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HESI Evolve Grammar Flashcards

1
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noun

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person, place or thing

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common noun

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not in particular (nurse, hospital)

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proper noun

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official name (Jack, Paris)

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Abstract noun

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general idea (democracy)

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5
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Collective noun

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group (family, flock, furniture)

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pronoun

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word that takes the place of a noun (their and them)

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7
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antecendent

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the word to which the pronoun is describing

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possessive pronoun

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shows ownership (MY book)

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Adjective

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modifies the noun (BLUE book)

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verb

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expresses action

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adverb

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describes the verb (the physician operates QUICKLY)

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preposition

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shows relationship of the noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence (Sam left the classroom AT NOON)

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conjunction

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word that joins words. (and, but, or)

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14
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correlative conjunctions

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work in pairs (neither, nor) (either or)

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15
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interjection

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expresses emotion (yikes)

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interjection

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expresses emotion (yikes)

17
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clause

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group of words that has a subject and a predicate

18
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independent clause

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expresses a complete thought and can stand alone (THE PROFESSOR DISTRIBUTED EXAMINATIONS as soon as the students were seated)

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Dependent clause

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begins with subordinating conjunction

20
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subordinating conjunctions

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after, because, before, until, since, when

21
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direct object

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person or thing that is directly affected by the action of the verb (The students watched the professor) whom did they watch??

22
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indirect object

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person or thing indirectly affected by the verb (The professor gave his class the test results) to whom did he give them to?

23
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phrase

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group of two or more words that acts as a single part of speech in a sentence.

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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.

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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.

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predicate adjective

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describes the subject

27
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4 types of sentences

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declarative
interrogatve
imperative
exclamatory

28
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declarative sentence

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I went to the store

29
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interrogative sentence

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did you go to the store?

30
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imperative sentence

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go to the store

31
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exclamatory

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you went to the store!

32
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subject

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word that names who the sentence is about

33
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a singular subject requires

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a singular verb

34
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euphemism

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mild, indirect or vague

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