English Grammar Flashcards

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4 Sentence Structures

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Simple, Complex, Compound, Compound-Complex

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4 Sentence Purposes

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Declarative (.) Exclamatory (!) Interrogative (?) Imperative (. Or !)

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7 Sentence Structures

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S-Vi, S-Vt-DO, S-Vl-PN, S-Vl-PA, S-Vt-IO-DO, S-Vt-DO-OCN, S-Vt-DO-OCA

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5 Parts of a Sentence

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Subject, Predicate, Capital Letter, End Mark, Complete Sense

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8 Parts of Speech

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Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Conjunction, Interjection, Preposition, Adjective

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What is a Verb?

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A verb is a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb

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4 Types of Verbs

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Intransitive, Transitive, Linking, Helping

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What are the principal parts of verbs?

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Infinitive, present, past, present participle, past participle

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How do you form an infinitive?

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To + verb

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How do you form the past tense of a verb?

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Verb + ed

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How do you form a present participle?

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Verb + ing

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How do you form a past participle?

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Verb + ed (sometimes en or t)

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What is a noun?

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A noun names a person, place, things, activity, or idea.

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What phrase helps us remember the noun uses?

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SPIDO PONA

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What are the noun uses?

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Subject noun
Possessive noun adjective
Indirect object
Direct object
Object of the preposition
Predicate Nominative
Object Complement Noun
Noun of Direct Address
Appositive

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What are the noun uses?

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Subject noun
Possessive noun adjective

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Names a non-specific person, place, thing, activity, or idea and is no capitalized

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Names a specific person, place, thing, activity, or idea and is always capitalized

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Names only one person, place, thing, activity, or idea

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Singular noun

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Names more than one person, place, thing, activity, or idea

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Names a physical object that can be experienced with the five senses

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Concrete noun

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Names a concept, quality, or condition that cannot be experienced with the five senses

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Abstract noun

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Refers to a group composed of members (functions as a singular noun and takes a singular verb)

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Collective noun

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Made up of two or more words joined together

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Compound noun

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What is a pronoun?
A pronoun replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition
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I You He/she/it We You (all) They
Nominative pronouns
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Me You Him/her/it Us You (all) Them
Objective pronouns
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Mine Yours His Hers It’s Ours Yours Theirs
Possessive Pronouns
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My Your His/her/its Our Your Their
Possessive Pronoun Adjectives
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Myself Yourself Himself/herself/itself Ourselves Yourselves Themselves
Reflexive Pronouns
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This That These Those
Demonstrative Pronouns
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Who Whom Whose Which What
Interrogative Pronouns
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Who Whom Whose Whoever Whomever That Which What Whatever
Relative Pronouns
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Modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, qualifying, or limiting
Adjective
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Answers the questions: what kind? how many? Which? Whose?
Adjective