English Grammar Terms

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What are action verbs?

Back 1

Verbs that show action.

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What are state-of-being verbs?

Back 2

Verbs for facts and conditions, no action.

Front 3

"Is/am/are/were/was" are what kind of verbs?

Back 3

State-of-being verbs.

Front 4

What are the most common state-of-being verbs?

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am, are, were, was

(What kind of verbs are these common examples of?)

Front 5

What are verb phrases?

Back 5

State-of-being verbs combined with action verbs are verb phrases.

Example: We "ARE GOING."
I "AM SINGING."

Front 6

How many words are in a verb phrase?

Back 6

Two or more verbs are used in a verb phrase.

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What are helping verbs?

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Verbs that help the main verb by extending the meaning.

Example: The team *WILL be leaving*.

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What are the common helping verbs?

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can, could, do, did, does, had, may, might, must, ought, shall, will, have, has

Front 9

Identify each verb in the verb phrase:

"The strange might have been known by the police."

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Verb phrase: might have been known

might, have : helping verbs

been : state-of-being verb

known: action verb

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What are auxiliary verbs?

Back 10

The same as helper verbs.

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What are nouns?

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Words that name a person, place, or things.

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What are pronouns?

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Words that take the place of nouns in a sentence.

Examples: he, it, my, who, whose, some, many, few, which, your, our, she

Front 13

What is the subject of a sentence?

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The word doing the verb.

Examples: The teacher smiled. (Subject is "teacher" not, "the teacher".

Front 14

The trick to knowing the Subject is to know the ____,

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The trick to knowing the Subject is to know the VERB.

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What are compound verbs?

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When a subject has multiple verbs.

Example: Bobby SWATTED a fly buzzing around the kitchen and CRUSHED a cockroach scurrying across the floor.

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"And", "but", or" are common examples of what?

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conjunction

Front 17

How are compound verbs usually connected?

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An "and" conjunction or a comma.

Front 18

What are compound subjects?

Back 18

When more than one subject is used for a verb/share a verb.

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What are adjectives?

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Words that describe nouns and pronouns.

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Where do one-word adjectives usually come?

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Before the word they modify.

Front 21

What are some common adjectives?

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a, an, the, many, hot, several, minor, americ'a

Front 22

What questions do one-word adjectives usually modify?

Back 22

Which one? or How many?

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"a", "an", and "the" are examples of?

Back 23

Articles, but are also often adjectives.

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What are coordinate adjectives?

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adjectives that appear in sequence with one another to modify the same noun. They are usually separated with commas or conjunctions.

Example: I have a heavy, bulky box

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3 Tips for coordinate adjectives?

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They can be re-arranged.

They can have an AND between them.

They have commas.

Front 26

3 Tips for cumulative adjectives?

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They can NOT be re-arranged without sounding strange.

You can't put an AND between them.

No commas.

Front 27

The general order of cumulative adjectives?

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Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Color, Origin, Material, Purpose.

Our Stupid Aunt Says Cars Only Move Politely,

Front 28

For adjective comparisons and superlatives, when do we use "er" or "est"?

Back 28

With adjectives that are one syllable.

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For adjective comparisons and superlatives, when do we use "ier" or "iest"?

Back 29

With adjectives that end in "y".

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For adjective comparisons and superlatives, when do we use "more" or "the most"?

Back 30

With adjectives that have two or more syllables.

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What are Comparative Adjectives?

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Adjectives comparing two things.

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What are Superlative Adjectives?

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Adjectives comparing three or more things.

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What are Irregular Forms?

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Word conjugations made differently than the original adjective.

Examples: good - better - the best

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What are adverbs?

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Words that give added meaning to verbs and sometimes to other adverbs and adjectives.

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Where do adverbs usually appear?

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After the words they modify.

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What do adverbs tell us about the action of a verb?

Back 36

why, when, where, or how it takes place.

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Identify the adverb: "The student was not acting properly."

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not, properly