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23 Cards in this Set
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What are linking verbs (or 'being' verbs)?
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These are like equal signs in a sentence. They also express being.
John is a baseball player John = baseball player (is, was, were, will be, etc) |
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What are sensory verbs?
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They are linking verbs that relate to the senses. (feel, sounds, smell, looks, etc)
Her piano playing sounds bad Her piano playing = bad |
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What are these words examples of?
slapped, will sleep, has shot, is going |
These are action verbs. They express action, (and not being).
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What is an infinitive?
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An infinitive is
to + a verb ex. to cook, to dance, etc |
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Pronouns:
I, you, he, she, it (What case are they?) |
Subjective Case
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Pronouns:
me, you, him, her, it (What case are they?) |
Objective Case
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Pronouns:
my, your, his, her, its (What case are they?) |
Possessive Case
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Define these 3 degrees of adjectives:
happy, happier, happiest |
regular adjective, comparative, superlative
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What are these words examples of:
for, by, above, over |
prepositions
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What are these words examples of:
to the village, to her house, to his car |
prepositional phrases
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Define conjunction
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a conjunction is a connector in a sentence and shows a relationship among ideas
and, but, for, however, because |
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Verb Tense:
I am , I have, I run, I swim, rolls, plays, throws, eats (I play tennis.) |
simple present
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Verb Tense:
I am speaking, we are running, she is singing, i am falling (You are watching TV.) |
present progressive
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Verb Tense:
I waited, I was, I had, I found, I called, I drank (I saw a movie yesterday.) |
simple past
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Verb Tense:
was sleeping, were fighting, was singing, was destroying (You were studying when she called.) |
past progressive
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Verb Tense:
has walked, has learned, have met, have not traveled, have spent (I have seen that movie twenty times) |
present perfect
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Verb Tense:
has been studying, have been counting, have been talking, have been waiting (What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes?) |
present perfect progressive
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Verb Tense:
will have eaten, will have stopped, am going to have run, (You will have perfected your English by then.) |
future perfect
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Verb Tense:
will have been waiting, will have been chewing, is going to have been working (They will have been talking for over an hour) |
future perfect progressive
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Verb Tense:
will fix, shall buy, i am going to leave (You will help him later.) |
simple future
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Verb Tense:
had seen, had studied, had read, has sewn (I had lost my wallet) |
past perfect
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Verb Tense:
had been considering, had been worrying, had been talking (She had been working at that company for three years) |
past perfect progressive
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Verb Tense:
will be playing, will be joining, is going to be making (You will be waiting for her when her plane arrives tonight.) |
future progressive
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