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Grammar Flashcards

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Name 8 parts of speech

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Nouns, pro nouns, adjectives, verbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections

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Noun

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person, place or thing or idea

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Common Noun

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general, not the particular name of a person place or thing

example: nurse, hospital

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Proper Noun

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official name of a person

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abstract noun

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a quality or general idea

democracy

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collective noun

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group of persons animals or things

family, flock, furniture

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pronoun

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is a word that takes place of a noun , another pronoun or a group of words acting as a noun.
Ex: Mine, My, His, Hers , Your, that, this, their

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Antecedent

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the word or words the pronoun is referring to

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personal pronoun

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takes the place of a specific person place or thing by indicating the person speaking, 1st person (we), second person (you), third person them

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Possessive Pronoun

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A form of personal pronoun that shows possesion or ownership.
Ex:
This is MY book.
That book is MINE.
That is HIS book.
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Adjective

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word, phrase, or clause that modifies a noun or pronoun It answers the question what kind, which one, how many, how much
Ex: Biology, nice,very

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Participle

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Participle a type of verb form that functions as an adjective and usually ends in -ing or -ed.

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Verb

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a word or phrase that used to express an action or state of being. Verbs express time through a property called a tense

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Linking verb

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does not show action but link the subject of a sentence to a noun, pronoun, or predicate adjective
Ex: Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Being, Been

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Adverb

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it is a word or phrase or clause that modifies a verb and adjective or another adverb

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Preposition

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a word that shows a relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence
Ex: Aboard, About, above, across, after, against, along, amid, among….pg 64

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Prepositional phrases

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Begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun, which is called the object of the preposition

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Conjunction

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joins together words, phrases or clauses

Ex: And, but, or, so, nor, for yet

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Interjection

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a word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation. It does not have ant grammatical connection to the other words in the sentence

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Correlative conjunctions

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works in pairs to join words or phrases

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Clause

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group of words that has a subject and predicate

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Independent clause

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expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence

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Dependent clause

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begins with a subordinating conjunction and does not express a complete thought and therefore cannot stand alone as a sentence

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subordinating conjunctions

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join two clauses or thoughts

Ex: After, because, before, until, since, when

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Direct object

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the person or thing that is directly affected by the action of the verb. Answers the question what or whom after a transitive verb

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Indirect object

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the person or thing that is indirectly affected by the action of the verb. It answers the question to whom for whom to what or for what after an action verb

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Phrase

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a group of two or more words that acts as a single part of speech, it can be used as a noun, adjective, or an adverb, it lacks a subject and predicate

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Predicate

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part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or what is done to the subject. It includes the verb and all the words that modify the verb.

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predicate adjective

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follows a linking verb and helps to explain the subject

30
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predicate nominative

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a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and helps to explain or rename the subject
Ex: Professors are TEACHERS.

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Sentence

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group of words that express a complete thought. Every sentence has a subject and predicate

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Four types of sentences

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declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory

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Declarative sentence

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makes a statement.

ex: I went to the store.

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Interrogative sentence

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Asks a question

Ex: Did you go to the store?

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Imperative sentence

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Makes a command or request.

Ex: Go to the store.

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Exclamatory sentence

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Makes an exclamation.

Ex: You went to the store!

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Subject

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Word, phrase or clause that names whom or what the sentence is about.

38
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Subject-verb agreement

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must agree with its verb in number.
A singular subject requires a singular verb
When collective noun is acting as singular use a singular verb
When the group is acting as separate identities use plural verb
When subject is single and plural nouns and are connected by the words or, either, or, neither, only, but ,also choose the subject that is closest to the verb

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Compound sentence

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is a sentence that has two or more independent clauses. Each independent clause can stand alone as a sentence. When two independent clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction such as and but or nor place a comma.

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Pronoun Case

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refers to the form of a noun or a pronoun that indicates its relation to the other words in the sentence.

41
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Because, although, among and however introduce what?

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independent clauses

42
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Should you end a sentence with a preposition?

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No

43
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Cliches

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expressions or ideas that have lost their originality or impact over time because of excessive use
Ex: dead as a doornail, Blind as a bat

44
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Euphemism

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mild, indirect or vague term that has been substituted for one that is considered harsh, blunt, or offensive.
Ex: passed away, gone with the lord

45
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Go over commonly mistaken words starting page 70

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ok

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