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1. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






2. One






3. Express current action






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






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






6. Connecting words






7. History of word






8. To place (set - setting)






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






10. Surviving from a previous period






11. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






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






14. Words expressing strong feelings






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






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






17. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






19. Is singular






20. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






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






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






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






25. Used to express a fact






26. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






27. 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






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






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






30. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






32. Expected to occur later






33. Add 's (Horowitz's)






34. Can stand alone






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






36. yrs. - CPAs - Nos.






37. Indicates present - the past & future






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






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






40. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






41. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






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






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






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






45. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






46. Adds additional info to sentence






47. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






48. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






50. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly