English Flashcards

1
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A phrase that tells more about a noun or a verb in the sentence;

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Prepositional phrase

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2
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Tells more about a noun in the sentence; they look like a verb because they end in - ing, ed, en. They are another type of adj. phrase

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Participle phrase

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3
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Are used as nouns in a sentence; they look like a verb because they end in - ing, ed, en.

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Gerund phrase

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4
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Must express from one to two complete thoughts and have a subject and verb.

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Sentence

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5
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Who or what the sentence is about

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Subject

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6
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Follows an action verb and answers whom or what

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Direct object

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7
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Comes between an action verb and direct object; recieves the direct object.

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Indirect object

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Comes after any noun and tells more information about that noun. Typically it starts an appositive phrase.

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Appositive

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9
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Follows a linking verb and renames the subject

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Predicate noun

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10
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Follows a linking verb and describes the subject

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Predicate adjective

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11
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Comes at the end of a prepositional phrase

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Object of the preposition

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12
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The person you are talking to in a sentence

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noun of direct adress

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13
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Shows definite action done by a subject

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Action verb

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14
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Assists the action verbs by showing various times a verb can occur. Past, present , future

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Helping verb

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15
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Connect a noun or adjective in the predicate back to the subject

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Linking verbs

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16
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Words or phrases that make a sentence more discriptive

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Modifiers

17
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Words or phrases that describe nouns or pronouns and answer the questions: what kind, whose, which one, how many, how much,

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Adjective

18
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Are words or phrases that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs and and answer the questions
When
Where
Why
To what extent
How. How often

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Adverbs

19
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Are connector words

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Conjunctions

20
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Words that take the place of nouns in a sentence to add variety to our writing.

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Pronouns

21
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Words that show strong emotion

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Interjections

22
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Adverb questions

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When
Where
Why
To what extent
How
How often
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Adjective questions

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What
Kind
Whose
Which one
How many
How much
24
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Groups of words with no subject or verb

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Phrases