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31 Cards in this Set
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Number
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Indicates whether the noun is singular or plural
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Singular Noun
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refers to one person, place, thing or idea
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Plural Noun
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refers to more than one person, place, thing or idea
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Gender
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indicates whether it is masculine, feminine or neuter or infinite
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Masculine
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examples, Uncle, brother, host
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Feminine
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ex Aunt, sister, mother, hostess
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Neuter
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ex tree, cobweb and closet
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Indefinite
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ex President, doctor, parent
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Case
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tells how nouns are related to other words
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Nominative
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noun can be the subject of a clause
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Possesive Case
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noun joint ownership
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Objective Case
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noun can be a direct object, indirect object or object
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Pronoun
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a word used to replace a noun
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Antecendent
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the noun the pronoun refers to or replaces
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Personal Pronoun
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takes place of a noun
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Reflexive pronoun
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formed by adding self or selves to a personal pronoun
Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of a sentence: I gave myself plenty of time to get to work. You should let yourself into the house. |
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Intensive Pronoun
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reflexive pronoun that intensifies or emphasizes
I myself am sick of the heat. You yourself are responsible for this mess! |
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Relative Pronoun
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relates an adjective clause to the noun or pronoun it modifies
The most common relative pronouns are who/whom, whoever/whomever, whose, that, and which. (Please note that in certain situations, "what," "when," and "where" can function as relative pronouns.) The professor, whom I respect, recently received tenure. |
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Indefinite Pronoun
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often refers to an unnamed or unknown people or things
ex no body |
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Interrogative pronoun
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ask a question
nterrogative pronouns are: What, Which, Who, Whose, Whom. In addition, these pronouns may take the suffixes -ever and -soever. ex What is her phone number? What do you want? |
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Demonstrative Pronoun
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points out people, place or things without naming them
The four demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, those |
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Adjective
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describe a noun or pronoun
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Adverb
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describes a verb, adjective or another adverb
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Conjunction
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a word that connects words phrases or clauses
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Interjection
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a word that expresses exclamation
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Preposition
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a word that shows relationship between the noun or pronoun and the rest of the sentence
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Clause
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a group of words containing a subject and verb
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Subject
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noun or pronoun
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Sentence
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a word group a subject and verb expresses a whole thought and has at least one independent clause
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Fragment
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word group that looks like a sentence but doesn't express a whole thought
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Simple Predicate
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is a verb
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