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English II Grammar Flashcards

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Noun

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Person, place, thing, or idea (communism, treaty, Jesus, C/A)

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Pronoun

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A substitute for a noun or phrase (Bro, she, one, they)

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Linking Verb

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Helps predicate noun or adjective describe subject. (She SMELLS bad, They ACTED strange yesterday)

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Action Verb

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Express what a person is doing or has done (Mrs. Royal is LAUGHING while we STUDY for hours)

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Adjective

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describes nouns (I am trying to remain PEACEFUL)

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Adverb

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describes verbs (VIOLENTLY throwing things is bad)

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Preposition

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expresses relationships of time, location, etc (She arrived AFTER we all left, we are ABOVE her) frog on a log stuff

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Conjunction

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Connects stuff. Conjunction junction, what’s your function? FANBOYS

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Interjection

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Used to express a feeling or demand (Whoopsie daisy, Objection!, Oh well)

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transitive verb

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A verb that an object. (I CLEANED the car)

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intransitive verb

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A verb that doesn’t have an object. (I YAWNED)

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simple subjects

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Says what the sentence is about. (The ALLIGATOR chomped my foot off)

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simple predicates

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What the subject is doing. (I CRIED when the alligator chomped my foot off)

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Direct Objects

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Answers what/whom. (I gave Jimmy a trash BAG)

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Indirect Objects

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Answers to/for what/whom. (I gave JIMMY a trash bag)

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Objective compliment

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Describes or renames the direct object, can tell by the verb being used. (She called him a meanie, him=meanie)

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phrases

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a group of words in a sentence that doesn’t have a subject or verb. (In the box. Only one.)

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verbal

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a verb that’s not a verb. (PAYING bills is boring.)

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propositional phrase

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(I would walk TO THE 7/11 NEAR THE GAS STATION AFTER SCHOOL and get a slurpees WHEN I WAS YOUNGER)

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gerund phrase

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A verb that acts like a noun. (She hates his LYING tendencies)

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