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what are conjunctions?

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joining words

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what type of words are:
- and
- but
- yet
- or
- so
-unless
- because
- although

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conjunctions

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what is an abbreviation?

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a shortened form of a word

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name 3 types of abbreviations

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acronyms
initialisms
truncations

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what is an acronym?

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when the initials make a NEW WORD
e.g AIDS, NASA

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what is an initialism?

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when the initials are used but the don’t make a new word (so. you say the letters)
e.g. FYI, a.m., USA

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what is a truncation?

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an abbreviation where the end of the word is CUT OFF when you write it (but when you read it say the whole word)
e.g etc. , Oct., Mon.

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what is an adverb?

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a word that describes a VERB (and sometimes other types of words but never nouns).
There are 5 TYPES:
- adverbs of place
- adverbs of time
- adverbs of manner
- adverbs of frequency
- adverbs of degree

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what is an adjective?

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a word that describes a NOUN

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what is an adjective?

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a word that describes a NOUN

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what is an adverb of PLACE?

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words that tell us WHERE an action is done
e.g. outside, everywhere, here, there, near, far, upstairs

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what is an adjective?

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a word that describes a NOUN

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what is an adjective?

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a word that describes a NOUN

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what is an adjective?

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a word that describes a NOUN

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what is an adjective?

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a word that describes a NOUN

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what is an adverb of PLACE?

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words that tell us WHERE an action is done
e.g. outside, everywhere, here, there, near, far, upstairs

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what is an adverb of TIME?

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words that tell us WHEN an action is done
e.g. now, today, yesterday, soon, sometime, whenever

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what are adverbs of MANNER?

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words that tell us HOW an action is done
e.g. quickly, quietly, beauitfully, carefully

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what are adverbs of FREQUENCY?

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what are adverbs of DEGREE?

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what is a simple sentence?

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what is a compound sentence?

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a sentence where two simple sentences are joined with a CONJUNCTION

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what is a complex sentence

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a sentence where two or more clauses (or sentences) are joined with a ADVERB or PRONOUN - so joining them tells you more about one of them

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what is the subordinate clause in a complex sentence?

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the clause that tells you more about the main clause

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what is the subject of a sentence?
WHO or WHAT (noun) the sentence is talking about. To work out the subject, ask yourself: who or what is doing the thing in the sentence?
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what is the is the object of a sentence?
the object is the NOUN (a thing or who or what) the subject of a sentence is doing something to or with
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what is the predicate of a sentence
the VERB and OBJECT together (usually comes after the subject)
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list 5 types of pronouns
Personal pronoun Possessive pronoun Reflexive pronoun Relative pronoun Domonstrative pronouns
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What is a personal pronoun?
used to refer to people or object (usually instead of using their names) e.g. you, she, he, it, they, we, me, him, her, him, us
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What are possesive pronouns?
used to show who owns or can be linked to an item e.g. mine, yours, his hers, theirs
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what are reflexive pronouns?
used when the subject and object of the sentence are the same and end in -self or -selves e.g. myself, yourself, himself, herself, themselves, ourselves
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What are demonstrative pronouns?
words that show distance in time or space between noun and speaker e.g. this (something close, singular), that (singular, far), these (plural, close), those (plural, far)
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What are relative pronouns?
words that begin a relative clause and add extra information e.g. that, which, who, whose, whom, where, when
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what are pronouns?
used to replace the nouns in a sentence
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what do pronouns help us to do?
make our writing less repetitive
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what is subject verb agreement?
when the subject and verb in a sentence agree - they both need to be plural or both need to be singular e.g. We bake a cake. BUT My mum bakes a cake
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what is a collective noun?
a name for a GROUP of things
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what is the difference between a collective noun and a common noun?
a collective noun is the name of a group of things whereas a common noun is the name of one of the things
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What is a transitive verb?
an action verb that has a direct object. So you can answer the question "Subject verb what?"
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What is an intransitive verb?
an action verb that has no direct object, it's usually followed by more information about the verb So you cannot answer the question "Subject verb what?"
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what is an auxillary verb?
a verb that helps with the main verb (action) to tell us when the action or state of being occurs e.g. is, am, are, have, do, does, was, were, will
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what is a main verb?
the verb that shows the action or state of being in a sentence
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what is an adverb?
a word that describes a VERB (and sometimes other types of words but never nouns). There are 5 TYPES: - adverbs of place - adverbs of time - adverbs of manner - adverbs of frequency - adverbs of degree
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what is an adjective?
a word that describes a NOUN
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what is a simple sentence?
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what is a compound sentence?
a sentence where two simple sentences are joined with a CONJUNCTION
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what is a complex sentence
a sentence where two or more clauses (or sentences) are joined with a ADVERB or PRONOUN - so joining them tells you more about one of them
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what is the subordinate clause in a complex sentence?
the clause that tells you more about the main clause
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list 5 types of pronouns
Personal pronoun Possessive pronoun Reflexive pronoun Relative pronoun Domonstrative pronouns
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What is a personal pronoun?
used to refer to people or object (usually instead of using their names) e.g. you, she, he, it, they, we, me, him, her, him, us
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What are possesive pronouns?
used to show who owns or can be linked to an item e.g. mine, yours, his hers, theirs
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what are reflexive pronouns?
used when the subject and object of the sentence are the same and end in -self or -selves e.g. myself, yourself, himself, herself, themselves, ourselves
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What are demonstrative pronouns?
words that show distance in time or space between noun and speaker e.g. this (something close, singular), that (singular, far), these (plural, close), those (plural, far)
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What are relative pronouns?
words that begin a relative clause and add extra information e.g. that, which, who, whose, whom, where, when
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what are pronouns?
used to replace the nouns in a sentence
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what do pronouns help us to do?
make our writing less repetitive

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