LA Comp Flashcards
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noun:
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person/place/thing
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Proper Nouns:
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nouns with usually names of schools, titles (president, etc)
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some plural nouns ending with a consonant+y
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worry-worries
army-armies
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some plural nouns ending with consonant+o
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echo-echoes
potato-potatoes
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some plural words ending with a vowel+y
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key-keys
ray-rays
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some plural words ending with a vowel+o
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patio-patios
video-videos
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plural of leaf-
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leaves
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plural of half-
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halves
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plural of life-
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lives
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plural of belief-
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beliefs
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singular plural nouns end in:
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’s
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plural possessive nouns end in:
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’
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antecedent:
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the word that a pronoun refers to
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singular 1st person pronouns:
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i, me, my, mine
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plural 1st person pronouns:
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we, us, our, ours
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singular 2nd person pronouns:
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you, your, yours
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plural 2nd person pronouns:
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you, your, yours
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singular 3rd person pronouns:
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he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its
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plural 3rd person pronouns:
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they, them, their, theirs
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personal pronoun:
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the one speaking (1st person)
the one spoken to (2nd)
the one spoken about (3rd)
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reflexive pronoun:
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refers to the subject and is necessary to the basic meaning of the sentence
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intensive pronoun:
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emphasizes its antecedent and is unnecessary to the basic meaning of the sentence
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list the demonstrative pronouns:
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this, these(nearby), that, those(over there)
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define demonstrative pronoun:
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pronouns used to replace nouns
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interrogative pronoun:
introduces a question
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adjective:
a word that is used to modify a noun or pronoun
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proper adjective:
is formed from a proper noun and begins with a capital letter
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ex of a proper adjective:
Japan-Japanese
| Easter-Easter
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indefinite pronoun:
not referring to a specific person, place, or thing
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the 16 indefinite pronouns: (remember, all are singular)
```
anybody-anyone-anything
nobody-no one-nothing
each-one-either
somebody-someone-something
neither
everybody-everyone-everything
```
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accept is a ____ (receiving)
verb
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except is a _____(leave out)
verb
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except is a _____(other than or but)
preposition
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verb:
a word expressing an action or state of being
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helping verb:
helps the main verb to express action or a state of being
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the helping and main verb together make a ____ ______
phrase
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examples of helping verbs:
am-do-have-must-are-can-does-is-shall-will-had
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linking verb:
a verb connecting or linking the subject to a word or word group that identifies the subject
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some linking verbs:
am is are was
has been have been had been will be shall be
may be might be can be should be would have known
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has is (plural, singular)
singular
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have is (plural, singular)
plural
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had is (past, plural)
past
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I have (correct or incorrect)
correct
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i has (correct or incorrect)
incorrect
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you have (correct or incorrect)
correct
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predicate nominative:
a noun or pronoun that identifies or refers to a subjejct
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ex of predicate nominative:
choose pn:
Maya Angelina is a great poet
poet
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direct object:
whom or what
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predicate adjective:
an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject
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intransitive verb:
an action verb with a direct object
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transitive verb:
an action verb without a direct object
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how to proofread (4 steps):
1) read 1st sentence and check if it expresses a complete thought
2) check for capital letters to begin the sentence
3) check end-punctuation
4) check glossary usage words with spelling
5) do the same 4 steps for EACH sentence
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declarative sentence:
making a statement
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imperative sentence:
giving a command or a request
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exclamatory sentence:
ending with a ! showing strong emotion
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to find a direct object, ask _____ or _____ the verb is talking about
whom
| what
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to define an indirect object:
say the action verb then ask:
| to whom, to what, for whom, for what
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vinnie made us some lasagna
| find the verb and indirect object:
indirect object: us
| verb: made
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an adverb answers the questions:
where | when | how | how often | how long | to what extent
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an adjective answers the questions:
which one
what kind
how many
how much
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a phrase is...
a group of words that do not contain BOTH a subject AND verb
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clause:
subject and verb
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the cat sat
| phrase or clause
clause
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preposition:
a word that shows a relationship between noun or pronoun
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common prepositions:
aboard | between | by | for | from | in | after | of | off
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compound prepositions:
according to | aside from | because of | in spite of | in place of
in addition to | next to | on account of | out of
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prepositional phrase:
a group of words that begin with a preposition, and end with a noun/pronoun
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the noun or pronoun at the end of a prepositional phrase is called the _________ ___ ________
object of the preposition
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adjective phrase:
a prepositional phrase that describes a noun or pronoun
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remember, adjective phrases answer the same questions that ______ ask
adjective
for more info:
what kind | which one | how much | how many
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a paragraph MUST have:
1) A punctuated title
2) each paragraph with 8-10 sentences
3) indent the 1st sentence in each paragraph
4) 6 detail sentences only giving info about the topic
5) a concluding sentence
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in a paragraph, begin each sentence ______ly
differently
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in a paragraph, to prevent the same sentence practically ______ ______again, join the FIRST and SECOND sentences
being written
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an object pronoun comes after...
direct objects, indirect objects, and after a pronoun
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object pronouns: (KNOW THEM ALL)
me | us | you | her/him | them | it
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always use an ____ ______ after a preposition
object pronoun
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conjunction:
a word that joins words or a group of words
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coordinating conjunctions:
and for or yet but nor so
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correlative conjunctions:
both-and either-or neither-nor
| not only-but also whether-or
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parts of speech:
nouns | conjunctions | verbs | adjectives | pronouns
| adverbs | interjections | prepositions
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independent clause:
a clause standing alone as a sentence and expresses a complete thought
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subordinate clause:
a clause that does not express a complete thought
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words often used to begin subordinate clauses:
after, because, although, before, as, how, as if,as long as, since, as much as, so that, as though, than
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more words often used to begin subordinate clauses:
that, whenever, though, which, unless, whether, until, while, whenever, who, when, whom, where, whose
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simple sentence:
a sentence with 1 independent clause and no subordinate clause
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a compound sentence:
a sentence consisting of 2 independent clauses and no subordinate clauses
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complex sentence:
a sentence containing 1 independent clause and 1 subordinate clause
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the 4 forms of a verb:
base
present participle
past
past participle
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the past participle is always used with a...
helping verb
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the 4 principles(forms) of the verb "played"
base: play
present participle: playing
past: played
past participle: played
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helping verbs used with a past participle:
has
have
had
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the ____ form of a verb is always used alone
past
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the present participle of a verb is always used with one of these:
am, is, are, was, were
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perfect tense(3 of them) of "ask" are:
has asked
have asked
had asked
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has and have are in ______ tense
present
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had is in ____ tense
past
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an irregular verb forms its past and past participles in some other way than by adding _ or __ to the base
- d
| - ed
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to make a progressive form, add __
-is
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name the 4 parts of the verb "skate"
base: skate
present participle: (am) skating
past: skated
past participle (have) skated
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'has hidden' is (present perfect or past perfect)
present perfect
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'were explaining' is (past progressive or past perfect)
past progressive
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bring means to...
come toward (come carrying something)
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take means to...
to go away from (go carrying something)
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the present+past participles of verbs can be used as adjective for ex)
snow is falling
(what is the present participle used as the main verb phrase)
is falling
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a subject and verb agree when...
they have the same number
| ex
SHE PLAYS the violin well
'she' and 'plays' are both singular)
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plural indefinite pronouns:
both, few, many, several
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either singular OR plural indefinite pronouns:
all, any, more, most, none, some
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What tells us if a singular or plural indefinite pronoun is singular is by checking ...
the 1st noun and seeing if it is plural or singular
singular=singular
plural=plural
