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25 Cards in this Set
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What is a verb?
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shows action, links, helps, or indicates existence
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What is an action verb?
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can be either physical or mental
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What is a verb phrase?
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two or more words for the verb itself
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What does a verb phrase consist of?
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one main verb, one or more helping verbs
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What is a main verb?
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word that contains the central meaning of a verb phrase
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What are the four kinds of verbs?
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Transitive, Intransitive, Linking, or Helping
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What is transitive?
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term applied to a verb that requires a receiver of its action in order to express a complete thought
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What is intransitive?
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does not require a receiver of its action in order to express a complete thought
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What is linking?
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verb that links a word in the predicate to the subject
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What is helping?
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verb that helps the main verb to make a statement
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What is a substantive?
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refers to any word, phrase, or clause that functions as a noun
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What are the different kinds of pronouns?
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personal, reflexive, intensice, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite, relative
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What are personal pronouns?
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shows whether reference is made to the speaker, to the person spoken to, to the person spoken about
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What are compound personal pronouns?
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personal pronouns with the suffix -self or -selves
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What are the two kinds of compound personal pronouns?
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reflexive and intensive
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What is a reflexive compound personal pronoun?
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cpp that reflects the action of the verb back to the subject (They can defend themselves.)
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What is a intensive ccp?
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cpp that is used for emphasis (Mr. Smith did the work himself.)
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What are some interrogative pronouns?
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who, whom, whose, which, that
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What are some demonstrative pronouns?
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this, that, these, those
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What are some indefinite pronouns?
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each, either, neither, one, everyone, everybody, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, someone, somebody, both, few, several, many, some, any, none, all, most
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What are some relative pronouns?
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who, whom, whose, which, that
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What are the questions that adjectives answer?
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what kind, which one, how many, how much, whose
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What is an participle?
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verb form used as an adjective
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What is an infinitive?
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verb with 'to' before the verb (to beat)
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What is an adverb?
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Where, when, how, how often, to what extent, under what condition
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