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15 Cards in this Set
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What is the difference between a proper and a common noun?
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A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea. A common noun is the general name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
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Examples of proper and common nouns are Chad Michael Murray/actor, France/country, "The Catcher in the Rye"/book, and the colonial times in America/era.
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What is the difference between a singular and a plural noun?
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A singluar noun names one person, place, thing, or idea and a plural noun names more than one.
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Examples of singular and plural nouns are child/children, game/games, and sky/skies.
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What is the difference between a personal pronoun and a possessive pronoun?
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A personal pronoun refers to a specific place or thing and a possessive pronoun indicates possession or ownership.
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Examples of personal pronouns are I/me, you, he/she, him/her, we, us, they, and them. Examples of possessive pronouns are my/mine, your(s), his, her(s), its, our(s), and their(s).
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What is the difference between a reflexive pronoun and a intensive pronoun?
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A reflexive pronoun goes with a verb you do to yourself. An intensive pronoun is the same as a reflexive pronoun except it follows a personal pronoun.
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Examples of reflexive and intensive pronouns are myself, yourself, him/herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves.
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What is the difference between an interrogative pronoun and a relative pronoun?
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An interrogative pronoun is used to form a question and a relative pronoun is used to begin certain subject-verb word groups.
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Examples of interrogative pronouns are who, whom, whose, what, and which. Examples of relative pronouns are the above pronouns and that, whatever, whoever, whichever, and whomever.
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What is the difference between a demonstrative pronoun and an indefinite pronoun?
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A demonstrative pronoun points out specific nouns. An indefinite pronoun refers to nouns in a more general way.
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Examples of demonstrative pronouns are this, these, that, and those. Examples of indefinite pronouns are any, enough, most, other, and some.
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What is the difference between a transitive verb and an intransitive verb?
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A transitive verb is an action verb that is followed by a word or words that answer the question whom or what. An intransitive verb is an action verb that is not followed by a word or words that answer the question whom or what.
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"My brother plays on the weekend" is an example of a sentence with a transitive verb. "My brother plays soccer on the weekend" is an example of a sentence with an intransitive verb.
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What is a linking verb?
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A linking verb links/joins the subject of a sentence with a word/expression that identifies/describes the subject.
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Examples of linking verbs are am, is, are, was, were, be, been. Others are feel, look, seem, become, and grow.
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What is a verb phrase?
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A verb phrase consists of a main verb and all its auxilliary, or helping, verbs.
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Examples of verb phrases are "They are going" and "She should be arriving". Examples of auxilliary verbs are can, might, will, should, and do.
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What is the difference between an adjective and a proper adjective?
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An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun. A proper adjective comes from a proper noun and is capitalized.
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Examples of adjectives are purple, seven, bright, squishy, and bootylicious (just kidding about that last one).
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What is an adverb?
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An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
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Examples of adverbs are happily, there, quietly, never, and completely.
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What are positive, comparitive, and superlative adverbs?
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These adverbs indicate degrees of comparison.
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A positive adverb is fast, a comparitive adverb is faster, and a superlative adverb is fastest. Others are well/better/best and neatly/more neatly/most neatly.
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What is the difference between a preposition and a compound preposition?
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A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a (pro)noun to a differnt word in the sentence. A compound preposition is a preposition made up of more than one word.
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Examples of prepositions are after, beside, for, like, over, and until. Examples of compound prepositions are according to, aside from, and by means of.
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What is the difference between a coordinating conjunction and a correlative conjunction?
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A coordinating conjunction joins words or groups of words that have equal grammatical weight in a sentence. Correlative conjunctions work in pairs to join words or groups of words that have equal grammatical weight in a sentence.
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Examples of coordinating conjunctions are and, but, or, nor, for, so, and yet. Examples of correlative conjunctions are both...and, just as...so, and not only...but also.
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What is the difference between a subordinating conjunction and an interjection?
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A subordinating conjunction joins 2 ideas so that one is grammatically dependent on the other. An interjection is a word that expresses emotion or exclamation.
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Examples of subordinating conjunctions are as, so, because, unless, and while. Examples of interjections are wow, oops, and hooray.
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