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what are relative pronouns?

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who, which, why, when, where, whose, that, whom

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what is an adjective?

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describing something

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what is a pronoun?

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pronouns replace nouns in a sentence example: her, them, our, their, his, him

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what is a verb?

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being or doing word

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5
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what is an adverb?

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describing a verb

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what is a noun?

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person, places, thing

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what is the difference between a abstract noun and a concrete noun?

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concrete noun: something you can touch: table
abstract noun: something you cant touch: peace

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what is the difference between a common noun, proper noun and collective noun?

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common noun: a person
proper noun; angellina( proper noun needs capital letters)
collective noun: crowd( of people)

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what is an article?

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refers to the words a, an, the

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what is a preposition?

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words that show the relations to things
over, under, above

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what is a connective/ conjuction?

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a word that connects two parts of a sentence
and, as, therefore, because

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what are the three types of adjectives?

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adjectives, comparative, superlative

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what is a comparative?

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they are adjectives of comparison
ex. better, worse, hotter

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what is a superlative?

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the most of something
ex. best, worst, hottest

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what are countable nouns?

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a noun that you can count using numbers they have a singular and plural form
ex. we have chocolate or chocolates

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what are uncountable nouns?

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things you cannot count, they don’t have a plural form and we don’t use a or an, but we can use some, any or much
ex. water rice or knowledge
‘a glass of water’, ‘some/any water’, not ‘a water’

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what is the difference between active and passive voice?

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active puts the subject first while passive puts the subject last

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what is a imperative verb?

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commanding verb

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what is an imperative verb?

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commanding verb

21
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what is a infinitive verb?

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to run to cook to clean
a simple or basic verb

22
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what is the first person singular?

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I, me , myself, mine

23
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what is first person plural?

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we, our, us, ourselves

24
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what is second person singular?

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you, yours, yourself, your

25
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what is second person plural?

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you, yours, yourself, your

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what is third person singular?

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she, her, it , his, him, its, herself,, himself

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what is third person plural?

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they, them, their , themselves