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English Flashcards

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Noun

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Names a person place or thing

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Subject pronoun

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Indicates who or what performs the action of a sentence as in I, you, he, she, it, they and we are subjects

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Object pronoun

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Indicates who and what receives action me, you, him, her, it, us, and then

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Singular noun

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Names person place or thing

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Plural noun

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Names more than one

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Possessive noun

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Shows ownership

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Adjective

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Tell what kind of, which one or how many

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Adverb

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Tells how, where,when,and to what extent

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Verb

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Word that expresses action or a state of being

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Direct object

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Is a noun that follows an action verb. It receives the action

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Tense of a verb

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Shows the time of action past, present, and future

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Commas

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Are used to separate items in series, to separate parts of dates, to separate parts of names

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Colons

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Are used to separate hours and minutes in time or introduce list and follow a business letter

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Semicolons

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Are used to separate independent clauses in a sentence

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Parentheses

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Are used to show that information is not part of a main statement

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Quotations

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Used to show the beginning and end of someone exact words

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Sentence

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A group of words that express a complete thought; has a subject and a predicate

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Simple sentence

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A sentence that expresses only one complete thought

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Compound sentence

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Made up of 2 simple sentences joined by a comma and the word and,but, or or

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Sentence fragment

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A word group that has no subject or predicate joined without a conjunction

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Run-on sentence

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Consists of 2 of more sentences joined without a conjunction

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Independent clause

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Another name for a simple sentence

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Dependent clause

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Has a subject and a verb but cannot standalone as a sentence it has no complete thought

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Complex sentence

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Consists of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses

25
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Compound-complex sentence

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Consists of 2 or more independence clauses and at least one dependent clause

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Noun

A

Names a person place or thing

27
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Subject pronoun

A

Indicates who or what performs the action of a sentence as in I, you, he, she, it, they and we are subjects

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Object pronoun

A

Indicates who and what receives action me, you, him, her, it, us, and then

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Singular noun

A

Names person place or thing

30
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Plural noun

A

Names more than one

31
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Possessive noun

A

Shows ownership

32
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Adjective

A

Tell what kind of, which one or how many

33
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Adverb

A

Tells how, where,when,and to what extent

34
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Verb

A

Word that expresses action or a state of being

35
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Direct object

A

Is a noun that follows an action verb. It receives the action

36
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Tense of a verb

A

Shows the time of action past, present, and future

37
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Commas

A

Are used to separate items in series, to separate parts of dates, to separate parts of names

38
Q

Colons

A

Are used to separate hours and minutes in time or introduce list and follow a business letter

39
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Semicolons

A

Are used to separate independent clauses in a sentence

40
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Parentheses

A

Are used to show that information is not part of a main statement

41
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Quotations

A

Used to show the beginning and end of someone exact words

42
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Sentence

A

A group of words that express a complete thought; has a subject and a predicate

43
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Simple sentence

A

A sentence that expresses only one complete thought

44
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Compound sentence

A

Made up of 2 simple sentences joined by a comma and the word and,but, or or

45
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Sentence fragment

A

A word group that has no subject or predicate joined without a conjunction

46
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Run-on sentence

A

Consists of 2 of more sentences joined without a conjunction

47
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Independent clause

A

Another name for a simple sentence

48
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Dependent clause

A

Has a subject and a verb but cannot standalone as a sentence it has no complete thought

49
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Complex sentence

A

Consists of one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses

50
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Compound-complex sentence

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Consists of 2 or more independence clauses and at least one dependent clause

51
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Anazlyze

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The author uses an anecdote to introduce the topic. What important ideas are illustrated in the anecdote

52
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Infer

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The author refers to the animals in the text as spies and snoops. What does he mean by this

53
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Participle

A

The waxed floor was sticky

54
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Colon

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Shows lists of items

These are the winners of the poetry contest: Carmen, Santiago, Justin Douglass.

Mrs Field (9 decks)

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