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What is a concrete noun?

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Something physical. Things that we can see, count, or measure.

For example: dog, cat, food

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What is an abstract noun?

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Not physical

For example: Sadness, happiness, freedom, permission, experience

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What is a linking verb?

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When you want to connect one idea to another. Shows what something is.

For example:
My cat smells like fish.
The bear looks sad.

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What is a helping verb?

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Helps the verb and the tense.

For example:
Bryan is eating pizza.
Bryan was eating pizza.

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What is a modal verb?

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Expresses conditions. The likelihood, certainty that something will happen, the ability to do something, the permission to do something and the obligation to do something.

For example:
He must’ve gone that way!

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What is a pronoun?

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A word that stands in for other words.

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What is a personal pronoun?

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Words that stand in for other words, but change depending on the way you use them.

For example: I, you, she, he, it, they, etc.

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What is a possessive pronoun?

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The pronouns that states that you own it. This can be an adjective or a noun.

Sentence Examples:
That is my book. -> my is describing book
That book is mine. -> book is connected to mine

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What is a reflexive pronoun?

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Reflexive of the personal pronoun. Use when the subject and the object of the sentence is the same thing.

For example:
Personal -> Reflexive
Me Myself
Us ourselves

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What is an object pronoun?

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Pronoun that cannot be a subject and lives in the predicate. Goes in the object of the sentence.
They are personal and reflexive pronouns.

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What is a relative pronoun?

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Pronouns that link independent and dependent clauses.
Who, whom, whose, that , which

For example:
The salad that I bought was wilted.

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What is an indefinite pronoun?

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Undefined and uncertain pronouns.

1.) can be subjects or objects

2.) both, neither, and either retain dual form
I like both equally

3.) usually treasured singularly.
Everyone knows I like garlic. -> knows is singular

Some examples: any, anybody, each, everyone, nobody, someone

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What is an emphatic pronoun?

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Intensifiers. You can take out emphatic pronouns out and it’ll still make sense

For example:
The princess herself ten the marathon.

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What is an adjective?

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Modifiers that change a noun in a sentence. Adds more detail

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What is an article (determiner)?

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A kind of adjective that helps you determine how important something is. Gives specifics

For example:
The elephant = specific and definite
An elephant = unspecific and indefinite

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What is an adverb?

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Modifies everything that is not a noun. Usually ends with an -ly.

For example:
Vanessa was very hungry
I ran quickly.

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What is a relative adverb?

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Something that can be used to connect two clauses.

For example:
This is the place where I saw it.
I was able to ride a bike when I was 7.
I don’t know why he did that.

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What is a determiner?

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Something that goes with the noun or noun phrase to shape its meaning

For example: a, an, the

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What is a preposition?

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Words that ties noun to other information in the sentence.

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What is a prepositional phrase?

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A phrase that can work as an adjective describing a noun or a adverb describing a verb.

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What is a conjunction?

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A word the joins words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence.

For example: and, but, either, etc.

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What is an interjection?

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Outbursts that indicate strong emotion.

For example: ouch! Awesome!

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What is an affix? Name the types of affixes.

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An affix is a thing that gets added to a word.

Prefixes, Suffixes, and infixes are types or affixes

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What is a contraction?

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A word formed when two words are combined into one and lose a letter (or several) in there process

