Grammer

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Noun

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word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea

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concrete noun

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names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses; things you can hear, see, taste, touch, smell, or feel

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abstract noun

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names an idea a quality or a characteristic

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proper noun

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name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea

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common noun

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is the general name of a person place, thing, or idea

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collective noun

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names a group

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pronoun

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word that takes place of a noun, a group of words acting as a noun or another pronoun

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antecedent

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word or group of words that a pronoun refers to

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personal pronoun

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refers to a specific person or thing by indicating the person speaking, the person being spoken to, or any other person or thing being spoken about

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reflexive pronoun

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refers or reflects back, to a noun or pronoun used earlier in the sentences (adds information)

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intensive pronoun

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adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun

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demonstrative pronoun

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points out specific persons, places, things, or ideas

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interrogative pronouns

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used to form questions

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relative pronoun

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used to begin a special subject-verb word group

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indefinate pronoun

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refers to persons, places, or things in a more general way than a noun does

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verbs

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words that expresses action or state of being and is necessary to make a statement

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action verb

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tells what someone or something does

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transitive verb

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is an action verb that is followed by a word or words that answer the question "what" or "whom"

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intransitive verb

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an action verb that is followed by a word that answers the question "when" or"why"

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linking verb

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links or joins the subject of a sentence with a word or expression that identifies or describes the subject. DOESN'T SHOW ACTION

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verb phrase

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consists of a main verb and all its auxiliary or helping verbs

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adjective

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word that modifies a noun or pronoun by limiting its meaning

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adverb

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a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb by making its meaning more specific

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preposition

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word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in a sentence

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compound preposition

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prepositions that is made up of more than one word

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conjunction

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word that joins single words or groups of words

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correlative conjunctions

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work in pairs to join words and groups of words of equal weight in a sentence

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subordinating conjunction

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joins 2 clauses or ideas in a such a way as to make one grammatically dependent upon the other

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conjective adverb

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used to clarify the relationship between clauses of equal weight in a sentence

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interjection

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word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation

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sentence

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a group of words expressing a complete thought

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subject

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part of the sentence about which something is being said

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predicate

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the part that says something about the subject

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simple subject

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the key noun or pronoun that tells what a sentence is about

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simple predicate

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verb or verb phrase that tells something about the subject

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complete subject

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consists of the simple subject and all the words that modify it

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complete predicate

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consists of the simple subject and all the words that modify it or complete its meaning

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compound subject

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made up of two or more simple subjects that are joined by a conjunction and have the same verb

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compound predicate

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made up of two or more verbs or verb phrases that are joined by a conjunction and have the same subject

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complement

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word or group of words that completes the meaning of a verb

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direct object

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answers the question "what" or "whom" after an action verb

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indirect object

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answers the question "to whom" "for whom" "to what" or "for what" after an action verb

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object complement

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answers the questions "what" after a direct object

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subject complement

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follows a subject and a linking verb and identifies or describes the subject

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predicate nominative

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a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and points back to the subject to identify it further

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predicate adjective

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follows a linking verb and points back to the subject and further describes it

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phrase

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a group of words that acts in a sentence as a single part of

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prepositional phrase

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a group of words that begins with a preposition and usually ends with a noun or pronoun

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appositives

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a noun or a pronoun that is placed next to another noun or pronoun to identify or give additional information about it

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appositive phrase

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an appositive plus any words that modify the appositive

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verbal

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a verb form that function in a sentences as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb

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verbal phrase

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a verbal plus any complements and modifiers

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participle

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a verbal plus any complements and modifiers

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participle phrase

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contains a participle plus any complements and modifiers

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gerund

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verb form that ends in -ing and is used in the same way a noun is used

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gerund phrase

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a gerund plus any complements and modifiers

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infinitive

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a verb form that is usually preceeded by the word "to" and is used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb