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21 Cards in this Set
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noun
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naming words (person, place, or thing)
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pronoun
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replace nouns
Ex)he, she, his, hers, theirs, we, it, they, whose, who, i |
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adjective
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describing words (describe nouns or pronouns)
Ex)a BLUE shirt |
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verb
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doing words (action of a sentence)
Ex)they PLAYED and SANG |
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adverb
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describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
Ex)soon, here, very, gladly |
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conjunction
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joining words
Ex) and, but, because, for, or, so, yet |
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preposition
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connect nouns, pronouns, and other words
Ex)on, above, beneath, over, of, with, for, by, in |
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interjection
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emotional response
Ex)oh, ouch, wow, ah |
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articles
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one of the words a, am, or, the
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exclamatory
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with an exclamation mark
Ex)I know I can do this! |
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delaritive
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declares something
Ex)the butterfly fluttered in and out of the bushes |
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imparative
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telling something
Ex)come here and bring that book |
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interrogative
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asking a question
Ex)when did you decide to join the team? |
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simple sentence
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simple does not talk about more than one thing
Ex)the cougar ran over the rockey hill |
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compound
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compound talks about more than one thing or has more detail
Ex)we chased the herd but we lost them past the forest |
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clause
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a group of words with a subject and a predicate
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main clause
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talks about one certain thing
Ex)we started the race on time |
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subordinate
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does not talk about one certain thing
Ex)while the dtriver was waiting for the signal |
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complex
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made up of a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses
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subject
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is who or what the sentence is about
Ex)the CAR rolled down the hill |
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predicate
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is the verb or the action that the subject does
Ex)the car ROLLED down the hill |
