Grammar Flashcards

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What is a clause

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A group of words that are related and contain both a subject and a verb

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Direct object

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The noun or pronoun that receives that action of the verb and answers the question whom or what

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Phrase

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A group of words that are related but do not contains verb and a subject together

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4
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First person

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Singular: Mine, my

Plural; our, ours

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5
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Second person

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Singular: your, yours

Plural: your, yours

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Third person

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Singular: her, hers, his, its

Plural: their, theirs

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Pronoun-antecedent agreement

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The pronoun and the antecedent must both be either singular or plural
ex. Mom wished she could bake a pie.
Ex the girls were presented with their varsity letter

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Subject-verb agreement

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The subject and the verb should both be either Singular or plural

Ex. he chooses not to eat.
They choose not to eat.

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First-person point of view

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The narrator is a character within the story. Uses pronouns I, my, we and our
Ex I appreciate the opportunity I have had to visit the campuses of many fine universities.

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Third-person point of view

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The most formal writing style. Narrator will reference the thoughts or actions of other characters.

Ex sherry appreciates the opportunity to have toured many campuses.

People sometimes fail to realize the significance of obtaining a drivers license.

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Second-person point of view

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Refers to the reader using the pronoun you.

Ex you have failed to realize the significance of obtaining a drivers License

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Coordinating conjunctions

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Are words that join two or more words phrases or clauses such as for, and, nor, but, for, yet, or so

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13
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Subordinating conjunction

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A word that joins two or more clauses and makes the clause that contains it dependent on another clause; therefore, the clause that contains the subordinating conjunction is of less important examples are because, although, as, as if, When and While.

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14
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Nominalization

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The making of a noun from a verb, adverb, or adjective

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15
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Etymology

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The history of the given word or its origin

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A root word

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A word in its simplest form, before any affixes are attached

17
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A simple sentence

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Is a sentence that contains only one clause that has a complete meaning
A simple sentence cannot contain a dependent
clause it only needs a subject and a verb to be complete

18
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Independent clause

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Is a clause that has a complete meaning

19
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A dependent clause

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Is a clause that is me dependent or incomplete because of the addition of a subordinating conjunction.

20
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A complex sentence

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Contains one or more dependent clauses

21
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A compound sentence

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Differs from a simple sentence because it contains two or more independent clauses joined together with a Coordinating conjunction or semicolon

22
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Capitalization rules

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Locations, historical events, historical documents, special events, holidays, referring to deities, first word of a complete quotation, etc

23
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Due to his mercurial temperament, justin did not work well with others

What is the simple predicate of this sentence

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The simple predicate is the verb in the sentence

Did work (the main and helping verb)

24
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Imperative

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Gives a command or makes a request

25
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Third person point of view

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Third person pronouns include it, he, she, and they

26
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How to spell 
Finaly
Finally
Finely
Final
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Finally

27
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Declarative sentence

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Makes a declaration or statement

28
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Either is always ____ and takes a ____ verb

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Singular; singular

29
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A simple sentence

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It will never have two separate subject and predicate combinations

30
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Ante- means?

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Before