Grammar Flashcards

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Common noun

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A noun denoting a class of objects or a concept as opposed to an individual. Examples: coffee shop, country, fire fighter

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Proper noun

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A name used for an individual person, place or organization, spelled with initial capital letters. Examples are Thomas, Canada, New England Patriots

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Abstract noun

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A noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Examples: Belief, comfort, anger

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Concrete noun

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Concrete nouns are things you can experience through your five senses. Examples: Desk, Paper, Phone

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First person pronoun

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First person pronouns usually refer to the speaker, in case of the singular, or to the speaker and others, in case of the plural. Examples: I, me, we

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Second person pronoun

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A grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used when referring to or describing the individual or individuals being addressed. Examples: You, yourself, yours

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Third person pronoun

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A linguistic form or the group of linguistic forms referring to this grammatical person, as certain verb forms, pronouns. Examples: They them theirs.

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Action verb

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Action verbs are verbs that specifically describe what the subject of the sentence is doing. Examples: Talking, reaching, walking

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State of being verb

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State of being verbs link the subject to a noun or adjectives in the predicate Examples: Is, am, was

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Adverb

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An adverb is a word that describes a verb. Examples: Walking FAST, QUICKLY jumping, HAPPILY skipping

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Adjective

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A word that describes a noun. Examples: BROWN hair, COOL kid, CRAZY, girl

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Article

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A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or word group, expressing a relationship of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. Examples: gently, quite, then.

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Conjunction

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A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause. Examples: and, but, if

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Preposition

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A word governing, and usually proceeding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

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Interjection

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Something that cuts in between a sentence. Examples: Boom! Crash! Owww!

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