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1. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






2. Describe nouns or pronouns; answer What kind? How many? Which one?






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






4. Adds additional info to sentence






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






6. No longer used






7. Words used in place of nouns






8. Add 's (women's - children's - boss's - class's)






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






10. One






11. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






12. Plural






13. Musical terms ending in o






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






15. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






17. Expected to occur later






18. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






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






21. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb






22. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Surviving from a previous period






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






32. Used to express a fact






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






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






35. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






36. Often introduced by words such as then or as






37. Who - whom - whose - which & that






38. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






39. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






41. Pronouns that end in self






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






43. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






45. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






46. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






47. When one noun possess another






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






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






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