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14 Cards in this Set
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Noun |
a word that refers to a PERSON, PLACE, THING, EVENT, SUBSTANCE or QUALITY ex: nurse, cat, party, oil, and poverty. |
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Verb |
a word or phrase that describes an ACTION, CONDITION, or EXPERIENCE. ex: run, look, and feel |
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Adjective |
a word that describes a noun ex: big, boring, pink, quick, obvious |
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Pronoun |
is a word that is used to REPLACE a noun. Ex: instead of saying " Sam likes pizza", we can use "He" as a substitute for Sam |
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Adverb |
an adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Ex: she is slowly walking. (describes how she walks) |
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Preposition |
a preposition shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence. This relationship is spatial, temporal, or directional. |
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Preposition (Examples) |
Mark walked towards the house. (Shows direction) |
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Prepositional phrases |
When linked with nouns or pronouns, prepositions create word groups referred to as prepositional phrases. |
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Conjunction |
Conjunctions are used to link words or parts of sentences together. There are four different types of conjunctions: coordinating, subordinating, adverb, and correlative. |
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1. Coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) |
are used to connect similar words or independent clauses (sentences) together. Coordinating conjunctions are often referred to with the acronym FANBOYS |
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2. Subordinating Conjunctions |
come at the beginning of subordinate clauses and are used to connect the subordinate clause to the rest of the sentence (also referred to as the independent clause). Common: after, as, although, because, before, even though, if, once, rather than, since, that, though, unless, until, when, whenever. whereas, while. |
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3. Conjunctive adverbs |
are transitional words used to connect one sentence to another. Common conjunctive adverbs include: additionally, in addition, moreover, also, consequently, furthermore, otherwise, instead, for instrance, for example, however, on the other hand, conversely, neverthesless, accordingly, therefore, generally, in fact, in other words, in conclusion, finally. |
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4. Correlative conjunctions |
are a combination of a coordinating conjunction and another word (example: in the sentence both John and I are having a hard time with the homework, both....and are the correlative conjunctions. |
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Interjection |
An interjection is a word added to a sentence to convey emotion and is not grammatically related to any other part of the sentence. Ex: Wow! |
