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Noun: 5 types
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the name of a person, place, object, idea, quality, or activity
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faith, hope, love
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abstract noun
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the name of a quality or general idea
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team, herd, audience
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collective noun
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the name of a class of people, animals, or things
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parent, student, teacher, dog
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predicate noun
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a word or phrase that follows a linking verb, completes the sense of the verb, and explains the subject
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Sally is our PRESIDENT.
Mr. Jones was PRINCIPAL of my high school. |
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proper noun
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the official name of a particular person, place, or thing
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George Washington, Florida, Great Dane, White House
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verb; 4 types
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a word or phrase used to express action or a state of being
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helping verb
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a verb that helps in the formation of another verb; be, can, do, could, have, may, might, must, ought, shall, should, will,and would.
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He MIGHT go to the meeting.
I WILL walk the dog later. |
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transitive verb
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a verb that requires an object to complete the meaning
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HE HAS CANCELLED THE MEETING.
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intransitive verb
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a verb that does not require an object to complete its meaning.
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Member participation has increased.
The wind blow. |
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linking verb
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a verb that connects a subject with the predicate adjective, noun, or pronoun; the most common come from the verb "to be".
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adjective
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a single word, phrase, or clause that answers the question "what kind, how many, or which one", and modifies the meaning of a noun or pronoun
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excellent prognosis
the latest results a man of great integrity open incision eight grandchildren green sputum silly me lovely girl |
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adverb
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a single word, phrase, or clause that answers the question "when, where, why, in what manner, or to what extent", and modifies the meaning of a verb, adjective, or another verb. Often end in "ly".
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She spoke CLEARLY when giving her instructions.
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pronoun; 6 types
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a word used in place of a noun
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personal pronoun
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I, you, he, she, it, we, they
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possessive pronoun
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my/mine, his, her/hers, its, our/ours, their/theirs, and your/yours
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demonstrative pronoun
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this, that, these, those
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indefinite pronoun
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each, either, any, anyone, someone, few, all, etc.
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intensive pronoun
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myself, yourself, himself, herself, etc.
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interrogative pronoun
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who, which, what, etc.
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relative pronoun
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who, whose, whom, which, that, and whoever, whomever, etc.
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preposition
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a word used to show the relation of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence.
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always appears in a phrase with the preposition usually at the beginning and the noun/pronoun at the end of the phrase as the object. Together, they form a phrase that describes another word in the sentence
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