Grammar: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctons/interjunctions – Flashcards
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singular noun
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names one person, place, thing, or idea ex.tree
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plural noun
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names more than one person, place,thing, or idea ex. trees
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collective noun
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name of a group ex. flock
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compound noun
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single noun formed from two or more words. ex. grapefruit
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possessive noun
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noun that shows ownership or relationship ex. star's mansion
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verb
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is a word used to express an action, a condition, or a state of being.
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action verb
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expresses a physical or mental action. ex. climbed
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linking verb
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links the subject of the sentence to a word in the predicate. ex.am, is, was, were,appear, become, feel, look, remain, sound, and taste, express conditions.
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auxiliary verbs
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also called 'helping verbs' are combined with verbs to form verb phrases. ex. had, do, might, would, will, must, could, and would.
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articles
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are the most common adjectives
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indefinite articles
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(a and an) refer to the unspecified members of groups of people, places, things, or ideas.
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definite articles
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refers to a specific person, place or thing or idea ex. THE
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proper adjectives
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are formed from proper nouns. They're capitalized and often end with -n, -an, -ian, -ese, -or ish ex. Chinese, Spanish.
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adverbs
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modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. they answer where, when, how, and what. ex.here, rather early, swiftly, almost
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intensifier
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is an adverb that defines the degree of an adj. or another adverb. ex. quite, very.
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preposition
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shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. ex. about, before, by, during, on, and under
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compound preposition
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prepositions formed from more than one word. ex. according to, in place of, and instead of.
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prepositional phase
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consists of a proposition, its object, and any modifiers of the object.
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object of the preposition
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is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition
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conjunction
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connects words or groups of words
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coordinating conjunction
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connects words or word groups that have equal importance in sentence. ex. FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
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coordinating conjunction
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are word pairs that join words or groups of words. ex. both... and, either...or, not only...but also, and whether...or.
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Subordinating conjunctions
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introduce subordinate clauses--- clauses cannot stand alone as complete sentences. ex.after, because, if, so that, than, when, and while.
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conjunctive adverb
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is used to express relationships between independent clauses. ex. finally, furthermore, however, instead, and still.
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interjection
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is a word or phase that expresses a feeling ex. Wow!
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