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16 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Noun
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a person, place, or thing
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Pronoun
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a word used to replace a noun. Such as he, she, they, it, we
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Adjective
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a word used to describe a noun or pronoun
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Verb
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a word that expresses action
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Adverb
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a word used to modify a ver, adjective, or adverb.
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What kind of questions does an adverb answer?
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When, how, why, under what condition, and to what degree
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Preposition
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a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that tells where, when, or why
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Conjunction
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a word that joins grammatical elements such as words, phrases, clauses, or sentences together.
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Gerund
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a verb form ending in ing
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Infinitive
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the base form of the verb preceded by the word to
ex. to hide, to sleep |
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Sentence
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a group of words that consists of at least one full independent clause
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Subordinate Clause
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a clause that cannot stand alone or could not stand alone as a full sentence
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Subject
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One or more nouns or pronouns that name who or what a sentence is about
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Compound Sentence
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a sentence of two or more coordinate clauses, usually joined by a conjunction
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Complex Sentence
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a sentence containing an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
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Simple Sentence
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a sentence without any coordinate or subordinate clasues
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