Unit 1 Flashcards

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Pronouns

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Used in place of nouns

Subjects-I, we, they
Objects-me, us, them
Possession-mine, ours, his
Connectors-that, which, who

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Nouns are

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Person, place, and things. In addition qualities concepts and activities.

Rule* try using it with IS or ARE

Honesty IS important.
Maria IS pretty.

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Verbs

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Express action, occurrence or a state of being

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Action verb

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Runs, studies, works

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State of being or linking verbs

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am is are were be being

Feels appears tastes sounds see a looks smells

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Adjectives

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Describe nouns and pronouns.

Answer the questions what kind? How many? Which one?

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Adverbs

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Words that describe verbs adjectives or other adverbs.

Answer the question when? How? Where? Or to what extent?

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Adverbs often end in

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LY

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Prepositions

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Join nouns and pronouns to other words in a sentence

As the word “pre” suggests “before”

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Prepositional phrase signifies

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2 or more words that begin with a preposition and end with it’s object

With James
About James
To James

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Frequently used prepositions

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At be for from in of to with

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Conjunctions are

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Word that connect words or sentences

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Common conjunctions

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And
But
Or
Nor

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Interjections

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Words that express strong feelings.
If alone usually followed by and exclamation mark but Ina sentence usually followed by a comma
Wow! That’s cool.
Well, I guess we’re done.

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FANBOYS are conjunctions and stand for

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For 
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
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Subjects

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Simple subject is a noun or pronoun that tells who/what sentence is about

Complete subject is a sentence that includes simple subject and all modified

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Modifiers

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Words that describe or limit the subject

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Predicates

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Simple is a verb/verb phrase that tells what subject is doing or what is being done to them

Complete include verb/verb phrase and it’s modifiers, objects, and complements.

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Helping or auxiliary verbs

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Frequently used am is are was were been have had must ought might can could would should will do does did

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3 times when a verb may precede the subject

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Inverted sentences
Sentences beginning with there or here
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Pattern 1: subject-verb

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Verb follows the subject.

We worked.
Everyone is studying.

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Pattern 2: Subject-action verb-object

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Direct object is a noun or pronoun that answer what or whom?

Indirect object answers to whom? To what? For whom? For what?

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Pattern 3: subject-linking verb-complement

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Complement is a noun pronoun or adjective that renames or describes the subject.

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Pattern 4: inverted order

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Sitting in front is Doreen.

Doreen is sitting in front.

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Fragments
Incomplete sentence punctuated as if it we're complete. Fix by Join them to complete sentences or Add appropriate subjects and verbs
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Run on
Fuses 2 or more complete thoughts without punctuation Fix Separate into 2 sentences Add a comma and conjunction Add semicolon
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Comma splice
``` 2 or more thought are incorrectly joined or policed together with a comma. Fix Add conjunction after comma Separate into 2 sentences Change comma to semicolon ```