grammer Flashcards

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Noun

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  • Used to name a person, place, thing, animals, abstract ideas.
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verb

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  • Asserts somethings about the subject of the sentence and: expressions, actions, events, and state of being.
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adjectives

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  • Modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, identifying, quantifying words
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adverbs

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  • Can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or clause.
  • Indicates manner, time, place, cause, degree
  • Answers question of how, when where and how much.
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adjective order

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  • Options, size, physical, quality, shape, age, colour, origin, nature, type, purpose
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prepositions

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  • Links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentences
  • Usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its objects to the rest of the sentence.
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conjunctions

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  • Links words, phrases, and clauses
  • Fanboys: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
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pronouns

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  • Can replace a noun or another pronoun
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articles

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  • Is used to introduce a noun
  • Specific nouns use the, unspecific noun use a / an, general noun use no article/ plural noun
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interjection

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  • Is word added to a sentence to convey emotions
  • Not grammatically related to any other part of the sentences
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two singular subjects connected by or, either/or, or neither/nor require a

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singular verb

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The verb in an or, either/or , or neither/nor sentence

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agrees with the noun or pronoun closest to it

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13
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use a plural verb with two or more subjects

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when they are connected by and.

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Sometime the subject is separated from the verb by such word as along with, as well, as , besides , not.

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These words and phrases are not part of the subject. Ignore them and use a singular verb when the subject is singular

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Words that indicate: portions, percent, a lot, majority, some, all.

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Rule 1 is reversed, and we are guided by the noun after of.

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16
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In sentences beginning with here or there,

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the true subject follows the verb

17
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use the singular verb with distance, periods of time, sums of money etc.,

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when considered as a unit.

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some collective nouns, such as family, couple, staff, audience, etc., may take either a

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singular or a plural verb depending on their use in the sentence

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sentences that express a wish or are contrary to fact

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the word were replaces was in sentences

20
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A subject will come before a phrase beginning with

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of