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erybrrf[c Flashcards

1
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NOUN

A

a person, place, thing, or idea.

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COMMON
NOUN

A

a general person, place, thing, or idea and is not capitalized

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PROPER
NOUN

A

a specific person, place, thing, or idea and are capitalized.

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CONCRETE
NOUN

A

a physical object in the real world

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5
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ABSTRACT
NOUN

A

an idea or concept that does not exist in the real world and cannot be touched

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PRONOUN

A

words that replace or stand in for other nouns in a sentence.

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ARTICLES

A

words that appear before nouns to show whether the noun is specific or general

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ACTION/ MAIN
VERB

A

a word that shows action

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LINKING
VERB

A

verbs that connect the subject of a sentence to something that describes it (adverb, adjective).

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HELPING
VERB

A

verbs that connect the main verb of the sentence to its subject

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ADJECTIVES

A

words that modify or describe nouns in a sentence (also called modifiers)

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ADVERBS

A

words that modify or describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs

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COORDINATE
ADJECTIVE

A

adjectives that are in the same category (size, shape, color, etc) that can be rearranged without changing the meaning of the sentence.

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COMPARATIVE
ADJECTIVE

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adjectives that compare two things.

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SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVE

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adjectives that are used to describe what is most or least among multiple things

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PREPOSITION

A

words used to show relationships in location, time, or direction.

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Q

PREPOSITIONAL
PHRASE

A

a group of words containing a preposition, its object, and any words that modify the object (modifiers).

18
Q

CONJUNCTION

A

words that link other words, phrases, or clauses together.

19
Q

COORDINATING
CONJUNCTION

A

words that join two things of equal rank (2 verbs, 2 adjectives, 2 phrases, etc)

20
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SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION

A

words that introduce dependent clauses.

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