English Grammar Flashcards

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Appositive

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A group of words that renames a noun/pronoun

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Infinitive Phrases

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To + verb

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Participle Phrases

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The entire phrase is used as an adjective

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4
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Gerund

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A verb used as a noun

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5
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Prep Phrase

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Includes a preposition, a noun or pronoun and any of its modifiers

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6
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Action Verbs

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May be physical or mental

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7
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Linking Verbs

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Does not express an action but link sentence parts together, if you can substitute the verb for is, =, was or were for the verb, it is linking.

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PA

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An adjective connected to the subject by a linking verb

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PN

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A noun or word group or pronoun that is connected to the subject by a linking verb

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10
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DO

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A noun, pronoun, or word group that tells who or what receives the action of the verb

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IO

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Have to have a DO first, it tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is being done to

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Complements

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A word or word group that completes the meaning of a verb

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13
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Participial

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Verb that is being used as an adjective

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