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8 Cards in this Set
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noun
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nouns are people, places, things and ideas. Proper nouns are specific nouns and always start with a capital letter.
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pronoun
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pronouns replace nouns. All pronouns have antecedents. Antecedants are the nouns the pronouns replace.
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verb
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verbs are words that express action or condition. Action verbs tell what a noun is doing. A linking verb tells what a noun is (is, are, was, were, seem, become). HElping verbs have two or more words, such as is going, should have been done, will be talking.
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adjective
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adjectives describe nouns. There are three article adjectives; a, an, and the. Pronouns can be used as adjectives when they come before the noun ( that, this, their,). adjectives that end with -ly such as friendly and ugly.
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adverb
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adverbs describe acctions or descriptions.
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preposition
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prepositions tell in what position a noun or pro noun is (in, on, under, beside, below, to, at, by, like, of, over, since, with). they are always found in prepostional phrases. A P.P. is made up of a prep. and the (pro)noun that comes after it ( at the mall, under the table, with Mrs. B, of mine)
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conjunction
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conjunctions comnnect words, groups of wrods, or sentences. Two types. First: coordinating conjunctions (fanboys) F-or, A-nd,N-or, B-ut, O-r, Y-et, S-o. Second: correlative, made up of two or more words (both and, either or, nither nor,not only but also, and wheter or)
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interjection
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words that show strong emotions (YAY!)followed by an exclamation point or comma. BUT normally stand alone.
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