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takes the place of a noun.

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Pronoun

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Nominative, Objective: I, me,we, us, you, he, she, it, him, her, it, they, them

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Personal Pronoun*

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a word that points out a specific person, place, or thing: this, that, these, those.

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Demonstrative Pronoun*

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used to begin a direct or indirect question: who, whom, whose,what,which,(-ever), that

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Relative/interrogative Pronoun

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a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb: tells: Where? When? In what manner? or To what extent?

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Adverb*

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e.g: The boy ran.....at, with, near, below, by, to...endless possibilities, just think "The boy ran" then a following noun phrase. -Occurs before the a noun phrase. -relates the noun or pronoun following it to another word in the sentence

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Preposition*

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clause+____+clause and, for, or, yet, but, nor, so F--A--N--B--O--Y--S

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Coordinating Conjunction*

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introduce dependent (subordinate) clauses: as, if, since, because, when, while, that

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Subordinate Conjunctions*

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three most common adjective-- *a, an, the.* - precedes nouns.

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Article*

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to show ownership: my, your,his,her,its,our,their

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Possessive*

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a verb with one, two, or three helping verbs before it

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verb phrase*

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is be am being are been was were

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Forms of "be"

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do does did

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Helping verbs

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has have had

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Helping verbs

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shall should will would

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Helping verbs

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can could may might must

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Helping verbs

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leftmost verb in a verb phrase. - Carries tense *

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finite verb

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rightmost verb in a verb phrase

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Main verb

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past and past participle are formed by adding, -ed *

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Regular Verb

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past and past participle are not formed by adding -ed or -d *

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Irregular Verb

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A verb form that can be used as an adjective form: usually preceding auxiliaries BE and HAVE: present = ing past = -ed, -en e.g: grandpa was sitting in a rocking chair the roasted marshmallow the broken bow the unsung hero

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participle*

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any form of the verb BE used as a link or coupling between its subject and a following phrase. -The link either expresses identity or describes some property or attribute of the subject. - extras: look, sound, taste, feel and smell

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Copula*

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Helping Verb: -A form of HAVE or BE, which is used to 'help' another verb to express details about the timing of the events described.

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Auxiliaries*

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act as the speaker's opinion in the moment of speaking Present: Can, will, shall, may Past: Could, would, should, might

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modal*

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can will shall may

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Present Tense modals

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could would should might

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past tense modals

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have has

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present tense auxiliary forms of have

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had had

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past tense auxiliary forms of have

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had

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past participle auxiliary forms of have

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is am are

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present tense auxiliary forms of be

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was was were

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past tense auxiliary forms of be

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been

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past participle auxiliary forms of be

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do does

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present auxiliary forms of do

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did did

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past tense auxiliary forms of do

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done

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past participle auxiliary forms of do

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Does NOT carry a tense - never in verb phrase.

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Non-finite verb

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a form of a verb that generally appears with the word 'to' and acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb

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infinitive*

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a verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun e.g: I hate the dog's barking Camping is fun

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Gerund*

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I draw

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Present

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I am drawing

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present progressive

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I drew

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past

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I did draw

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past emphatic

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I have drawn

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present perfect

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I had drawn

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past perfect

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I was drawing

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past progressive

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I have been drawing

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present perfect progressive

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I had been drawing

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past perfect progressive

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I will draw

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future

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I will have drawn

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future perfect

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I will be drawing

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future progressive

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I will have been drawing

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future perfect progressive

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when a modal is placed within the verb phrase:

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condition tense

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when the subject performs the action

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Active voice

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when the action is performed upon the subject.

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Passive voice

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subordinating conjunctions which introduce clauses acting as adjectives

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relative pronouns

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tell which one or what kind of: who, which, where, that, whose, why, who, when

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relative clauses

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they tell when, where, why, how, to what extent, or under what conditions:

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adverb clauses

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they tell who or what:

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complement clauses

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possessive: mine,yours,his,hers,its,ours,theirs

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possessive pronoun*

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adding 's or s' to the last word in the phrase: this car's, my father's

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possessive phrase*

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modifies a noun, pointing gesture: this, that, these, those

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demonstrative*

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modifies a noun in a noun phrase. Basically just an adjective.

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attributive adjective*

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it is the complement of a copulative function that links it to the noun: he was livid with rage

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predicate adjective*

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