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| Names any person, place, or thing |
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| Q. what are the three types of compound nouns? |
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A. 1. Closed (backyard)
2. Open (rocking chair)
3. Hyphenated (sister-in-law) |
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Collective Nouns refer to what?
They can be or . |
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Collective nouns refer to a group.
They can be singular or plural. |
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What is a personal pronoun?
What are the three cases of a personal pronoun? |
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Personal pronouns refer to specific nouns
Singular, possesive, objective |
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| What are the four characteristics of personal pronouns? |
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Three grammatical persons
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Number (singular or plural)
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Case (subjective, objective, and possesive)
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Gender (male, female, neutral)
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| What is the definition for an indefinite pronoun? |
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Indefinite pronouns:
do not refer to a specific noun,
they are singular or plural,
they usually do not have an antecedent |
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| Name the difference between abstract and concrete nouns. |
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Concrete: mostly count nouns; refer to material things that can usually be experienced by the five senses.
Abstract: usually non-count; refer to abstract ideas (love, honor, etc). |
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| the noun or word to which the pronoun refers |
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Demonstrative pronoun
Name the four demonstrative pronouns |
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Points out specific nouns
these, this. that, those. |
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| appears in an adjective clause and shows a relationship between itself and its antecedent. |
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| name the five relative pronouns |
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| who, whom, whose, which, that. |
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| indefinite relative pronoun |
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| does NOT occur in an adjective clause, does NOT have an antecedent. Usually appear in noun clauses, sometimes an adverb clause. |
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| Name the ten indefinite relative pronouns. |
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| who, whom, whose, which, what, whoever, whomever, whosoever, whichever, whatever. |
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| asks a question to which a noun or pronoun is the answer. Ever may be added to the basic interrogative pronouns. |
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| Name the five interrogative pronouns. |
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| who, whom, whose, which, what. |
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| Name the difference between reflexive and intensive pronouns. |
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reflexive: used as objects but refer to the subject of the sentence
Intensive: emphasizes a noun or pronoun that is alredy present. Functions as an appositive, not necessary to the sentence. |
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| Name the two reciprocal pronouns. |
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| What are the three ways that reciprocal pronouns function? |
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| function: as a direct object, as a indirect object, and as the object of the preposition. |
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| Express a mutual relationship between the persons mentioned in the subject of the sentence. They can be made into possesive determiners. |
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| Expresses action, that can be perceived either internally or externally |
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| expresses a state of being of the condition of the subject; is often followed by a complement |
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| Name the five characteristics of verbs |
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The Piano Needs More Volume |
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The Piano Needs More Volume |
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| Tense, Person, Number, Voice, Mood |
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| Time (past, present, future) |
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| Agreement with the person of the subject |
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| indicative, imperitive, or subjunctive |
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| complete in meaning with its subject and does not have a complement |
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| tells for whom or to whom the verb's action is done. |
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| renames or describes the DO |
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| verb that has a direct object to complete the meaning of the verb |
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| Auxiliaries (aka Helping Verbs) |
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| combine with the main verb to make a complete verb |
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| indicates speaker's attitude toward the verb |
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| Name the common auxiliries |
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| can, could, might, must, may, should, would, ought (to) |
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| consists of a verb and an adverb combined to form a simple predicate in a clause. Changes the meaning of the two individual words |
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| Describes, limits, or expands nouns or pronouns. |
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| comes after a linking verb and describes a subject |
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| follows a direct object and describes the direct object |
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| most common determiner; a, an, and the are the article adjectives |
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| When are possesive nouns or pronouns determiners? |
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| an adjective that points out or limits a following noun. |
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| Nouns or pronouns that modify nouns and show ownership |
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| Function as nouns or pronouns instead of modifiers |
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| noun used to modify another noun |
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| Proper Adjectives are formed from what? |
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| Modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs |
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| an adverb that modifies an adjective or another adverb, strengthening or weakening its meaning |
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| shows connection between two independent clauses that are seperated by a period or semicolon |
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| What is the difference between a relative adverb and an indefinite relative adverb? |
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A relative adverb introduces an adjective clause.
An indefinite relative adverb usually introduces a noun clause |
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| What does an interrogative adverb do? |
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| Name ten common conjunctive adverbs. |
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| also, besides, for example, in fact, furthermore, however, instead, nevertheless, then, therefore. |
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| Name the four interrogative adverbs. |
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| word that shows relationship between its object and another word in the sentence. |
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| What makes up a prepositional phrase? |
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| the preposition, the object of the preposition and any modifiers of the object. |
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| what are the nine common prepositions? |
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at,
by, of, with,
on, for, from,
in, to |
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| connect words or groups of words in a sentence |
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| Name the seven coordinating conjunctions |
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| for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so |
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| coordinating conjunctions that occur in pairs and join equal sentence parts |
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| Name the four correlative conjunctions. |
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| either-or, neither-nor, both-and, not only-but also |
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| Subordinating Conjunctions |
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| join dependent clauses to independent clauses. They are apart of the dependent clause, and are the introductory word for that clause. |
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| Name 14 common Subordinating Conjunctions |
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after, when,
if
since, until, before
as
while, once, where,
that, unless, because, although |
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| a word that can stand alone, expresses various sentiments. Can be followed by a comma, exclamation point, or a period. |
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