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English Terms Final Exams
Final Exams English Terms
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English
6th Grade
05/16/2012

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Demonstrative Nouns
Definition
This, that, these, and those are all types of
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Interrogative Nouns
Definition
Who, Whom, Whose, Which, and What are all types of
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Indefinite Pronouns
Definition
refers to someone not specific (Remember "in"definite in means not so not definite) Examples: anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, something, both, few, many, several, all, any, most, none, some are all types of
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Possessive Pronouns
Definition
my, your, his, her, its, mine, yours, his, hers, our, your, theirs, ours, yours, theirs are all
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Nouns
Definition
name people, places, things, or ideas
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Pronouns
Definition
they take the place of nouns
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Verbs
Definition
they show action or state of being
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Adjectives
Definition
describe nouns or pronouns
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Adverbs
Definition
describe or modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
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Preposition
Definition
show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word in the rest of the sentence. Examples: down, during
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Conjunctions
Definition
join two or more words, phrases, or clauses
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Interjections
Definition
they show excitement or emotion
examples: boo, hallelujah
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Proper Nouns
Definition
Name SPECIFIC People, places, or things
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Singular Nouns
Definition
name one person, place, or thing
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Plural Nouns
Definition
name multiple people, places, things
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Comparative
Definition
Adding "More" or "er" to the front of the word or end of the word is the _ degree of adjectives
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Superlative
Definition
adding "Most" or "est" to the front or back of the word. _ degree of an adjetive
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Independent clause
Definition
group of words (with a subject and a verb) that expresses a complete thought
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Simple Sentence
Definition
sentence that contains only one independent clause
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Compound sentence
Definition
sentence that contains at least two independent clauses. These clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon.
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Inverted Order
Definition
in a sentence the verb comes first then follows the subject
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Natural Order
Definition
in a sentence the subject comes first then follows the verb
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prepositional phrase
Definition
it begins with a preposition and ends with the object of the preposition
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Intransitive Linking
Definition
Only type of verb that does not show any action
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Transitive Active
Definition
Verb that shows the action being done to someone Example: Taylor kicked Matthew
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Transitive Passive
Definition
These action verbs also transfer their action to a receiver. Only the receiver of the action is always the subject.
Example: Matthew was Kicked
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Intransitive Complete
Definition
these are action verbs. Unlike the two verb types above that transfer their action, this type does not. Since it does not transfer action, there can be no receiver of any action.
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article adjetives
Definition
a, an, & the are all forms of _ adjetives
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numeral adjetives
Definition
type of adjetives that use numbers
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possesive nouns
Definition
his, her, theirs (show possesion)
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nominative case
Definition
the noun or pronoun is the subject of the sentence. It is the person, place, or thing about which an assertion is made in the sentence.
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objective case
Definition
the noun or pronoun is the subject of the sentence. It is the person, place, or thing about which an assertion is made in the sentence.
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