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28 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Which statement best describes a sentence?
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A word or a group of words that expresses and conveys a complete thought.
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What must all sentences have either expressed or implied?
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Subject and predicate.
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What is the subject of a sentence?
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That about which something is said.
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What is the predicate of a sentence?
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That which is said about the subject.
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What is the best definition of a "verb"?
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A word used to express action, being, or state of being.
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Does not require a receiver of the action expresses in the meaning of the verb.
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Intransitive Verb
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Has a receiver of the action expressed in the meaning of the verb to complete the meaning.
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Transitive verb
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A verb that aids or helps another verb express various shades of meaning.
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Auxiliary (helping) verb
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Indicates the manner in which the action is conceived (i.e. the relation of the action to reality).
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Mood
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Forms its past tense and past participle by adding "d" or "ed" to present tense.
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Regular (weak) verb
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Denotes the time of the action indicated by the verb.
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Tense
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Indicates whether the subject of the verb acts or its acted upon.
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voice
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Usually forms its past tense and past participle by changing a vowel of the present.
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Irregular (strong) verb
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In which voice is the subject of the verb doing the action (subject is acting)?
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Active
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In which voice is the subject of the verb receiving the action (subject is being acted upon?
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Passive
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Which verb mood gives a command or makes an entreaty?
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Imperative
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Which verb mood expresses a doubt, a wish, a prayer, or a condition contrary to fact?
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Subjunctive
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Which verb mood makes a statement of fact or asks a question?
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Indicative
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Expresses action that will be completed before a stated or known time in the future.
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Future perfect
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Expresses action completed before a stated or known time in the past.
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Past perfect
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Expresses action completed at a definite time in the past.
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Past
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Expresses action that will take place in the future.
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Future
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Expresses action which is going on at the present time or which occurs always, repeatedly, or habitually.
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Present
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Expresses action completed at the present time or continuing into the present.
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Present Perfect.
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Verbal
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forms of the verb that are also used as other parts of speech.
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Infinitive
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Form of a verb usually preceded by "to".
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Gerund
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a verb used as a noun (i.e. verbal noun) ending in "ing".
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Participle
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Has some properties of a verb and some properties of an adjective.
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