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24 Cards in this Set
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MAIN SUBJECT
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A noun that performs the main action
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MAIN VERB
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The word that expresses the main action.
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NOUNS
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People, Places, and things.
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SUBJECT NOUNS
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Nouns that perform an action.
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OBJECT NOUNS
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Nouns that receive the action or are objects of prepositions.
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PRONOUNS
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Take the place of Nouns and are used to avoid repetition.
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MODIFIERS
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Describe, or modify, other words in a sentence.
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ADJECTIVES
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describe nouns
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ADVERBS
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modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
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PREPOSITIONS
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little words that show the relationship between other words.
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CONJUNCTIONS
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connect words or parts of sentences
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PHRASE
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a group of words that acts as a part of speech, not a complete sentence
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MODIFYING PHRASES
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take on the role of adjectives or adverbs
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NOUN PHRASES
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can be the subject or object of a sentence
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CLAUSE
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a group of words that has a subject and a verb
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MAIN CLAUSES
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stand alone as complete sentences.
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DEPENDENT CLAUSES
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cannot stand alone as complete sentences
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ABSTRACT NOUNS
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nouns that describe a quality, idea, or state of being
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sadness, truth, laughter, poverty, and knowledge, are what
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COLLECTIVE NOUNS
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Collective nouns name a group of things, animals, or people.
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GERUND
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The -ing form of a verb (also known as the present participle) can be used as a noun, and in such cases
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Walking is great exercise
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INFINITIVE NOUN
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When the to form of a verb acts like a noun
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To err is human; to forgive is divine.
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SINGULAR PRONOUNS
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nobody nothing somebody something everybody everything anybody anything each
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COMPOUND SUBJECTS
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a subject includes more than one noun
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My best friend and her sister are very similar in personality.
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COMPOUND SUBJECTS
(joined by or, either. . .or, and neither. . .nor) |
the verb agrees with the noun closest to it.
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Neither the bride nor the groom was able to remember the names of all the guests.
Neither Joe nor his cousins were happy on the first day of school. |
