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Grammar Flashcards

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Adjective

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Modifies a noun or pronoun

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Pronoun

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takes place of noun - must refer back

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Subjective Pronouns

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S: I, you, he she it who whoever
P: we you they

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Objective Pronouns

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S: Me, you, him her it whom whomever
P: Us, you, them

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Possessive Adjective

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S: My, your, his her its whose
P: our your their

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Possessive Pronoun

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S: Mine, yours, his hers
P: Ours, yours, theirs

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Verbs

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a word that expresses action or links

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Present tense

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occurring now

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Past tense

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already occured

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Future tense

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something happening in the future
will + base verb

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Present perfect

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the present tense of have + the past participle of the verb

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Past perfect

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the past tense of have + the past participle of the verb

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Future perfect

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the future tense of have + the past participle of the verb

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Adverb

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a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb

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Communication

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The exchange in information that leads to shared meaning

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Skills

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something learned

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Sentence

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subject + verb + complete thought

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Simple sentence

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1 subject + 1 verb + 1 complete thought

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Run on sentence

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too many thoughts

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fragment

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missing subject / verb / complete thought

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thesis

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One sentence that sums up an essay

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Main idea

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the most important thing you say about the essay

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Economy of words

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saying what you need to say in the least amount of words

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Noun

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person, place, thing, idea

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commas

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pauses, lists

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grammar

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the structure of the written and spoken words

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Articles

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A, an, the

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Structure of a paper

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  1. Title page
  2. Outline page
  3. Body of paper
  4. Works cited
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Sources

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Books, internet, people, journal, newspaper, magazines, reference material

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Periodicals

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newspaper, journal, magazine

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newspaper

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current events

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journal

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reliable source of information

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magazine

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general interest

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Prepositional phrases

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common words that show relationships to other words. always used in conjunction with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase

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