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| A way of thinking about a language |
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| Four Levels of Traditional Grammar |
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| Parts of speech, parts of sentence, phrases, and clauses |
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| The name of a person, place, or thing |
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| A word that takes the place of a noun |
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Pronouns used for subjects of verbs and subject complements
I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they |
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Used as direct or indirect objects, and objects of prepositions
Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them |
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| A word that modifies a noun or pronoun. |
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| The 3 adjectives a, an, and the |
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| Three degrees of adjectives |
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| Positive, comparative, superlative |
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| A word that shows action, being, or links a subject to its subject complement |
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| A word that joins two words or two groups of words |
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| Coordinating conjunctions (list) |
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| and, but, nor, or, for, so, yet |
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| Subordinating conjunctions (some) |
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| If, as, since, when, because |
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| either or, neither nor, or, for, so, yet |
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| A word that shows the relationship between its object and another word in the sentence |
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| A word that shows emotion but has no grammatical function |
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| Nouns that are capitalized |
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| Nouns that are names of objects |
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| Nouns that are names of ideas |
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A person's name or title when addressed directly in a sentence.
Ex: Bob, do your homework. |
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Nouns that names a group
Ex: Flock, heard, etc |
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pronouns that show possession
Me, your, his, her, its, our, and their |
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A pronoun used to interrogate
who, whose, whom, which, what |
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A pronoun used to demonstrate
This, that, these, those |
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A pronoun that relates an adjective clause to a main clause.
Who, whose, whom, which, that |
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| A verb that shows action on a direct object |
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| A verb that links the subject to a subject complement |
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| A verb that supplements the main verb |
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| The major verb in the sentence that shows action, links, or shows being. |
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An action verb that acts on a direct object
Ex: The harpoon hit Moby Dick. |
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An action verb that shows the subject passively being acted upon.
Ex: The ship was struck by the meteor.
Dickens was presented with an award. |
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An action verb that shows the subject acting.
Ex: The meteor struck the ship.
The Literary Society presented Dickens with the award. |
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| An action verb that does not act on a direct object |
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The normal mood
Ex: I am he. |
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The command mood
Ex: Be he. |
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The if mood.
Ex: If I were he.... |
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| A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. |
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| Prepositions must have what? |
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accordingly, furthermore, moreover, similarly, also, hence, namely, still, anyway, however, nevertheless, then, besides, incidentally, next, thereafter,
certainly, indeed, nonetheless, therefore, consequently, instead, now, thus,
finally, likewise, otherwise, undoubtedly,
further, meanwhile. |
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