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13 Cards in this Set
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List the 8 parts of speech |
1. noun 2. pronoun 3. adjective 4. adverb 5. verb 6. preposition 7. conjunction 8. interjection |
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What is a noun? |
person, place, thing, or idea
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What is a noun that names a specific thing? (Hint: The noun will be capitalized.) |
proper noun |
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What is a noun that names a general thing? (Hint: The noun will be not capitalized.) |
common noun |
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What do adjectives do? |
describe nouns AND pronouns |
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List the articles. |
a, an, the |
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Articles function as what part of speech? |
adjectives |
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What is an antecedent? |
The word or words a pronoun replaces (what the pronoun refers to) |
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Pronouns must agree with their antecedent in ____________ and ____________. |
number and gender |
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Which spelling is correct? seperate or separate |
separate (A RAT not e rat) |
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Which is correct? alot or a lot |
a lot (a lot is 2 words)
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I, me, you, he, she, it, we, us, they, and them are known as the _______________ pronouns. |
personal |
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Possessive pronouns actually work as what part of speech? |
Adjectives (Ex: my hat, Which hat? My hat. My describes hat. |
