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Parts of speech study guide for end of the year test

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what is a way of thinking about language   grammar  
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the four levels of traditional grammar   Parts of speech Parts of sentence Phrases Clauses Diagram  
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the 8 kinds of words in English dictionary   Parts of speech  
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Person, place, thing, or idea   Noun  
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takes place of noun   Pronoun  
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What type of pronoun can be used for subject of verbs and subject compliments   Subject  
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List the subject pronouns(7)   I, you, he, she, it, we, you  
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List the object pronouns(7)   me, you, him, her, it, we, you, them  
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What modifies a noun or pronoun   adjective  
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The three adjectives_, __, and ___ are articles(1, 2, 3 letters)   A, an, the 1 2 3  
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___ is a definite article   The  
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_ and __ are indefinite articles   A, an  
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The three degrees of adjectives are _____, _____, and _____   Positive, comparative, and superlative  
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a verb shows _____, _____, or links a subject to its _______ _______   Action, being, subject compliment  
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a ______ is a word that joins two words or groups of words   Conjuction  
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list the coordinating conjunctions(7)   And, or, but, for, nor, so, yet  
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List 5 subordinating conjunctions   Because, since, before, whereas, although  
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The correlative conjuctions are   neither nor, either or, not only but also  
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a _______ shows relationship between its object and another word in the sentence   Preposition  
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an _______ shows emotion but has no grammatical function   Interjection  
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Do 4-level analysis for the sentence My uncle eagerly wrote many books about the civil war   Pro.n, n, adv, v, adj, n, prep, adj, n subj AVP DO 1 independent simple declarative  
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write a sentence using every part of speech at least once   Yo, cucumbers are very dumb, but they live under the ground.  
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a ______ verb transfers action to the ______   Transative, direct object  
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The ______ object is indirectly affected by the verb   Indirect  
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A ______ verb does not need to transfer action   intransative  
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a gerund us used as a _____ and ends in _____   noun, ing  
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a participle is used as a _____ ending in ___/___   adj, ing/ed  
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An infinitive is the word to and a _____ and can be used as a _____, _____, or _____   verb, noun, adj, adv  
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What are the gerunds, participles, and infinitives in the sentence: Studying for a graded test is a good idea to help remember the facts   Studying=gerund, graded=partacipe, to help=infinitive  
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What are the gerunds, participles, and infinitives in the sentence: The untrained pilot wanted to learn how to fly to Florida   untrained=participle, to learn=infinitaive  
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Use laughing as an adjective   The laughing rock didnt make a sound  
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Use walking as a subject   walking causes death  
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Use to play as a direct object   I want to play  
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