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73 Cards in this Set
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Adjective
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Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
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Positive Adjective
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Describes a noun or pronoun on its own terms, without comparing it to anything else
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Comparative Adjective
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Compares two persons, places, things, or ideas
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Noun
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A person, place, thing, animal, action, or quality
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Proper Noun
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The official name of a particular person, place, or thing
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Abstract Noun
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A noun that names a quality or mental concept; something intangible that exists only in our minds
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Common Noun
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A noun that does not name a specific person, place, thing, or idea
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Collective Noun
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A noun that describes a group of people or things that are considered a single unit
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Noun Compound
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A group of words (usually two) that functions as a single part of speech
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Countable Noun
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A noun that can be made plural via changing the ending, usually by adding "s"
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Noncountable Noun
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A noun that can not be made plural via changing the ending, usually by adding "s"
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Concrete Noun
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A noun that names a member of a class; a group of people, places or things that is physical, visible, and tangible
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Pronoun
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A word that replaces a noun
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Interrogative Pronoun
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A pronoun that poses a question
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Indefinite Pronoun
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A pronoun that has an unknown or ambiguous antecedent
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Demonstrative Pronoun
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A pronoun that points to or identifies a noun without explicitly naming it
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Relative Pronoun
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A pronoun that relates one part of a sentence to a word in another part of the sentence
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Personal Pronoun
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A pronoun that refers to beings and objects. The basic personal pronouns are: I, you, he, she, we, they...
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Verb
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A word showing action or state of being
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Regular Verb
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A verb that forms the past tense by adding "ed" to the basic verb
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Transitive Verb
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A verb that takes an object to complete its meaning
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Intransitive Verb
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A verb that does not take an object
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Antecedent
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The noun, usually before the pronoun, that the pronoun replaces
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Case
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Groupings of nouns and pronouns that tell how the words in question are related to the other words used within them
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Nominative Case
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When a noun or pronoun is the subject of the verb
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Possessive Case
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A noun or pronoun used to show ownership
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Objective Case
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When a noun or pronoun is used as the direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition
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Clause
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A group of related words containing both a subject and a predicate
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Adjective Clause
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A clause that functions as an adjective and usually begins with a relative pronoun that is often omitted
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Dependent Clause
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A group of connected words that have both a predicate and a subject but still can not stand alone
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Elliptical Clause
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An instance in which clause elements are omitted if the context makes clear what is being indicated
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Independent Clause
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A clause that can stand by itself as a simple sentence
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Comma Splice
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An incorrect sentence construction in which two independent clauses are fused together with a comma
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Complement
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A word often used to complete the meaning of an intransitive verb without receiving the intransitive verb's action and with copulative (linking) verbs to describe state of being
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Conjunction
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A word that connects other words to each other
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Direct Object
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A word that receives a direct action from the subject of a sentence
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Indirect Object
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A word that receives the action of the sentence indirectly
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Person
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Indicates who is speaking and whether the subject is singular or plural
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1st Person
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Indicates an "I" or "we" as the subject of the sentence
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2nd Person
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Indicates a "you" singular or "you" plural as the subject of the sentence
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3rd Person
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Indicates "he", "she", "it", or "they" as the subject of the sentence
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Future Tense
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An expression of action that takes place in a time to follow the present
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Present Tense
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An expression of action that goes on in the current time or with regularity
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Past Tense
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An expression of action that is completed at a definite moment before the present
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Idiom
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An expression that is characteristic of a particular language
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Interrogative Statement
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A sentence that asks a question
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Exclamatory Statement
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A sentence that communicates a strong emotion or surprise
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Declarative Statement
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A sentece that makes a statement
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Imperative
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A verb used as a command
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Imperative Statement
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A sentence that makes a command
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Infinitive
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The basic form of the verb, usually preceeded by the preposition "to"
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Split Infinitive
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An instance in which the words that make up an infinitive are separated by one or more words
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Interjection
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Used to express strong emotion or surprise
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Misplaced Modifier
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A modifier that is not placed near the word it modifies
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Mood
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Indicates the tone of a verb
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Indicative Mood
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A verb used to state a fact or ask a question
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Phrase
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A group of connected words without a subject or predicate
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Prepositional Phrase
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A phrase that begins with a preposition and contains a noun and its modifiers
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Participal Phrase
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A phrase that contains a participle and its modifiers, which is used as an adjective to modify a noun or pronoun
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Absolute Phrase
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A phrase that is related to a sentence in meaning, though it has no grammatical relationship to the sentence
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Predicate
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The action of the sentence or what is said about the subject
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Preposition
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A word that demonstrates the relationship between its object and another word in the sentence
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Object of the Preposition
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The noun after the preposition
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Sentence
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A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate and ends with a period, exclamation point, or a question mark
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Compound Sentence
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A sentence with atleast two verbs and two subjects
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Run-On Sentence
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Two complete sentences totally fused
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Sentence Fragment
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Part of a sentence; usually missing a predicate or a subject
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Subject of the Sentence
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The part of a sentence about with something is said
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Nominal of a Sentence
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A word or group of words that can function as a noun
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Active Voice Sentence
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A sentence in which the subject performs the action
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Passive Voice Sentence
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A sentence in which the subject receives the action
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Subjunctive
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An uncommon construction used to express with exactitude how a verb usage is to be interpreted
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Superlative
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Compares three or more persons, places, or things
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