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1. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






3. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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4. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






5. Action has been completed






6. Verb should agree with the closer subject






7. Words that connect other words or groups of words






8. Connecting words






9. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away






10. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






11. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)






12. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






13. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






14. Used to express command






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






16. Plural ending in s - x - z - ch - sh






17. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






18. Occur when 2 or more adjectives appearing before a noun independently modify the noun






19. When addresses are written in sentence form....






20. When that follows a verb expressing command - use the subjunctive verb form (be)






21. Warn about the use of certain words






22. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






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






24. Just add ' (doctors' - bosses')






25. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






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






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






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






30. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






31. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






32. Connect words - phrases and clauses of equal grammatical value or rank (and - or - but - nor)






33. To place (lay - laid - laid - laying)






34. Simple subject and all modifiers (words that describe or limit)






35. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)






36. Commas are used to separate word that...






37. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






38. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






39. Word often implied but not actually stated






40. Short quotation are set off from the rest of a sentence by...






41. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






42. Make principle noun plural (fathers-in-law) (runners-up)






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






44. Musical terms ending in o






45. Express current action






46. Negative adverb is used in same sentence with negative verb.(Calling her won't do no good)






47. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






48. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






49. Describes actions that began in the past & have continued to the present






50. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries