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






2. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






3. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






4. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






5. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






6. Refers to syllable of a word that gets the most emphasis






7. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






8. Used to express command






9. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






10. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






11. Describes ongoin actions that occured in the past - usually as another action is taking place






12. Nonrestrictive clauses should be set off by...






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






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






15. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






16. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






17. 1. positive degree-used in merely describing or in limiting anouth word. 2. comparative degree-used to compare two persons or things. 3. superlative degree- used in the comparison of 3 or more persons or things






18. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






19. When one noun possess another






20. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






21. Noun or pronoun that answers What? or Whom?






22. To place (set - setting)






23. Describes past actions that took place before other past action






24. To lift up; to elevate (raise - raised)






25. MDs - PhDs






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






27. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






28. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






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






30. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






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






32. Action has been completed






33. Pronouns that end in self






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






35. When dates contain more than one element....






36. Opposing or contrasting expressions (not - never - but - yet)






37. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent






38. Used in certain countries or regions






39. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






40. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






41. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






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






44. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






45. Is singular






46. Expected to occur later






47. Only when a terminal clause adds unnecessaty info to the sentence....






48. Word combinations that are unique to that language






49. Join equal parts of sentences






50. Singular