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English Mid-Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the word to which the pronoun refers | antecedent |
| the word(s) which show action, being, or state of being about the subject o the predicate verb | verb |
| consists of (1) independent clause | simple sentence |
| a noun or pronoun which receives the direct action expressed by the predicate verb | direct object |
| a word that names a person, place, thing, idea, or quality | noun |
| a word which shows emotion and is not related grammatically to other words in the sentence | interjection |
| Masculine, feminine neuter, common | gender |
| a group of words that does not meet all 3 requirements to be a sentence | fragment |
| a word or words that show the relationship between its object and another word in the sentence | preposition |
| a word that is used for, or in pace of , a noun | pronoun |
| singular/plural | number |
| how, when, where, why, to what degree or extent | adverb questions |
| which one, what kind, how many, how much, whose | adjective questions |
| a group of grammatically related words that work together as one unit and must have a subject, predicate, verb, and a complete thoought | sentence |
| a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb | adverb |
| a word that modifies a noun or pronoun | adjective |
| the word about which the predicate verb proclaims action, being--the word the sentence is about | subject |
| nominative, objective, possessive | case |
| a, an, the | article adjectives (noun markers) |
| the last verb in a verb phrase | main verb |
| joins or links words together | conjunction |
| the use of two negative words to express one idea | double negative |
| 1st, 2nd, 3rd | person |
| a noun or pronoun that receives the indirect action expressed by the predicate verb | indirect object |
| 8 parts of speech | noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, verb, preposition, conjunction, interjection |