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Kucerak Grammar Final
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English
9th Grade
06/04/2010

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Term

coordinating conjuctions

Definition

CC

 

links things together

 

examples:

BOYSFAN

but, or, yet, so, for, and, nor

Term
nouns
Definition

n.

 

person, place, thing, idea

the/a/an

end of a prepositional phrase

 

examples:

Ms. Kucerak, school, desk, freedom

Term
pronouns
Definition

pn.

 

a pronoun replaces a noun

must have this or noun in sentence

 

examples: he, she, we, they, their, her, his

Term
action verbs
Definition

AV

 

must have an action verb or a linking verb in a sentence

 

examples:

run, sing, speak, think

Term
linking verbs
Definition

LV

 

makes things equal

usually small words

 

examples: is, are, was, were, am

Term
helping verbs
Definition

HV

 

only when there is more than one verb in a row;

 

examples:

would run, should sing, could play, can work

Term
infinitives
Definition

underline

 

"to" + a verb

 

example:

I like to type.

Term
prepositional phrase
Definition

(___________)

 

______the table

extra information

introduction to prepositional phrase has commas

 

examples:

to, in, on, across

Term
adjectives
Definition

Adj.

 

describes a noun

good, better, best

The thing is very _____.

 

examples:

pretty, smart, red

Term
adverbs
Definition

Adv.

 

describe verbs, adjectives, adverbs

often ends in -ly

 

examples:

slowly, deliberately, softly

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