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noun
a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea
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compound noun
a noun made up of two or more existing words
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these are examples of…
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tennis shoe
six-pack
bedroom
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tennis shoe
six-pack
bedroom
compound nouns
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true or false?
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common nouns are not capitalized unless they appear at the start of a sentence
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common nouns are not capitalized unless they appear at the start of a sentence
true
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proper noun
a noun that serves as the name for a specific person, place, or thing. they are always capitalized
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these are examples of…
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Lane Tech
Google
Hazel
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Lane Tech
Hazel
proper nouns
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pronoun
a word that you use to refer to someone or somethign when you do not need to use a noun, often because the person or thing has been mentioned already
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these are examples of…
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she
he
it
they
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she
he
it
they
pronouns
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antecedent
a word for which a pronoun stands (ante=before)
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refer to the sentence below.
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alice is a law student. she enjoys reading cases.
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would “alice” be the antecedent or the pronoun?
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alice is a law student. she enjoys reading cases.
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would “alice” be the antecedent or the pronoun?
antecedent
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refer to the sentence below.
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alice is a law student. she enjoys reading cases.
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would “she” be the antecedent or the pronoun?
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alice is a law student. she enjoys reading cases.
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would “she” be the antecedent or the pronoun?
pronoun
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adjective
words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns. sometimes nouns are used as these to modify other nouns.
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these are examples of…
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enourmous
silly
yellow
fun
fast
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enourmous
silly
yellow
fun
fast
adjectives
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proper adjective
an adjective, typically capitalized, derived from a proper noun.
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these are examples of…
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Japanese
French
Inuit
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Japanese
French
Inuit
proper adjectives
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compound adjective
compound nouns that act as adjectives
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these are examples of…
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fast-paced
well-known
old-fashioned
yellow-striped
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fast-paced
well-known
old-fashioned
yellow-striped
compound adjectives
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article
a type of adjective that is used before nouns or noun equivalents.
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these are examples of…
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a
an
the
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a
an
the
articles
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verbs
words that show an action (sing), occurence (develop), or state of being (exist)
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transitive verb
a verb that requires an object to revieve the action.
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refer to the sentence below.
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the speaker discussed different marketing strategies in the video.
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if the object receiving the action in this sentence is “different marketing strategies”, what is the transitive verb?
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the speaker discussed different marketing strategies in the video.
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if the object receiving the action in this sentence is “different marketing strategies”, what is the transitive verb?
discussed
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intransitive verb
a verb whose context does not entail a direct object (“the horse runs”)
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linking verb
a verb that describes the subject by connecting it to a predicate adjective or a predicate noun. (“he SEEMS nice”, “she IS an architect”)
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helping verb
a verb that is used with another verb and expresses such things as person, number, mood, or tense
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these are examples of…
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is
can
will
have
are
must
be
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is
can
will
have
are
must
be
helping verbs
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adverb
a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or even a whole sentence.
(“he sings LOUDLY”, “…ended too QUICKLY”)
(“he sings LOUDLY”, “…ended too QUICKLY”)
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preopsition
a word that tells you where/when something is in relation to something else
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prepositional phrase
a part of a sentence that consists of one preoposition and the object it affects.
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“she caught the bus on time.”
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the bus = object of preposition
on time = prepositional phrase
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“she caught the bus on time.”
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the bus = object of preposition
on time = prepositional phrase
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conjunction
a word used to connect clauses
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coordinating conjunction
a conjunction placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences of equal rank (for, and, nor, but, yet, so)
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correlative conjunction
pairs of conjunctions that connect phrases that are the same part of speech or serve the same function within a sentence. (“she is BOTH intelligent AND cool”)
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subordinating conjunction
a conunction that introduces a subordinate clause (although, after, because, how)
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interjection
a word/phrase used to express a feeling
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these are all examples of…
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hurray!
ouch!
wow!
oh my god!
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hurray!
ouch!
wow!
oh my god!
interjections
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conjunctive adverb
a special tpe of adverb that is used to illustrate a connection between two independent clauses (however, eventually, finally)
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subject
the part of a sentence that indicates what its about
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simple subject
a person, place, or thing that is performing an action
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complete subject
all the words that tell whom/what is performing an action
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compound subject
when a sentence has more than one subject per verb, those subjects come together to make a compound subject.
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predicate
the part of a sentence that tells what the subject is doing / what it is (“i am TAKING A NAP”)
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compound verb
a verb that consists of miltiple words combined (“she’ll GO GET groceries”)
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appositive
a noun or phrase that renames the noun to which it is next. (“my brother, richard” -- richard is renamed to “my brother”)
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a/an
not, without
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ir/in
not
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bene
good, well
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mal
bad, evil
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path
feeling, emotion
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ab
away, from
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pro
before, forward, for
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sub
under, lower, inferior to
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dict
say, speak
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cred
believe
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ex/extra/extro
beyond, outside, out
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cede/ceed/cess
go, move
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pre
before
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de
reduce, off, from
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con
with, again, together
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inter
among, between
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vert
turn
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mit/miss
send, let go
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\-ible/-able
able, can do
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trans
across
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tax
arrangement
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fid
trust, faith
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gen/geno
birth, production, kind
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fract/frag
break, crush