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What are the five things that a noun represents?

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person, place, thing, idea, emotion

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How many types of nouns are there?

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5

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This type of noun is regular and does not start with capital letters?

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common noun

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This type of noun starts with a capital letter

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proper noun

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This type of noun represents things your 5 senses interact with

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concrete noun

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This type of noun represent ideas or emotions

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abstract noun

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This type of noun represents a group of things or people

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collective noun

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This Part of speech takes the place of a noun

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pronoun

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How many types of pronouns are there?

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6

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This type of pronoun is the most commonly used

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personal pronoun

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This type of pronoun is used to point things out

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demonstrative pronoun

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How many types of demonstrative pronouns are there

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4

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Name each of the four demonstrative pronouns, separated by a comma.

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this, that, these, those

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This type of pronoun is used to ask a question

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interrogative pronoun

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How many interrogative pronouns are there

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5

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Name each of the five interrogative pronouns

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which, who, whose, whom, what

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This type of pronoun begins an adjective clause

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relative pronoun

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This type of pronoun is like an interrogative pronoun, except it does not ask a question

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relative pronoun

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How many relative pronouns are there

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5

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Name each of the five relative pronouns

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which, who, whose, whom, that

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This type of word is what pronouns are standing in for

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antecedent

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This type of pronoun adds -self to the end of a personal pronoun

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reflexive/intensive pronoun

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What are the common 1st person singular personal pronouns. There are 3.

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I, me, mine

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What are the common 1st person plural personal pronouns. There are 4.

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we, us, our, ours

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What are the common 2nd person singular/plural personal pronouns. There are 3.

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you, your, yours

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What are the common 3rd person singular personal pronouns. There are 8.

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he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its

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What are the common 3rd person plural personal pronouns. There are 4.

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they, them, their, theirs

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What is a personal pronoun

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The most commonly used pronoun, has a bunch for 1st, 2nd, 3rd person.

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What is a demonstrative pronoun

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A pronoun that is used to point things out

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What is an interrogative pronoun

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A pronoun that is used to ask a question

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What is a relative pronoun

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A pronoun that begins an adjective clause. It is like an interrogative pronoun, but does not ask a question.

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What is a reflexive/intensive pronoun

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A pronoun that adds -self to the end of personal pronouns

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What are the 5 types of nouns

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Common, proper, concrete, abstract, collective

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What are the 6 types of pronouns

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Personal, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, reflexive/intensive, Indefinite

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35
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This type of pronoun does not refer to a specific noun

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Indefinite pronoun

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36
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Give 5 examples of an indefinite pronoun

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someone, everyone, anyone, everything, something

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37
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What is an indefinite pronoun

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A pronoun that does not refer to a specific noun

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38
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What part of speech is responsible for describing an action

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verb

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39
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Every sentence needs this part of speech

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verb

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40
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Jump, run, bake, read, swim, give, and walk are an example of what part of speech

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verb

41
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What ties together the words before or after a verb

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linking verb

42
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what does a linking verb do

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ties together the words before and after a verb

43
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Give 8 examples of common linking verbs

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to be, is, am, are, will be, was, has been, have been

44
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What is an easy way to find linking verbs

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Perform the “is” test. Replace the verb with is and see if the sentence still makes sense.

45
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This verb quality has to do with time

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tense

46
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What is the verb tense

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It tells you when the action took place

47
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How many types of main verb tense are there

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6

48
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How many total types of verb tense are there

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12

49
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What are the main verb tenses

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present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, future perfect

50
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What is present tense

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It is happening now

51
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What is past tense

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It happened in the past and is over

52
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What is future tense

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It will happen in the future

53
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What is the present perfect tense

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It happened in the past and is possibly continuing

54
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What is the past perfect tense

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It happened in the past before something else happened in the past

55
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What is the future perfect tense

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It will happen in the future before some other future event

56
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What is the name for the partner of each of the main types of tense

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progressive tense

57
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What is progressive tense

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The same as the main verb tenses, but they use helping verbs to specify the tenses

58
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What are the three main helping verbs

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be, have, do

59
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What are the 8 forms of “be” helping verbs

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is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been

60
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What are the 3 forms of “have” helping verbs

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have, had, has

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What are the 3 forms of “do” helping verbs

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do, does, did

62
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What are the 3 “M” helping verbs

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must, might, may

63
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What are the 3 “ould” helping verbs and their partners

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could, can, should, shall, would, will

64
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How do regular verbs change to past tense

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They add -ed to the end

65
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How do irregular verbs change to past tense

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They use different words

66
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What are the two types of voice

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active and passive

67
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What is the active voice

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The subject of the sentence is doing the action

68
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What is the passive voice

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The subject is usually not doing the action

69
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Which of the two types of voice is more effective

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active voice

70
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How can you tell if a word is a noun

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By putting a, an, the in front of it

71
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How can you tell if a word is a verb

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By putting the word to in front of it

72
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This type of verb has a direct object

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transitive verb

73
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this type of verb does not have an object in front of it

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intransitive verb

74
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This part of speech is used to describe nouns and sometimes pronouns

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adjective

75
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What is an adjective

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It is a part of speech that is used to describe nouns and sometimes pronouns

76
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How many types of special adjectives are there

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3

77
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What are the three types of special adjectives

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demonstrative adjectives, proper adjectives, articles

78
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What are demonstrative adjectives

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this, that, these, those placed before a noun

79
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What are proper adjectives

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Adjectives that start with a captial letter

80
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What are articles

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The words: a, an, the

81
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This part of speech is used to describe verbs

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adverbs

82
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What are adverbs

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A part of speech that is used to describe verbs

83
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What can an adverb describe

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verbs, but also adjectives or other adverbs

84
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What do adverbs tell us

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where, when, how, to what extent

85
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What do adverbs usually end in

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-ly

86
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This part of speech is a little word that is always part of a phrase

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preposition

87
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What is a preposition

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A little word that is always part of a phrase

88
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What is included in a preposition phrase

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Preposition, noun or pronoun, sometimes an article

89
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What do prepositions usually answer

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where and when

90
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This part of speech joins things together

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Conjunction

91
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What is a conjunction

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Conjunctions are joining words. They join words, phrases, and sentences.

92
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What is the most common conjunction

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and

93
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What are the 7 coordinating conjunctions

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for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

94
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What are subordinate conjunctions

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they begin subordinate clauses

95
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This part of speech does not add anything grammatically to a sentence

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interjection

96
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What is an interjection

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A part of speech that does not add anything grammatically to a sentence

97
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What is 1st person

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Refers to the writer themself or a group including the writer

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what is 2nd person

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Refers to the writer’s audience

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What is 3rd person

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Refers to someone else, not the writer or a group including the writer. not the writer’s audience.

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