verbs
The action started in the past and continues into the
present
Future Perfect Verbs
An action that uses the past and the future
Conjugating Verbs
When you change the form of a verb
Indicative Moods
Used for facts, opinions, and questions
Imperative Moods
Used for orders or requests
Subjunctive Moods
Used for wishes and statements that go against facts
Adjectives
A word that is used to modify a noun or pronoun
Articles
Adjectives that are used to mark nouns
Types of Articles
-Definite (the)
-Indefinite (a, an)
Relative Adjectives
Can show the comparison between things
Absolute Adjectives
, Can show comparison
Adverbs
A word that is used to modify a verb, adjective, or another
adverb
Rules to Compare Adverbs and Adjectives
-Positive (standard or normal form)
-Comparative (compares 1 person or thing to another)
-Superlative (compares more than 2 people or things)
Prepositions
A word placed before a noun or pronoun that shows the
relationship between an object and another word in the
sentence
Conjunctions
Join words, phrases, or clauses and they show the
connection between the join pieces
Correlative Conjunctions
Show the connection between pairs
Subordinating Conjunctions
Join subordinate clauses with independent clauses
Common Subordinating Conjunctions
After, although, because, before, in order that, since, so
that, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever,
whether, while
Interjections
A word for exclamation that is used alone or as a piece to
a sentence
Subject
Names who or what the sentence is all about
Complete Subject
