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Name the 8 groups of basic parts of speech:
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noun, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections
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Name the 5 types of nouns:
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abstract nouns
collective nouns common nouns predicate nouns proper nouns |
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Name the 4 types of verbs:
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helping verbs,
transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, linking verbs |
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Name the 7 types of pronouns:
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personal pronouns,
possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, interrogative intensive pronouns, relative pronouns |
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Name the 3 types of conjunctions:
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coordinating conjunctions,
subordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions |
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word or words in the predicate that complete the meaning of the subject and verb:
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complements
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complements that receive or are affected by the action of the verb:
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objects
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word that receives the action of the verb or shows the results of the action:
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direct object
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What questions are answered by the direct object?
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answers the question what? or whom? after an action of a verb.
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word that precedes the direct object and usually tells 'to whom' or 'for whom' the action of the verb is done.
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indirect object
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Name the 3 types of complements:
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objects (direct & indirect);
subject complements (predicate nominatives & predicate adjectives); & compound complements |
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Complements that refer to (describe, explain, or identify) the subject:
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subject complements
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noun or pronoun complement that refers to the same person or thing as the subject:
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predicate nominative
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adjective complement that modifies the subject of the verb:
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adjective complement
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2 or more complements joined by a conjuction:
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compound complement
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a verb form (often identified by its present tense -ing ending or by its past tense ending -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n endings) that is used as an adjective:
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a participle
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part of speech that is a verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun:
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gerund
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part of speech that is a verb form, usually preceded by 'to', that is used as a noun or modifier (and sometimes 'to' may be implied):
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infinitive
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part of speech that is a noun or pronoun (often with modifiers) set beside another noun or pronoun to explain it:
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an appositive
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Name the 4 types of sentences classified by structure:
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simple,
compound, complex, compound-complex |
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Name the 4 types of sentences classified by purpose:
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declarative,
interrogative, expletive, imperative |
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The term "the number" always takes a (singular/plural) verb.
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singular
"the" is specific |
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The term "a number" always takes a (singular/plural) verb.
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plural
"a" is general |