A - Easy Flashcards

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We

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Subject first plural pronoun

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You

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Subject second singular/plural pronoun

Object second singular/plural pronoun

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He/she/it

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Subject third subject pronoun

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They

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Subject third plural pronoun

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Me

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Object first singular pronoun

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Us

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Object first plural pronoun

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Him/her/it

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Object third singular pronoun

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Them

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Object third plural pronoun

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I

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Subject first singular pronoun

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Adjective

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Describing word. Commonly used to describe a noun.

Stupid

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Comparative adjective

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Used for comparing two people or things.

Better

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Superlative adjective

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Used for comparing one person or thing with every member of their group.
Greatest

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Common Noun

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Classify things into general types of things.

Dog

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Proper Noun

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Refer to specific people and places - Capital letter

Hannah

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Abstract Noun

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Refer to ideas, processes, occasions, times and qualities that can’t be seen.
Love

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Count Noun

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Can be counted and so have plural form - can’t be used after determiner much
Sheep

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Non-count Noun

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Refer to substances and qualities that can’t be counted. No plural form. Can’t follow determiner ‘a’ but can follow ‘much’.
Joy

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Collective Noun

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Singular in form and refer to groups of people, animals or things.
Company

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Personal Pronoun

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Replace the noun

he, she, it

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Possessive Pronoun

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Used to show possession of something.

Mine, Ours, theirs, yours

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Reflexive pronoun

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Used when the same person is the subject and object in the sentence. Can create emphasis.
Myself, ourselves, yourself, herself

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Demonstrative Pronoun

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Refer to particular people or things and are used to ‘point’ to them.
This, That, Those, These

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Interrogative pronoun

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Used to ask questions

What, Which, Who, Whom and Whose.

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Indefinite Pronoun

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Refer to people or things in general.

All of, Both of, each of, neither of, every, some, -one, - body, no+thing

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Relative Pronoun
Follow the nouns they describe directly. Create relative clauses. Who, Whom, Which, Whose, That
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Verb
Doing word
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Dynamic Verb
Indicated action, process or sensation | Brought
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Stative Verb
Describes a state, situation or condition | Own
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Transitive Verb
Followed by a direct object. | Sells
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Intransitive Verb
Doesn't have an object | sat
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Lexical Verb
Full or main verb. Any Verb in english that isn't a auxiliary verb. Conveys a real meaning and doesn't rely on another verb. Rained
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Auxiliary Verb
Helping verb. Determines the mood or tense of another verb. | 3 common ones - Have, Do, Be
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Primary Verb
The main auxiliary Verbs - Have, Do, Be | " The Primary Auxiliary Verb 'have'....
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Modal Auxiliary Verb
Describes an action. There are 9. | Can, Could, May, Might, Must, Would, Will, Should, Shall, Ought.
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Adverb
Modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, determiner, noun phrase, clause, or sentence. Typically express manner, place, time, frequency, degree, level of certainty. I worked "yesterday"
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Circumstance Adverb
These tell us about the particular circumstances in which the action or the state or the change took place. Quickly, there, often
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Degree Adverb
Tell us about the intensity or degree of an action, an adjective or another adverb. Almost, nearly, quite, just, too, enough, hardly, scarcely, completely, very, extremely.
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Sentence Adverb
Expresses a writer's or speaker's attitude to the content of the sentence in which it occurs (such as frankly, obviously ), or places the sentence in a particular context (such as technically, politically ).
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Determiner
Determiners are words which come at the beginning of the noun phrase. They tell us whether the noun phrase is specific or general.
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Definite Article
The
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Indefinite Article
A, An
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Possessive Determiner
Show Possession. | My, your, his, her, its; our, their, whose
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Demonstrative Determiner
Refer to particular people or things. | This, that, these, those
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Indefinite Determiner
?
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Cardinal
Refer to quantity. | one, two, three, etc
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Ordinal
Refer to distribution. | first, second, third, etc
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Conjunction
Used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause . and, but, if
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Co-ordinating Conjunction
Placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of equal rank and, but, or.
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Subordinating Conjunction
Introduces a subordinating clause. | although, because.
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Phrase
Small group of words that forms a meaningful unit within a clause.
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Present Participle
The form of a verb, ending in -ing
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Past Participle
The form of a verb, typically ending in -e
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Noun Phrase
A noun phrase or nominal phrase (abbreviated NP) is a phrase which has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head word.
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Headword
Word in initial position of clause that determines the nature of a phrase
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Pre-modifier
Word, especially an adjective or a noun, that is placed before a noun and describes it or restricts its meaning in some way. The "ugly" cat...
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Post-modifier
Word, especially an adjective or a noun, that is placed after a noun and describes it or restricts its meaning in some way. The cat was "ugly"...
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Intensifier
Gives additional emotional context to the word it modifies. | Amazing
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Qualifier
Used to attribute a quality to another word, especially a noun.
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Main Clause
Can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb.
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Subordinate Clause
A clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause
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Simple Sentence
A sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.
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Compound Sentence
A sentence with more than one subject or predicate.
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Complex Sentence
A sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses.
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Minor Sentence
A minor sentence is a sentence that is either not fully formed or is an incomplete sentence.
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Declarative
Used to convey information or to make statements.
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Imperative
Imperative sentences are used in issuing orders or directives
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Interrogative
Interrogative sentences are used in asking questions
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Exclamative
Exclamative sentences are used to make exclamations
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Compliment
A polite expression of praise or admiration
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Adverbial
A word (an adverb) or a group of words (an adverbial phrase or an adverbial clause) that modifies or tells us something about the sentence or the verb.
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Active Voice
The subject performs the action denoted by the verb. | Maddie sent the letter.
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Passive Voice
Subject is no longer active, but is, instead, being acted upon by the verb The letter was sent by Maddie.