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30 Cards in this Set
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noun
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person, place, thing, or idea
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common nouns
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everyday, common terms
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proper nouns
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legal names of people, places, things, or ideas
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concrete nouns
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can be touched
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abstract nouns
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ideas, qualities that can't be touched
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-ity
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creativity, immaturity
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-ism
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racism, communism
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-ness
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sadness, happiness
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-dom
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wisdom, freedom
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-tion
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devotion, education
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-ship
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friendship, relationship
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-ment
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commitment, moment
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pronoun
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describing words that take the place of a noun; I, you, he, she, it, they, etc.
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adjective
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word that modifies or describes a noun
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adjectives answer what 4 questions?
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which one? how much? how many? what kind?
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demonstrative adjectives
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point out nouns (this, that, these, those)
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articles
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ask "which one?"
a, an, the |
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common adjectives
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everyday describing words (NOT capitalized)
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proper adjectives
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formed from proper nouns; British, Canadian, etc.
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proper or common?
British |
proper
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proper or common?
drawings |
common
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concrete or abstract?
stardom |
abstract
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concrete or abstract?
star |
concrete
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a, an, and the are called...
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articles
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me, you, he, she are all ...
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pronouns
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this, that, these, and those are...
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demonstrative adjectives
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American, Swiss, Italian are all...
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proper adjectives
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common or proper adjective?
squishy |
common
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common or proper adjective?
Mexican |
proper
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noun or adjective?
Mexico |
noun
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