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What is a subject?
The noun or pronoun that does the action or is something.
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What is the predicate?
What finishes the sentence Usually the verb and the direct object
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What is a direct object?
Something that follows the action verb Answers the questions: “Whom?” Or “what?”
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What is an indirect object?
Falls in between the action verb and the direct object. Answers: “For whom or what?” “To whom or what?”
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What is the object of preposition?
A noun or a pronoun or sometimes a whole clause that follows a preposition or finishes a preposition phrase
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What is a compound sentence?
Two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction
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What is a complex sentence?
Dependent clause attached to an independent clause
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What is a subordinator?
A word that links a clause to another clause making it a dependent or subordinate clause Usually relative pronouns or subordinating conjunctions.
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What is a relative pronouns?
Who, whom, which, that and their indefinite forms. Can serve as the subject or an object in a clause and introduces more information
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What is a subordinating conjunction?
Conjunctions such as until, unless, if, how, wherever, because, after, and although that indicate a time frame or a consequence
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What is a prepositional phrase?
Something that modifies things in a sentence (like adj. or adv.) Answers: “what kind?” or “which one?” (As an adjective) Answers: “where?”, “when?”, “how?” or “why?” (as an adverb)
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What is a noun phrase?
A noun unit noun + determiners + adj + other things that modify a noun
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What is a verb phrase?
Verb + adv. or objects that go with it
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What is an infinitive phrase?
A phrase that uses the infinitive form of the verb (to ~)
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What is a participial phrase?
A phrase that functions like an adjective. Modifies the subject
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What is mood ?
Something that reflects the speaker’s perspective.
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What is the indicative mood?
The most common mood that states a fact, asks a question, or expresses an opinion For example: We’re studying for math.
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What is the subjunctive mood?
The mood that is used for hypothetical and contrary to the fact situations, as well as wishes and requests. For example: If it hadn’t rained, we would’ve gone to the park.
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What is voice? What are the two voices?
Indicates the focus of the action. Who’s doing it or Who is having it done to them. Voices: Active or Passive
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What is the active voice?
The simple: subject-verb or subject-verb-object structure. The subject is doing the verb For example: We’re studying for the exam
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What is the passive voice?
Takes the direct object and makes it the subject. Structure where who does the action is unknown or unimportant. For example: The tuna was eaten by the cat
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What is a transitive action verb?
A verb that takes the direct object. For example: Cade likes cakes.
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What is an intransitive action verb?
A verb that doesn’t have a direct object, but still talks about an action. For example: Molly runs every morning.
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What is a modal verb?
A group of helping verbs that let you know if something is possible, allowed, suggested, or necessary
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What is a phrasal verb?
A verb phrase that functions more like an adverb. Don’t necessarily need to have an object. For example: How do you put up with all of that noise (“Put up with” is the phrasal verb)
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What are verbals? What are the three verbals?
Verbs that have forms that act like another part of speech? The three verbals are: participles, gerunds, and infinitives
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What is a participle?
A verb that acts like an adjective For example: A compelling story, the chosen one etc.
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What is a gerund?
A verb that acts like a noun. Always in the -ing form of a verb. For example: The park offers hiking and biking.
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What is an infinitive?
The to form of the verb that also functions as a noun. For example: To write likes professional, learn the rules.
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What is a determiner?
A special kind of modifier. Comes in front of a noun phrase to tell us what the noun is referring to or in relation to, and whether it’s specific or general. Determiners fall into several categories: Articles, demonstratives, possessives, quantifiers, and interrogatives.
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What is an article?
The/a/an Can be either definite (the) of indefinite (an).
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What is a demonstrative?
This, these, that, those Point out something specific about the noun and can contrast it with another noun.
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What is a possessive?
Marks who or what something belongs to or is associated with. For example: The company’s headquarters.
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What is a quantifier?
Something that tells us “how much” or “how many.” Can be a specific number or an amount such as all, most, some, few, none.
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What are interrogatives?
What, which, whose Asks for a specific detail For example: Which car did you get?
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What is a compound noun? What are the three ways a compound noun can occur?
A noun phrase that becomes ingrained as a unit and is treated as a single noun. Three compound nouns are: Close compounds Open compounds And Hyphenated compounds
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What is a closed compound noun?
Nouns that have fused into a single word For example: Cheeseburger, website, basketball
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What is a open noun compound?
Individual words treated as a unit For example: Garage sale, parking lot
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What is a hyphenated compound?
Compounds that are “stuck together” with hyphens For example: Self-esteem, bird-watcher, bride to be

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