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1. MDs - PhDs






2. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)






3. Used to show actions that are already completed or perfected






4. Known as relative pronoun clauses






5. Verb should agree with the closer subject






6. Commonly used as objects of vebs or objects of prepositions






7. Can stand alone






8. Verb form that use with helping verbs to form the present participle and past-participle tense.






9. Shows physical or mental action






10. To rest (lie - lay - lain - lying)






11. Describes ongoing action that will take place in future add wil be in front (I will be hearing)






12. Used to express command






13. Animal or things & should be use to introduce essential clauses






14. Verb comes before the subject






15. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






16. Indicates present - the past & future






17. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






18. Formed by adding r or er in one-syllable & some two syllable words or adding more/less






19. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)






20. Plural






21. Who - whom - whose - which & that






22. Used to join unequal sentence elements; independent & dependent clauses






23. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)






24. No longer used






25. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






26. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






27. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






28. Musical terms ending in o






29. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb






30. One






31. Prepositional phrases






32. The-is used to describe a specific person or thing. can be used with singular or plural verbs






33. Join grammatically equal sentence elements. used in pairs ( both...and - either....or)






34. Shortened forms of subjects & verbs (it's - there's)






35. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






36. Intro prepositional phrases of fewer than 4 words...






37. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






38. Word combinations that are unique to that language






39. Info that the reader does not need to know - it should be sett off from the rest of sentence by commas






40. Falls at the end of the sentence






41. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






42. Person - place - thing - qualities - feelings - concepts - activities & measures






43. Occurs when a person is being addressed or spoken to directly - rather than about






44. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






45. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






46. Words that function as nouns - adjectives or adverbs - (gerunds - infinitives - & participles)






47. Action has been completed






48. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






49. When nouns - verbs - adverbs or adjectives change form (child--children)






50. Answers To whom? To what? For what?