Grammar Review

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Noun

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A person common place, thing, or idea. Does it form its plural by adding -s or -es? Can it be preceded by a, and, or the? Can it be made possessive by adding 's or '? Used in place of it? You only have to answer one of these questions for the word and question to be a noun.

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Pronoun

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Takes the place of a noun or a group of nouns.

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Adjective

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Modifies a noun or a pronoun and answers which one, what kind how many, or whose.

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Verb

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States the action or state of being.

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Adverb

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Modifies a verb, adjective or another one of itself. They often end in -ly. They answer the questions when?, Where?, How?, Or to what extent?

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Prepositions

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Shows the relationship between a noun and the sentence in another noun or group nouns. (Position, location, time). To test for common __________ we use the plane and cloud test.

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Conjunction

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Connect words or groups of words.

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Interjection

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Expresses strong emotions (usually comes at the beginning of a sentence).

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Prepositional phrase

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A preposition plus a noun or pronoun that is its object and any modifiers that function with it. These things function as either adjectives or adverbs within the sentence. Example: I live on the corner (on the corner).

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Simple subject

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The noun or pronoun that the sentence is about.

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Simple predicate (verb phrase)

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The action or state of being of the subject.

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Direct object

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Received the action of an action verb ( usually follows the verb). For example, he hit the ball (ball).

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Indirect object

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The now and a pronoun that answers " to whom? "Or "for whom?" About the direct object. For example, he threw me the ball (me).

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Objective compliment

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And now, pronoun, or adjective that follows the direct object and renames it or tells what the direct object has become. For example,we named him president (president).

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Predicate adjective

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Adjectives that come in the predicate after linking verbs and modify the subject of the sentence. Example, the room is green (green).

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Predicate nominative

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A noun or pronoun in the predicate following a linking verb and renaming the subject. For example, he is president (president).

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Proper nouns

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Name a specific person, place, thing, or idea. They are capitalized.

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Common nouns

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Name a general person, place, then, or idea. They are not capitalized.