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26 Cards in this Set
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Transitive verb
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Requires an object to complete its meaning.
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Intransive Verb
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Does not have an object
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Predicate
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The part of the sentence that tell what the subfect is or does, or what is done to the subject.
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Simple Predicate
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The main verb of the sentence plus any helping verbs. usually in the form of "to be."
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Declarative
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Makes a statement.
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Interrogative
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Asks a question
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Imperative
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States a command or request
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Exclamatory
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Expresses strong feeling.
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Pronouns
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Used as substitutes for nouns to add variety to our language and for efficiency.
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Adjectives
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Describe nouns or pronouns
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Adverbs
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Describe of limit verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
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Prepositions
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Join nouns and pronouns to other words in a sentence (Show relationship)
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Conjunctions
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Words that connect other words or groups of words.
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Interjections
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Words expressing strong feelings.
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Gerund
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A verb form that ends in ing and is used as a noun.
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Case
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The term case refers to the form of a pronoun.
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Nominative
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Pronoun, part of subject
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Objective
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Pronoun part of an object
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Types of adjectives
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Descriptive, possessive
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idiom
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Long accepted use of certain expressions and words even though there is no rule governing their usage.
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Infinitives
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"to be" form of a verb.
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Coordinating Conjunctions
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Join like elements
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Correlative conjunction
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Joins elements of equal rank.
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Subordinate conjunction
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Establishes the relationship between the dependant clause and the rest of the sentence.
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Appositive
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A word or group of words that gives the additional information about a preceding word.
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Clause
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Part of a sentence containing a verb.
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