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Grammar (Self Made) > 8 Parts Of Speech > Flashcards

8 Parts Of Speech Flashcards

1
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Noun

A

Person, place, thing

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Pronoun

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(Takes the place of a noun) Ex. SHE is a doctor.

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Personal/plural pronoun

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Specific person, place, idea, or thing.

Ex. THEY all finished nursing school

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4
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Possessive/singular pronoun

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Shows ownership - my, mine, his

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5
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Name 5 common pronouns

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It, I, you, we, who, he, they, theirs, everyone, everything, myself

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Adjective

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A word, or phrase, or clause that modifies a noun or person.

He is so NICE.
The CHEMISTRY book.

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Verb

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Word or phrase used to express action or state of being.

Ex. Works, working, worked

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Adverb

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A word, phrase, or clause that modifies a verb, and adjective, or another adverb.

Ex. Tom swims WELL

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Preposition

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Shows the relationship or expresses the location of a noun or pronoun.

Ex. The patient SAT on a wheelchair

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Conjunction

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A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses.

Ex. And, but, nor, either, so, for, or yet

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Interjection

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Expresses emotion or exclamation.

Ex. Yikes! Wow! Woah!

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Comma

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Used to join 2 dependant clauses usually with a conjunction. Separates items in a list and setting apart phrases.

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Semicolon

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Used to join together 2 independent clauses. Not used with conjunctions.

Ex. I ordered supplies from Amazon; it is so easy.

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14
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Colon

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Used for introducing a list of definition.

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15
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Sentences

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Contains a subject and predicate.

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16
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Subject

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Main topic

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Predicate

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What is said about the subject

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Clauses

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A group of words that has a subject and predicate.

19
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Independent clause

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Could stand as a sentence on its own

Ex. TOM DISTIBUTED THE EXAMS as soon as the students were seated.

20
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Dependant clause

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Ex. Tom passed out the exams AS SOON AS THE STUDENTS WERE SEATED

21
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Declarative sentence

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Makes a statement

22
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Interrogative sentence

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Asks a question

23
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Imperative sentence

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Makes a request or command

24
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Exclamatory sentence

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Makes an exclamation

25
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Compound sentence (ERRORS)

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2 independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
Ex. The professor thought the exam was too easy, but the students thought it was hard.

26
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Run on sentence

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2+ independent clauses written as if they are one sentence

27
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Fragments

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Incomplete sentence. A sentence must have a subject +verb = complete thought.

28
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Comma splice

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A comma cannot be used to join two independent clauses

29
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Cliche

A

Expression or ideas that has lost impact due to overuse.

30
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Euphemism

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A mild, indirect, or vague term that’s been substituted for a harsh one.

Ex. Old people, SENIOR CITIZENS

31
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Sexist language

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Ex. FIREMEN, firefighter

32
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I.e.

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(that is) specifies or explains

33
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E.g.

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Gives examples.

Ex. Sarak loves fruit e.g. apples, bananas…

34
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Lay vs lie

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Lay- to put in place, direct object
Lie- to recline or be in, to rest

35
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Effect vs Affect

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Effect- outcome
Affect- influence

36
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Farther vs further

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Farther- measureable
Further- figurative distance

37
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Which vs that

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Which: Introduce Non essential clauses.. my phone WHICH is an android
That: essential clauses
That boy is my brother

38
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Who

A

To ask a question

39
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Whom

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To ask which person receives action

40
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Whose

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To find out which person or thing something belongs to

41
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Fewer vs less

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Fewer- can be counted
Less- can’t be counted

42
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Bring vs take

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Bring- towards
Take- away

43
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Among vs between

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Among- involving 2+ people
Between - used to show relations usually between 2 things

44
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Prefixes vs suffixes

A

Prefixes- dis, mis, un, re
Beginning of a word- unhappy
Suffixes- able, ful, ism, less, ous
End of word- playful

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