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CDDS 106 Unit B
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Undergraduate 3
09/10/2011

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Term
Adverb
Definition

A word the modifies (describes, limits, or qualifies) the verb is called an adverb. 

 

Does this by answering when? where? how often? why? or how?

 

When a word describes when, where, or how it is almost always an adverb.

Term
Adverb forms
Definition
Positive, Comparative, and Superlative
Term
How many Demonstratives are there
Definition
4
Term
What are the Demonstratives
Definition

This (something that's close)

 

That ( Somethings thats far)

 

These (plural and close)

 

Those (plural and far away)

Term
Demonstrative Determiners
Definition

Fancy word for an adjective

 

Ex: I love that car.

Term
What are the 2 categories of Demonstrative
Definition

Demonstrative Determiners

 

and 

 

Demonstrative Pronouns

Term

Demonstrative Pronouns

 

Definition
Ex: I love that!
Term
Cardinals
Definition
Answers How Many?
Term
Articles
Definition
Fancy word for little words
Term
2 types of articles
Definition

Definite Article

 

and 

 

Indefinite Article

Term
Definite Article 
Definition
Term
Indefinite Article
Definition

 

a or an

Term
Ordinals
Definition
Term
Cardinal Determiners
Definition

Term Cardinal refers to the number of items in a set.

 

Ex: one, two, three, etc.

 

also:

 

many, few, and several

Term
Determiners signal what?
Definition
that nouns will follow
Term

Ordinal Determiners

 

Definition

Words indicating rank or order in a series

 

first, second, third, last, final, middle, next, etc

 

 

Term
Indefinite Pronouns
Definition
Do not refer to any particular persons, places, or things.
Term
Examples of Indefinite Pronouns
Definition

one, anyone, anybody, anything

 

each, either, every, everybody

 

neither, nobody, no one, nothing

 

somebody, someone, something, everything

Term

Conjugation of a Passive verb

 

progressives:

Definition

past pro. --- was/were being

 

present pro. --- is/are being

 

future pro. --- will be being

Term

Conjugation of a Passive Verb

 

Perfect:

Definition

Past Perfect --- had been

 

Present Perfect --- has/have been

 

Future Perfect --- will have been

Term
Past Participle
Definition

Used with the Perfect

 

"been"

 

Ex: past perfect: the song had been sung

Term
Present Participle
Definition

Used with the Progressive

 

"being"

 

Ex: the song is being sung

 

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