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1. Intro prepositional phrases totaling 4 or more words...






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






3. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






4. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






5. Two or more






6. Verb should agree with the closer subject






7. When one noun possess another






8. Pronouns that end in self






9. When they come before a compound subject and joined by and - the compound subject is singular






10. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






11. History of word






12. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






14. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






15. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






16. Present form of verb is preceded by to (to call - to write)






17. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






18. Known as relative pronoun clauses






19. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






20. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






22. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






24. Are capitalized-specific person - places - & things






25. No longer used






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






27. Cannot stand alone; depends on independent clause for meaning






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






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






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






31. Used in certain countries or regions






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






33. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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






36. Musical terms ending in o






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






38. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






39. Join equal parts of sentences






40. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






41. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






42. Can be singular or plural depending on the nouns they refer to






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






44. Used to show continuous or repeated action






45. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






46. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






48. Express action - occurrence - or a state of being






49. A phrase or clause






50. Words used in place of nouns