FBLA Introduction to Business
Communications Exam Q’s with Verified
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Personal pronoun - -replaces nouns representing people (she, it, they, you,
we)
- Demonstrative pronouns - -Demonstrative replaces a noun that's already
mentioned *only 5* (this, that, these, those, such) These are ugly. Should I
get those?
- Interrogative pronoun - -asks a question (who, whom, whose, what, which)
- Indefinite pronoun - -does not refer to a specific noun (everyone,
everything, everybody, anybody, many, most, few, each, some, someone,
all, nothing, nobody)
- Possessive pronoun - -shows ownership (my, your, his, her, its, our, their)
- Absolute (independent) possessive pronoun - -sits by themselves (mine,
yours, his, hers, ours, theirs) That pen is hers.
- Reciprocal pronoun - -actions or feelings that are reciprocated (each other,
one another) They like one another.
- Reflexive pronoun - -ends in ...self or ...selves (myself, itself, themselves)
They bought themselves a new car.
- Relative pronoun - -adds more information to the sentence (which, that,
who(m), whichever) The man who first saw the comment was upset. No, not
that one.
- Intensive pronoun - -emphasizes nouns/pronouns (herself, myself) The cat
opened the door itself.
- Subordinating conjunction - -connects an independent and dependent
clause (because, after, although, since, while, so) I like to write while my kids
are asleep.
- Correlative conjunction - -pair of joining words used to connect two ideas
in a sentence (both/and, whether/or, neither/nor, not only/but also, no
sooner/than, either/or, rather/than) I want either the cheesecake or the
chocolate cake.
, - Coordinating conjunction - -FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
- Action verb - -expresses physical or mental activity; either transitive or
intransitive (jumps, thinks, drops)
- Helping/Auxiliary verb - -helps the main verb (were, have, can, will,
should, am, is, are) The dogs were playing
- Linking verb - -connects the subject with a word in the predicate *to
check, replace verb with is/are and see if it still makes sense* (Your plans
sound nice)
- Stative verb - -expresses a state rather than an action; mental feelings,
emotions, state of a person, relationships, sense, and measurements
(believe, forgive)
- Dynamic/Fientive/Event verb - -involves body movement (act, build,
perform) *have a duration
- Perception/Sensation verb - -shows the five senses (smell, feel, listening)
- Phrasal/Prepositional verb - -combination of a preposition or adverbial
particle (believe in, looking after, talking about)
- Modal Auxiliary verb - -used with other verbs to express ideas like
possibility, prediction, speculation, deduction, and necessity; or moods and
attitudes (You should work hard today. The weather may be colder
tomorrow.)
- Causative verb - -action performed indirectly by someone else (He gets Ali
to wash his car. She has Nadir to help her.)
- Present perfect verb - -describes a past event that's still happening in the
present (She has been happy for a while. He has observed the stars since
Friday.)
- Past perfect tense - -describes a past event in relation to another event
that occurs closer to the present (She had been happy since going to the
movies. He had observed the stars for hours.)
- Future perfect verb - -describes an upcoming action in relation to another
event farther in the future (She will have been happy by noon. He will have
observed the stars by dinner.)
- Transitive verb - -An action verb that expresses an action directed toward
a person or thing (the dog ate the food)