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Parts of Speech

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The name of any person, place, thing, or quality   Noun  
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A word that can be substituted for a noun   Pronoun  
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A word that helps to make a noun or pronoun more definite by adding description   Adjective  
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A word used to express action or a state of being   Verb  
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A word used to primarily to modify a verb   Adverb  
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A word that shows the logical relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence   Preposition  
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A word that joins words, groups of words, or sentences; it can also show relationships between ideas   Conjunction  
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This word expresses emotion and is often followed by an exclamation point   Interjection  
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A unit of spoken language   Syllable  
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The primary stress placed on one syllable of a word   Accent  
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The main expression of human thought   Language  
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A word that names any GENERAL type of person, place, thing, or animal   Common Noun  
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A capitalized word that names a SPECIFIC person place, or thing   Proper Noun  
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A word that names a quality, condition, idea, or feeling that can't be identified by the senses of taste, touch, sight, sound, or smell   Abstract Noun  
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A word that names a specific object that can be identified by sight, taste, smell, sound, or touch   Concrete Noun  
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A word that may refer to a noun speaking, being spoken to, or being spoken about   Personal Pronoun  
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Pronouns or adjectives that show ownership   Possessive  
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Pronouns or adjectives used in asking questions   Interrogative  
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THIS, THESE, THAT, and THOSE are this type of pronoun or adjective   Demonstrative  
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This type of pronoun shows a relationship by introducing a new idea into a sentence   Relative  
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This type of pronoun refers to an unspecified noun, or sometimes just to a thing in general   Indefinite  
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The person, place, thing, or idea that a pronoun replaces or refers back to   Antecedent  
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Th most frequently used class of adjectives   Articles  
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The degree of comparison shown by the following sentence: "John is taller than Lisa."   Comparative  
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The degree of comparison shown by the following sentence: "Amy is the shortest girl in her class."   Superlative  
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An adjective that expresses a quality that is complete (which doesn't have comparative or superlative forms)   Absolute  
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The two main types of verbs   Action and Linking  
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When a form of TO BE is followed by a main verb, it is this type of verb   Helping Verb  
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When a form of TO BE is the main verb, it is this type of verb   Linking Verb  
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The function of the word MIGHT in the following sentence: "We might go out to dinner on Friday."   Helping Verb  
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Verbs have this many principal parts   Four  
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The principal part of a verb containing the TO form of the verb   Infinitive  
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The principal part of a verb ending in -ING   Present Participle  
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The principal part of a verb used with HAVE, HAS, or HAD   Past Participle  
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English verbs have this many simple tenses   Three  
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English verbs have this many perfect tenses   Three  
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This verb tense is formed using the helping verb TO BE with the present participle of the main verb   Progressive  
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The most useful and commonly used verb in the English language   TO BE  
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This verb is necessary to form the perfect tenses   TO HAVE  
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In sentences with verbs in the ACTIVE VOICE, the subject performs a specific action; in this voice, the subject is acted upon   Passive  
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Most adverbs require the addition of this word to form the comparative degree   More  
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Most adverbs require the addition of this word to form the superlative degree   Most  
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Adverbs often, but not always, end in   LY  
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The preposition, its object, and any other words contained between them make up a(n)   Prepositional phrase  
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Prepositional phrases function in sentences as   Adjectives or Adverbs  
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This type of conjunction is always found in a pair   Correlative  
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This type of conjunction joins two or more words or ideas in a sentence   Coordinating  
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This type of conjunction introduces an adverbial clause   Subordinating  
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A word may serve as different parts of speech according to its ______ within a particular sentence.   function  
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In formal writing, use of this part of speech is normally not considered to be appropriate   Interjection  
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If a verb ignores the "normal" rules of conjugation, it is given this label   Irregular  
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