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Review for grammar final

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type of speech
description
noun   a word that names a person, place, thing, or and idea  
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pronoun   a word that takes the place of one or more nouns  
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action verb   tells what action a subject is performing  
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adjective   a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun  
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adverb   a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb  
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preposition   a word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and another word in the sentence  
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conjection   connects words or groups of words  
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interjection   a word that expresseses strong feeling  
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linking verb   links the subject with another word in the sentence that either renames or describes the subject  
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verb phrase   a main verb plus one or more helping verbs  
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prepositional phrases   a group of words made up of a preposition, its object, and any words that modify the object  
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direct object   a noun or a pronoun that answers the question Whom? or What? after an action verb  
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indirect object   a noun or pronoun that answers the questions "To whom?" or "For whom?" after an action verb. (Mark has two tickets for you. Mark has tickets for who? For you.)  
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predicate nominatave   a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and identifies, renames, or explains the subject  
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predicate adjective   is a adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject  
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adjective phrase   a prepositional phrase that is used to modify a noun or pronoun  
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adverb phrase   a prepositional phrase that is used mainly to modify a verb  
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participle   a verb form that is used as an adjective  
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participle phrase   a participle with its modifiers and complements-all working together as an adjective  
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clause   a group of words that has a subject and a verb  
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independant clause   a clause that can stand on its own as a sentence(a complete thought)  
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subordinate clause   cannot stand alone because it does NOT complete a thought  
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adjective clause   is a subordinate clause that is used to modify a noun or a pronoun  
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simple sentence   is only one independent clause  
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compound sentence   two or more independent clauses  
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complex sentence   is one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses  
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run-on   two or more sentences that are written as one sentence. They (sentences) are marked by a comma or no mark at all  
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principle parts of a verb   the present, the present participle, the past, and the past participle  
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sentence fragment   a group of words that does not express a complete thought  
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a regular verb forms its past and past participle by adding ___ to the present   -d or -ed  
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active voice   indicates that the subject is performing the action  
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passive voice   indicates that the action of the verb is being performed upon the subject  
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nominative case   used for subjects and predicate nominatives; i you he she it we you they  
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objective case   used for direct objects indirect objects and objects of prepositions; me you him her it us you them  
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possessive case   used to show ownership or possession; my mine you yours his her hers its our ours your yours their theirs  
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case   the form of a noun or pronoun that indicates its use in a sentence  
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antecedent   the word or group of words that a pronoun refers to, or replaces  
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