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Grammar Flashcards

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Abstract noun

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Name of idea

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Collective noun

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A noun that names a group

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Indefinite pronoun

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A pronoun that doesn’t need an antecedent.

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Subject pronouns

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I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they

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Object pronouns

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Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them

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Possessive pronouns

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Mine, yours, his, hers, theirs, its, ours, yours

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Possessive adjectives

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My, your, his, her, its, our, your, their

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Interrogative pronouns

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Who, whose, whom, which, what

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Demonstrative pronouns

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This, that, these, those

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Indefinite pronoun

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Someone, somebody, anyone, everyone, etc.

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Relative pronouns

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Who, whose, whom, which, that

“The man who followed you”

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Reflexive pronouns

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-self or -selves

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Intensive pronouns

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-self or -selves, used to intensify the emphasis on a preceding noun

“I myself agree with him”

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Positive adjective
Comparative adjective
Superlative adjective

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Good
Better
Best

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Verbal adjectives

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Verb turned into an adjective.
Participial form: running, the running water
Infinitive form: to beat, the team to beat

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Being verb

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A verb that expresses pure existance.

“There was a duck” “to be or not to be”

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Present perfect tense

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I have done something

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Past perfect tense

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I had done something.

19
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Future perfect tense

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I will have done something.

20
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Concrete noun

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Name of object

21
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Auxiliary or helping verbs

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Verbs that combine with main verbs to express tense, mood, voice, or condition.

22
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Compound tense

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A verb supplemented by an auxiliary verb to create the tense.

23
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Primary auxiliary verbs

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Be, do, have

These verbs can also be main verbs.

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Modal auxiliary verbs

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Can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, etc.

Modal auxiliary verbs are sometimes called defective because they are auxiliary only. They create subjunctive and conditional forms of main verbs.

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Marginal auxiliary verbs

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Dare, need, ought to, used to, etc.

Marginal auxiliary verbs enhance the meaning of main verbs.

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Progressive forms

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Are in progress. (ing)

To protest = infinitive
Protesting = present participle
I am protesting= progressive form

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Transitive verb

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A transitive verb is an action verb that acts on a direct object.

(Linking verbs are neither transitive nor intransitive)

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Intransitive verb

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An action verb that does not act on a direct object.

29
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Verbs that are always transitive

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Enjoy, find, excuse, reward, feed, sell, etc.

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Verbs that are always intransitive

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Disappear, belong, laugh, wonder, giggle, arise, feast, go, etc.

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Active voice verb

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An action verb that shows the subject acting. “Bob discussed the problem”

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Passive voice verb

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An action verb that shows the subject as the recipient of an action. “The problem was discussed by Bob”

33
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The emphatic form

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We use auxiliary verbs to make a special verb form for emphasis, called the emphatic form because it intensifies the verb by adding forms of do or get.

34
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Verb moods

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The indicative, the imperative, and the subjunctive.

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Indicative mood

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The basic mood. “I am king”

36
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Imperative mood

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The command mood. “Kill the king.”

37
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Subjunctive mood

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The wish mood. “If I were king…”

38
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Conditional verb

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“If it rains” “would you pay me?”

39
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First conditional

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Real possibilities. “If I see him”

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Second conditional

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Unreal possibilities or dreams

41
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Third conditional

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Impossible situations in the past

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Conjuctive adverbs

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However, therefore, furthermore, etc.

Conjunctive adverbs connect two clauses.

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Simple subject

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The noun or pronoun the sentence is about.

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Complete subject

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The simple subject and all its modifiers.

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