Ap English Grammar I-Iv

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Common Noun

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school

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Proper Noun

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Great Neck South High School

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Concrete Noun

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Independence Hall

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Abstract Noun

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independence

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Collective Noun

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family, faculty

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Compound Noun

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doorstep, sister-in-law

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Count Noun

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dollar, dollars

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Non-count Noun

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money

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Personal Pronoun

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I, you, he, we, you, they

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Possessive Pronoun

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my, his, your, our, their

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Reflexive Pronoun

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myself, himself, themselves

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Relative Pronoun

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I saw the man WHO came out of the taxi.

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Interrogative Pronoun

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WHO was the man who came out of the taxi?

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Demonstrative Pronoun

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THAT was the man who came out of the taxi

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Indefinite Pronoun

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all, any, both, few, some

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Definite article

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the

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Indefinite article

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a, an

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Common adjective-positive

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loud

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Common adjective-comparative

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louder

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Common adjective-superlative

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loudest

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Proper adjective

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ELIZABETHAN England

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Noun as adjective

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BARN door

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Possessive pronoun as adjective

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HIS book

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Demonstrative pronoun as adjective

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THAT book

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Verb

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action or being

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Linking Verb

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links the subject to the subject complement
He BECAME chairman

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Transitive Verb

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takes an object
He SANG the song every day

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Intransitive Verb

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takes no object
He SANG every day

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Helping Verb

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helps form tense or mood
We WILL HAVE written many essays by the end.

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Adverb

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*Sometimes nouns become adverbs.
They drove HOME QUICKLY
They hoped to stay HOME

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Preposition

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*sometimes a group of words
He found the book ON the table.
He was happy IN SPITE OF the weather

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Coordinating Conjunction

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He came home, AND then he took a nap

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Subordinating Conjunction

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He took a nap BECAUSE he was so tired.
BECAUSE he was so tired, he took a nap.

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Correlative Conjunction

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I will be happy to eat EITHER pasta OR steak.

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Conjunctive adverb

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however, moreover, therefore, then, thus, still
He completed the paper. HOWEVER, he stayed up until three in the morning.

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Interjection

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WELL! Come on in.
OUCH! That hurt.

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Subject

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What is acting the action of the verb

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Simple Subject

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JOHN went to the store.

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Compound Subject

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JOHN AND EMILY went to the store.

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Predicate

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What the subject does

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Simple Predicate

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The main verb
John and Emily WENT to the store.

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Complete Predicate

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the whole clause that describes the action
John and Emily WENT TO THE STORE.

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Compound Predicate

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two or more main verbs
John and Emily WROTE THEIR SHOPPING LIST and WENT TO THE STORE.

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Complement

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The rest of the complete predicate

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Simple Complement

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direct or indirect object

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Direct Object

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They wrote their shopping LIST.

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Indirect Object

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They gave HIM their shopping list

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Objective Complement

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With verbs meaning "consider" or "make" that complete the object
They named him SECRETARY.
They thought him FOOLISH.
You made him ANGRY.

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Subject Complement

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predicate nominative: a noun that follows a linking verb and is identified with the same noun as the subject; takes the nominative case
He is the SECRETARY.
I am HE.

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Adjective Complement

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predicate adjective: an adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the same noun as the subject.
He is AMBITIOUS.

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Simple Sentence

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One independent clause
John and Emily went to the store

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Compound Sentence

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Two or more independent clauses but no subordinate clauses
John wrote the shopping list, and Emily went to the store.

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Complex Sentence

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One independent clause plus one or more subordinate clauses
Emily went to the store after John wrote the shopping list.

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Compound-Complex Sentence

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Two or more independent clauses plus one or more subordinate clauses.
John wrote the shopping list, and Emily went to the store after they realized the cupboard was bare.

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Declarative Sentence

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Makes a statement.
John and Emily went to the store.

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Interrogative Sentence

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Asks a question
DId John and Emily go to the store?

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Imperative Sentence

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Gives a command
John and Emily, you really must go to the store.
John and Emily, go to the store.

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Exclamatory Sentence

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Expresses strong emotion.
Wow! How quickly you went to the store!