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parts of speech

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a category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its synthetic functions

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categories parts of speech

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noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction,interjection, articles

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Nouns can be

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common or proper
concrete or abstract
possesive
singular, plural or collective
Gerund

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Gerunds can be used in…

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subject of a sentnece
object of a sentence
after prepositions
with fixed expressions
after another verb

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with fixed expressions such as

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cant stand, cant help, its no use, (to be) worth

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types of pronouns

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personal
indefinite
reflexive
interrogative
demonstrative
possessive

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types of personal pronouns

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singular subject pronoun- i, you, she, he, it
plural subject pronoun- we, you, they
singular object pronoun- me, her, him, it
plural object pronoun- us, you, them

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indefinite pronoun

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one, someone, anything, other, all, few, nobody

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reflexive pronoun

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myself, yourself, herself, themselves, ourselves

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interrogative pronouns

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who, whose, whom, what, which

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demonstrative pronouns

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this, these, that, those

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possesive pronouns

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my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, our, ours, their, theirs

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antecedent

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word that a pronoun stands for, clarifies its meanings

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The pronoun may appear in..

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the same sentence as the antecedent or in the following sentence

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types of verbs

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action verbs
linking verbs
helping verbs

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adjectives may be

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attributive adjectives (before a noun)
predicative adjective (after a noun)

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types of adjectives

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comparative adjectives
superlative adjectives
absolute adjectives
coordinate adjectives
compound adjectives
participial adjectives
proper adjectives

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comparative adjectives

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(-er, -r, -ier or preceded by the words more or less)

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superlative adjectives

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-est, -st, -iest or preceded by most or least

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absolute adjectives

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describe an absolute state (cannot be compared)
ex: dead

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coordinate adjectives

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two or more adjectives that modify the same noun

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origins are

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adjectives (puertorrican, american)

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compound adjectives

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adjective formed using two or more words to express a single idea (ex: in-depht)

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participial adjectives

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formed by the participle form of the verb (-ing, -ed, -en)

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proper adjectives

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used to indicate origin, always capitalized

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adverbs

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tells you where, when, how, in what manner or to what extent an action is performed
many end in -ly, but some do not

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adverbs of place

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(typically after the main verb)
downstairs, everywhere, here, now, etc.

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adverbs of time

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(typically found at the end of the sentence)
tomorrow, today, yesterday

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adverbs of duration

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temporarily, forever, shortly

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adverbs of frequency

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weekly, always, sometimes, never, hourly, daily

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adverbs of purpose aka…

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adverbs of reason

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adverbs of purpose

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therefore, since

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focusing adverbs

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only, just, especially, even, either, neither

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interrogative verbs

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when, where, why, how

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relative verbs

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used to introduce a dependent clause (clauses that contain a subject and a verb, but do not express a complete thought)

ex: this is the moment “when” I noticed his real intentions.

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prepositions

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to, at, with, against, for, across, by, in, from, behind

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conjuctions

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and, or, but, because

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articles

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a, an, the