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32 Cards in this Set
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Noun
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A word that names a person, place thing or idea.
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What or Whom
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Pronoun
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A word that takes the place of a noun.
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What or Whom
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Antecedent
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The word a pronoun refers and often comes before it.
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Adjective
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A word that describes or limits a noun or pronoun.
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What kind of? which? how many?
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Verb
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A word that expresses action or state of being.
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Adverb
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A word that describes or modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
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Preposition
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A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence.
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Conjunction
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A word that connects other words, phrases and clauses.
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Interjection
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A word that expresses strong emotion.
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Action or Linking Verbs
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Action is everything you do in one day. Linking verbs express a state of being or use sensory verbs.
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Main or Helping Verb
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Action and Linking Verbs can be Main Verbs. Helping Verbs add meaning to a main verb (such as information about time, ability or certainty.) Example: "have studied."
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Transitive Verb
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An action with a direct object. "He opened the door."
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Intransitive Verb
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An action with no object. "He arrived."
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Subject
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The part of the sentence which is performing the action or embodying a state of being.
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Predicate
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The part of the sentence that says something about the subject. "The bird ate the worm."
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Direct Object
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Noun or pronoun that directly receives the action of the verb. "She made the dinner."
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Indirect Object
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Noun or pronoun that indirectly receives or benefits from the action of the verb. "She made James dinner." James is indirect object.
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Object complement
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A noun or adjective that comes after a direct object and completes the meaning of the direct object. "We elected Bill captain." Captain is the object complement.
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Subject complement
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The Subject is completed by the complement to the verb.
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Linking Verb
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Examples:The most common linking verb is "be." Other linking verbs are "become," "seem," "appear," "feel," "grow," "look," "smell," "taste," and "sound," among others.
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Predicate adjective example
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The band sounds angry. "Angry" is the predicate adjective. (Sensory verbs)
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Object complement example
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We elected Bill captain. Captain is object complement. (Action verbs.)
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Phrase
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A group of related words that do not contain a subject and predicate.
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Prepositional phrase
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A phrase introduced by a preposition. Example: I ran around the house. "Around the house" is the prepositional phrase.
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Verbal phrase
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A verb form used as a noun, adjective or adverb.
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Participial phrase
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A verbal phrase that forms an adjective. "The running water is cold."
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Gerund phrase
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A verbal phrase that is always a noun and ends in "ing". "Laughing is a good habit."
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Infinitive phrase
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A verbal phrase that starts with "to" plus a verb. It can be a noun, adjective or adverb. "To laugh is fun."
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Apositive phrase
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(Usually nouns or noun phrases) identify, explain or supplement the meaning of other nouns or noun phrases.
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Absolute phrase
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Usually a noun phrase modified by a participial or prepositional phrase. Example: "She left town at dawn, all of her belongings packed into a Volkswagon Beetle." "More vaccine having arrived the staff scheduled its distribution."
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Independent Clause
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A complete thought; can stand by itself; needed for a sentence
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Subordinate Clause
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Not a complete thought; functions as a part of speech
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