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25 Cards in this Set
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8 parts of speech
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noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, interjection, conjunction
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noun
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name of person (boy, John)
name of place (school, Harvard) name of thing (desk, Reboks) name of idea (love, freedom) |
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9 kinds of nouns
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singular (boy) plural (boys)
compound (backpack) common (boy) proper (John) concrete (table) abstract (love), collective (team, flock) possessive (boy's, John's) |
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samples of singular - plural
nouns |
ball - balls
child - children knife - knives |
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samples of compound nouns
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backpack, ice cream,
brother-in-law, round-up |
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samples of CONCRETE nouns
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desk, boy, knife, room
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samples of ABSTRACT nouns
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love, hate, freedom
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samples of COMMON - PROPER nouns
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boy - David
city - Charlotte bridge - London Bridge |
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samples of COLLECTIVE nouns
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group, class, herd, flock, team
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samples of POSSESSIVE nouns
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BOY'S bicycle
MEN'S club DOGS' houseS |
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types of PRONOUNS
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personal, possessive, reflective, indefinite, special, antecedent
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samples of PERSONAL pronouns
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I, you, he, she, it,we, themselves, us, them
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samples of POSSESSIVE pronouns
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my, his, hers, its, theirs
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samples of REFLEXIVE pronouns
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myself, yourself, themselves
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samples of INDEFINITE pronouns
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anyone, anything, some, none
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samples of ANTECEDENT pronouns
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John gave HIS award away.
Mary put HER homework away. |
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samples of SPECIAL pronouns
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neither, who, whoever, one, each
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mnemonic
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a way to help you remember something...a word, a sentence, etc.
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PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
equation |
P + A + OP = PP
Preposition + Adj/Adv + Object of the Preposition = a Prepositional Phrase |
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samples of PREPOSITIONS
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about, to, of, in front of, with
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2 types of PREP PHRASES
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ADJECTIVE prep phrases
ADVERB prep phrases |
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ADJECTIVES describe
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nouns,
pronouns |
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ADVERBS describe
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verbs,
adverbs, adjectives |
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QUESTIONS adjectives answer
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which?
what kind? how many? how much? |
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QUESTIONS adverbs answer
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where?
when? why? how? to what extent? |
