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8306299101Count NounA large number of something that can be counted (number of people)0
8306300878Mass NounA massive amount of something that can not be counted (amount of water)1
8306301722Concrete Nounhave an immediate, often sensory experience, and physical objects (heat and Power points)2
8306306820Abstract Nounrefer to qualities and ideas (justice, beauty, love)3
83063106269 types of pronounsSubject, Object, Possessive, Intensive, Reflexive, Indefinite, Relative/Interrogative, Demonstrative, Reciprocal4
83063146505 forms of a verbinfinitive, past tense, past participle, present participle, -s form5
8306330666What types of pronouns can function as adjectives?Possessive, demonstrative, and indefinite pronouns6
8306334127Articles function as:adjectives7
8306334744Adjective questionsHow much/How many?, Which one?, What kind of?8
8306335258Adverb questionsWhen? Where? How? Why? Under what conditions? To what degree?9
8306338308Not and never are:adverbs10
8306339985Prepositional phrases function as:adjectives or adverbs11
8306342029Types of conjunctionsCoordinating and Subordinating12
8306342706Coordinating Conjunctionsused to connect grammatically equal elements (FANBOYS)13
8306343832Subordinating conjunctionsused to introduce a subordinate clause; indicates its relation to the rest of the sentence14
83063510658 parts of speechNoun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Conjunction, Preposition, Interjection15
83296571734 sentence structuresSimple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex16
8329658440Phrasea word group lacking one or more elements (such as a subject or predicate) that would make it a complete sentence17
8329660859Clausea word group that features both a subject and a predicate18
8329661941Subjectthe name of the person, place, thing, or idea (noun) that the sentence is about19
8329664091Predicatethe grammatical term used to identify in a sentence the verb and its objects, complements, and modifiers20
8329665773Independent Clausea clause containing a subject and a predicate. It can stand alone as a complete sentence.21
8329669571Subordinate Clausea clause containing a subject and a predicate but it functions within a sentence as an adjective, advertising, or a noun. It can not stand alone.22
8329676852Simple SentenceOne independent clause (1 subject verb combination)23
8329680891Compound SentenceTwo independent causes joined together using either a semicolon or a comma and coordinating conjunction24
8329685974The 7 coordinating conjunctionsFANBOYS (For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)25
8329690889Complex SentenceOne independent clause with at least one subordinate clause26
8329693137Compound-Complex SentenceTwo independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause27
8329711488Complete Subjectconsists of the simple subject and any words modifying the simple subject28
8329714578Simple Subjectalways a noun or pronoun29
8329860348Compound subjecttwo or more simple subjects joined wit a coordinating conjunction (and, or)30
8329864618Subjects in Imperative Sentencesimplied "you"31
8329873306Subjects in "There is" or "There are" statementssubject follows the verb32
8329874121Part of speech of "there"expletive (an empty word that has no part of speech)33
8329879867Subjects in inverted sentencessubject follows the verb34
8329889179Subjects in questionscan be before the verb, after the verb, or between the helping verb and the main verb35
8362974491Transitive Verbfollowed by direct object36
8362974493Intransitive Verbfollowed by a subject complement, an adverb, or nothing37
8363015633Object complementword or word group that completes an object's meaning by renaming or describing it38
8363047025When the object complement renames the direct object, it is:a noun or pronoun39
8363051569When the object complement describes the direct object, it is:an adjective40
8363060818Types of subject complementsPredicate adjectives and predicate nominatives41
8363072919Predicate AdjectiveAdjective phrase consisting of just an adjective or an adjective modified by any number of adverbs42
8363091070Predicate Nominativesnoun phrases that follow intransitive verbs43
8363113352Are linking verbs transitive or intransitive?intransitive44
8363113353Linking verbsconnect subject to its subject complement45
8363154737Types of Subordinate PhrasesPrepositional Phrase, Appositive Phrase, Verbal Phrase46
8363170882Prepositional phrasebegin with preposition and end with noun or noun equivalent47
8363183665What does a prepositional phrase function as?An adjective or an adverb48
8363203467Appositive Phrasesdescribe nouns or pronouns by renaming them (noun or noun equivalent)49
8363244576Verbalverb form that does not function as a verb (infinitives, present participles, past participles). Can function as an adjective, noun, or adverb50
8363244581Verbal PhraseVerbals with objects, complements, or modifiers51
8363267440Gerund Phrasespresent participles that function as nouns52
8363291777Participial phrases function as:adjectives53
8363528524Infinitive Phrasesfunction as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs54
8370143556Sentence TypesPeriodic, Cumulative, Inverted55
8370145413Periodic SentenceBegins with subordinate element56
8370145414Cumulative SentenceBegins with subject57
8370146964Inverted Sentencesubject verb object word order is jumbled58
8370149564Sentence PurposesDeclarative, Interogative, Imperative, Exclamatory59
8370159080Relative Pronounswho, whom, whose, which, that60
8370159081Demonstrative PronounsThis, that, those, these61
8370161283Indefinite pronounssome, all, none, nothing, something62
8370166452Plural Subject PronounsWe, You, They63
8370203475Singular Subject PronounsI, you, he, she, it64
8370213052Object PronounsMe, You, Him, Her, It, Us, Them65
8370225600Intensive/Reflexive PronounsMyself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves66
8370232060Possessive PronounsMine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs67
8370255719Reciprocal Pronounsone another, each other68

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