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1. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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






3. Used to show continuous or repeated action






4. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






6. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






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






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






9. Used to effect a transition from one thought to another & they may consist of more than one word (also called transitional expressions or conjunctions)






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






11. Join equal parts of sentences






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






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






14. Words that describe or limit verbs - adjectives or other adverbs; answer When? How? Where? To what extent?






15. Verb phrases that precede main clauses should be followed by...






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






17. A phrase or clause






18. Pronouns that end in self






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






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






21. MDs - PhDs






22. Musical terms ending in o






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






24. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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






26. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






27. Verb comes before the subject






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






29. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear






30. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






31. If it is five yrs or older - consider repacing it






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






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






34. Action verb that does not require an object to complete it's action






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






36. 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






37. Used in certain countries or regions






38. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






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






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






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






43. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






44. Words that connect other words or groups of words






45. Singular uses singular verb

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46. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






47. Separate 2 or more adjectives that equally modify or describe a noun






48. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






50. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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