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Building Blocks of Language I Flashcards

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Noun

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names a person, place, or thing

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Verb

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shows action or state of being

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Adjective

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describes a noun or a pronoun

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Adverb

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describes a verb

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Pronoun

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used instead of a noun

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Preposition

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specifies relationships between nouns, pronouns, and phrases within a sentence

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Conjunction

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links words, phrases, and clauses

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Interjection

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added to a sentence to convey emotion

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eight parts of speech in the English language

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noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

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Adjectives generally answer the questions

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Which? What kind? How many? and can be used as comparatives or superlatives by adding endings to a word or by using the adjective together with more or most.

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Adverbs generally answer the questions

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How? When? Where? To what degree or How much?

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Pronouns take the place of a noun

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can be nominative, objective, reflexive, possessive, or relative.

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Prepositions

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introduce a noun, pronoun, phrase, or clause and always have a noun or pronoun as their object.

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Prepositional phrases

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include the preposition and the object of the preposition as well as any modifiers related to either.

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Conjunctions

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join clauses and can be classified as coordinating, subordinating, or correlative.

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A phrase

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is a group of words that does not have either a subject or a verb and does not make sense by itself.

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An independent clause

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has a subject and a predicate, and can stand alone as a complete sentence.

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A dependent clause

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has a subject and a predicate but depends on an independent clause to be complete.

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Interjections

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are exclamatory phrases used to convey emotion.

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