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| a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea |
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| a word that takes the place of or refers to a noun |
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| a word that shows action or existence |
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| a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun |
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| a word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or adverb |
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| a word that connects words, phrases, and clauses |
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| a word that shows excitement or emotion |
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| a word that shows a relationship between its object and the rest of the sentence |
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| the noun that tells who or what the sentence is about |
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| the word that shows the action of the subject in a sentence |
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| the word that shows the existence of the subject in a sentence |
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| the noun that follows an action verb, telling who or what receives that action of that verb |
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| "to" plus a verb; used as an adjective, adverb, or noun |
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| a noun following another noun that renames that noun, set off by commas |
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| a verb form ending in -ed or -ing, used as an adjective |
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| a word (and, but, or, for, nor, so, yet) that, along ith a comma, connects two sentences; also connects two of the same jobs in a sentence |
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| a word that begins an adverb clause |
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| a group of words beginning with a relative pronoun (who, whic, or that), has a subject and a verb, and describes a noun or pronoun in a sentences |
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| a group of words that begins with a subordinate conjunction, has a subject and a verb, and modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb |
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| two sentences correctly connected with a semicolon OR a comma and a coordinate conjunction |
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| a word that begins an adjective clause |
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| a punctuation mark that can simply connect two sentences |
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| a group of related words that contains a subject and a verb |
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| a group of related words that does NOT contain a subject or verb |
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| a verb form ending in -ing used as a noun (subject, direct object, object of preposition, predicate nominative, appositive) |
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