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15 Cards in this Set
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What is a verb?
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a word that expresses action
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What is an Action Verb?
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verbs that express what action someone or something is performing
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What are transitive verbs?
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a verb that takes an object
ex.I carried the injured boy to the waiting ambulance |
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What are intransitive verbs?
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does NOT direct action toward an action
ex. I sank into the sofa with great delight |
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What are linking verbs?
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they do not show action- a verb that connects a word at or near the begining of a sentence with a word or near the end
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What are auxillary verbs?
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verbs that are added to another verb to make a single verb phrase
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What are adverbs?
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words that modify verbs
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Questions adverbs answer?
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Where? When? In what way? to what extent?
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Adverbs modifying adjectives
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the adverbs generally comes directly before the adjectives
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Adverbs modifying adverbs
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an adverb modifier generally comes directly before the adverb its modifying
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What are conjunctive adverbs?
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join independent clauses in one sentence
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What are independent clauses?
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a group of words that ca stand on their own as a complete sentence
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What are intensifiers?
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they increase the intensity of the adjectives and other adverbs they modify
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What is a preposition
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a word that links a noun or pronoun to another part or the sentence
HINT: A PREPOSITION TELLS ANY WAY A MOUSE CAN GO |
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What is a prepositional phrase?
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a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun
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