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25 Cards in this Set
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Noun
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name person, places, things, ideas
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proper nouns
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begin with capital letters and name specific persons, places, things and ideas.
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common nouns
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begin with small letters and name general persons, places, things and ideas
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concrete nouns
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may be recognized by the five senses
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abstract nouns
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may not be recognized by the five senses but are ideas, emotions, beliefs and qualities that you understand.
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compound nouns
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single words or two or more words that form individual nouns.
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collective nouns
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wholes made up of small parts
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singular nouns
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name only one person, place, thing or idea
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plural nouns
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name more than one person, place, things or idea
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possessive nouns
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show ownership
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action verbs
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express what people do
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state-or-being verbs
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express what people are or were
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tense (definition)
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time zones: present, past, future
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conjugation
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the ways verbs are used in sentences
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verb phrase
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more than one verb used together in a sentence; usually one or more helping verbs and one main verb.
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principal tenses
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present, past, future, present participle, past participle
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necessary parts of every sentence
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complete subject and complete predicate
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main person, place, thing or idea in a sentence
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simple subject
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adjective
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describes a noun and tells which one, how many, whose and what color
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pronoun
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a little word that takes the place of noun
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direct object
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receives the action of the subject, appears after an action verb and answers the questions Who? or What?
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appositive
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is set off by commas and immediately follows and renames the simple subject
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predicate nominative
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follows a linking verb and refers to the simple subject.
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object of a preposition
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follows a preposition
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indirect object
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appears between the action verb and the direct object and answers the questions For Whom? To Whom? For What? To What?
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