Verbal Flashcards
(42 cards)
1
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Coordinating Conjunctions aka FANBOYS
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For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
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For
A
Coordinating Conjunction
3
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After
A
Subordinating Conjunction
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And
A
Coordinating Conjunction
5
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Nor
A
Coordinating Conjunction
6
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Before
A
Subordinating Conjunction
7
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Until
A
Subordinating Conjunction
8
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But
A
Coordinating Conjunction
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Or
A
Coordinating Conjunction
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For
A
Coordinating Conjunction
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Once
A
Subordinating Conjunction
12
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Although
A
Subordinating Conjunction
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Whereas
A
Subordinating Conjunction
14
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Yet
A
Coordinating Conjunction
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Because
A
Subordinating Conjunction
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Nor
A
Coordinating Conjunction
17
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If
A
Subordinating Conjunction
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Unless
A
Subordinating Conjunction
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Though
A
Subordinating Conjunction
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So
A
Coordinating Conjunction
21
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As much as
A
Subordinating Conjunction
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And
A
Coordinating Conjunction
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Just as
A
Subordinating Conjunction
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Rather than
A
Subordinating Conjunction
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Whenever
Subordinating Conjunction
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A clause has both
A subject and a main verb (when?)
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Subordinated clause =
Subordinate Conjunction + Subject + Main Verb
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Compound Sentence =
Independent clause + , + Coordinating Conjunction + Independent clause
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Semicolon is used to
link two independent clauses
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To use a colon...
what precedes the colon must be able to be a complete sentence on its own
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Complex sentence is
1 independent clause and at least 1 subordinated clause
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When the Subordinated Clause comes first than the Independent clause the comma is
MANDATORY
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Anybody, anyone, anything require a _______ verb
singular
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Each, either, neither require a _______ verb
singular
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Everybody, everyone, everything require a _______ verb
singular
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Nobody, no one, nothing, one require a _______ verb
singular
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Somebody, someone, something, whatever, whoever require a _______ verb
singular
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Both, few, many adn several require a _______ verb
plural
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SANAMM (some, any, none, all, more and most) require a ______ verb
Can be singular or plural depending on their referents.
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"A percentage of" takes a ________ verb
that agrees in number with what the percentage is a percentage of
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Alumnus, Criterion, Datum, Fungus, Medium, Phenomenon, Nucleus, Syllabus are _________ nouns
Singular
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Alumni, Criteria, Data, Fungi, Media, Phenomena, Nuclei, Syllabi are _________ nouns
Plural
