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26 Cards in this Set
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Noun |
Person, place, thing or idea |
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Common Noun |
General name of person, place, or thing (nurse, hospital, syringe) |
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Proper Noun |
Official name of person, place, or thing (Fred, Paris, Washington University) |
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Abstract noun |
Name of quality or a general idea (persistence, democracy) |
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Collective Noun |
Represents a group of persons, animals, or things (family, flock furniture) |
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Pronoun |
Word that takes the place of a noun, another pronoun, or a group of words acting as a noun (Them, their, his, her) |
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Personal pronoun |
Specific person, place, thing, or idea by indicating the person speaking (first, second, third person: we, you, them) |
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Possessive pronoun |
Form of personal pronoun that shows possession or ownership (his, mine, my) |
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Adjective |
Word, phrase or clause that modifies a noun (the "biology" book) or pronoun (he is "nice"). It answers the question what kind ( a "hard" test), which one (an "English" test), how many ("three" test), or how much ( "many" test) |
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Linking verbs |
They link, or join, the subject of the sentence to a noun, pronoun, or predicate adjective (am, is, are, was, were, being, been). They are related to the five senses: look, sound, smell, feel, taste (that exam "looks" difficult). They reflect a state of being (appear, seem, become, grow, turn, prove, and remain) |
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Adverb |
Word, phrase, or clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Verb: the physician operates "quickly" Adjective: the nurse wears "very" colorful uniforms Another adverb: the student scored "quite" badly on the test |
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Preposition |
A word that shows the relationship of a Noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence (Sam left the classroom "at" noon) |
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Corrective conjunctions |
Work in pairs to join words or phrases (neither and nor and either and or) |
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Corrective conjunctions |
Work in pairs to join words or phrases (neither and nor and either and or) |
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Subordinating conjunctions |
After, because, before, until, since, when |
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Corrective conjunctions |
Work in pairs to join words or phrases (neither and nor and either and or) |
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Subordinating conjunctions |
After, because, before, until, since, when |
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Interjections |
Word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation ("yikes," that test was hard) |
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Corrective conjunctions |
Work in pairs to join words or phrases (neither and nor and either and or) |
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Subordinating conjunctions |
After, because, before, until, since, when |
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Interjections |
Word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation ("yikes," that test was hard) |
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Direct object |
The person or thing that is directly affected by the action of the verb. A direct object answers the question what or whom after a transitive verb. (The students watched the professor distribute the examinations) |
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Indirect object |
Is the person or thing that is indirectly affected by the action of the verb. An indirect object answers the question to whom, for whom, to what, or for what after an action verb. It comes between the verb and the direct object. (The professor gave "his class" the test results) |
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Predicate |
Part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or what is done to the subject. It includes the verb and all the word that modify the verb. |
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Predicate |
Part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or what is done to the subject. It includes the verb and all the word that modify the verb. |
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Predicate adjective |
Follows a linking verb and helps to explain the subject. (My professors are "wonderful") |
