English Grammar Flashcards

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4 Sentence Structures

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Simple, Complex, Compound, Compound-Complex

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2
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4 Sentence Purposes

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Declarative (.) Exclamatory (!) Interrogative (?) Imperative (. Or !)

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7 Sentence Structures

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S-Vi, S-Vt-DO, S-Vl-PN, S-Vl-PA, S-Vt-IO-DO, S-Vt-DO-OCN, S-Vt-DO-OCA

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4
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5 Parts of a Sentence

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Subject, Predicate, Capital Letter, End Mark, Complete Sense

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5
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8 Parts of Speech

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Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Conjunction, Interjection, Preposition, Adjective

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6
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What is a Verb?

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A verb is a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb

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7
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4 Types of Verbs

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Intransitive, Transitive, Linking, Helping

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8
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What are the principal parts of verbs?

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Infinitive, present, past, present participle, past participle

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9
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How do you form an infinitive?

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To + verb

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10
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How do you form the past tense of a verb?

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Verb + ed

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11
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How do you form a present participle?

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Verb + ing

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12
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How do you form a past participle?

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Verb + ed (sometimes en or t)

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13
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What is a noun?

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A noun names a person, place, things, activity, or idea.

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14
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What phrase helps us remember the noun uses?

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SPIDO PONA

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15
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What are the noun uses?

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Subject noun
Possessive noun adjective
Indirect object
Direct object
Object of the preposition
Predicate Nominative
Object Complement Noun
Noun of Direct Address
Appositive

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16
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What are the noun uses?

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Subject noun
Possessive noun adjective

17
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Names a non-specific person, place, thing, activity, or idea and is no capitalized

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Common noun

18
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Names a specific person, place, thing, activity, or idea and is always capitalized

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Proper noun

19
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Names only one person, place, thing, activity, or idea

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Singular noun

20
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Names more than one person, place, thing, activity, or idea

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Plural noun

21
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Names a physical object that can be experienced with the five senses

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Concrete noun

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Names a concept, quality, or condition that cannot be experienced with the five senses

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Abstract noun

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Refers to a group composed of members (functions as a singular noun and takes a singular verb)

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Collective noun

24
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Made up of two or more words joined together

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Compound noun

25
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What is a pronoun?

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A pronoun replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition

26
Q

I
You
He/she/it
We
You (all)
They

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Nominative pronouns

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Me
You
Him/her/it
Us
You (all)
Them

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Objective pronouns

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Mine
Yours
His
Hers
It’s
Ours
Yours
Theirs

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Possessive Pronouns

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My
Your
His/her/its
Our
Your
Their

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Possessive Pronoun Adjectives

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Myself
Yourself
Himself/herself/itself
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves

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Reflexive Pronouns

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This
That
These
Those

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Demonstrative Pronouns

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Who
Whom
Whose
Which
What

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Interrogative Pronouns

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Who
Whom
Whose
Whoever
Whomever
That
Which
What
Whatever

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Relative Pronouns

34
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Modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, qualifying, or limiting

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Adjective

35
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Answers the questions: what kind? how many? Which? Whose?

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Adjective