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English 1 Unit 2
Helpful words for Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| One that goes before another; preceding | Antecedent |
| A position where the adjective comes before the word it modifies. | Attributive |
| Messages sent or received via the computer. | Computer Mediated Communication |
| A verb that does not have a receiver of the action. | Intransitive |
| Expressing the mood of a verb. | Modal |
| A set of verb forms used to indicate the speaker's attitiude toward the factuality or likelihood of the action or condition expressed. | Mood |
| A great number. | Plethora |
| An adjective that completes the meaning of a linking verb and modifies the subject of the verb. | Predicate Adjective |
| Of or relating to word meanings. | Semantics |
| No changing | Static |
| A transfer of action to a receiver. | Transitive |
| The verb voice indicates whether the subject is doing an action to a receiver or receiving the action of the verb. | Voice |
| Having many uses. | Versatile |
| A word that names a person, place, thing, idea, or quality and can function as a subject, direct object, object of the preposition, direct address, appositive, predicate nominative, and objective complement. | Noun |
| Names a specific person, place, thing, or idea and is always capitalized. | Proper Noun |
| Names one of a general class of persons, places, things or ideas and does not begin with a capital letter. | Common Noun |
| Names things that can be perceived by the five senses, things that can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched. | Concrete Noun |
| Names ideas, feelings, qualities, or characteristics. | Abstract Noun |
| Consists of tow or more words used together as a single noun. | Compound Noun |
| Words that name a group. | Collective Nouns |
| A noun that comes after a linking verb and repeats or renames the subject. | Nominative Case |
| A noun that is being used as a direct object, indirect object, or the object of a preposition. | Objective Case |
| A noun that is beinig used to show possession or ownership. | Possessive Case |
| Takes the place of a noun. Examples: I, he, she, it, they, you. | Pronoun |
| Refers to the person speaking (first person), the person spoken to (second person) and the person spoken about (third person). | Personal Pronoun |
| Pronouns used as introductory words for adjective subordinate clauses. Examples: Who, Whom, Whose, Which and That. | Relative Pronoun |
| Pronoun used to ask questions. Examples: Who, Whom, Whose, Which and What. | Interrogative Pronoun |
| Pronoun that refers to one or more persons, places, things, or ideas that may or may not be specifically named or stated. | Indefinite Pronoun |
| Pronoun that ends in "self" or "selves." | Reflexive Pronoun |
| Pronoun used to show emphasis to its antecedent. | Intensive Pronoun |
| Pronoun that points out a specific person, place, thing, or idea. Examples: This, That, These, and Those. | Demonstrative Pronoun |
| A word that shows action or state of being. | Verb |
| A verb that expresses action that you can do. | Action Verb |
| A verb that expresses a state of being. | Linking Verb |
| A group of related words including the main verb and one or two helping words. | Verb Phrase |
| Helps complete the verb. | Auxilary (Helping) Verb |
| Transfers action from the subject to the direct object. | Transitive Verb |
| A verb that does not transwer action to a receiver. | Intransitive Verb |
| Some examples are: aboard, about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around,as, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, besides, between, beyond, but (meaning except), by, concerning, down, during, except, inside, into, like, near, of, in. | Preposition |
| A word that joins words or groups of words in a sentence. Examples are: and, but, or, nor, for and yet. | Conjunction |
| Exclamatory words that show an emotion or an aside. | Interjections |
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MrsMcDonald
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