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| Names a person, place, thing, activity or idea. |
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Takes the place of nouns or other pronouns.
-he, she, they, them, some. |
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| Names a general person, place or thing. Common nouns are NOT capitalized except when they begin a sentence. |
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Names a specific person, place etc.
-China, Mr. Rogers, etc. |
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| Cannot be perceived by a sense: thought, love, pride, happiness. |
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| CAN be perceived by one of the senses: wind, grass, smoke, etc. |
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| Names a group of people or things: herd, family, team... |
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Express the action or state of being of the subject.
-I walk home every night. |
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There are 23 of them...
14 function as main or helping:
*helping-be, being, been, am, is, was, are, were, have, has, had, do, does, did.
*modals-can, may, could, should, would, will, shall, might, must. |
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| Describes (modifies) nouns, pronouns, and other adjectives. |
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Describe or modifies adjectives, verbs, or other adverbs. Answers: When, where, how, why?
-The baby is really sleepy. |
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Connects words, phrases and clauses.
-and, or, nor, for, so, but, yet. |
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both...and
neither...nor
whether...or
not only...but (also)
either...or
*set pairs, not mix-n-match! |
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| Subordinating conjunctions |
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Connect a less important idea to a main clause.
-although, while, before, unless, that, which, when, how, if, wherever... |
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Words or groups of words that show the relationship of one word to another part of the sentence.
-at, by, in, on, to, upon, through, with, over, above, from, for, during, after, before, behind, between, among, under, off. |
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Tiny adjectives that sit in front of nouns.
-a, an (indefinite, general nouns)
-the (definite, refers to a specific noun) |
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Express surprise or strong emotion.
-Wow! Whew! Well! Ugh! Ouch! Oh! Awesome! Yippie! Oh, no!
-Usually at the beginning of a sentence. Separated by a comma or exclamation mark. Usually used informally. |
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