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1. Formed by adding d or ed to present tense verb preceded by helping verb (has applied - have built)






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






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






4. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






6. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






7. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






8. Person speaking - the person spoken to - or the person or object spoken of






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






10. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






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






13. Commonly used as objects of vebs or objects of prepositions






14. Whom may function as the object of a verb or object of a preposition






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






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






17. Plural






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






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






20. Person - place - thing - qualities - feelings - concepts - activities & measures






21. Word often implied but not actually stated






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






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






24. Unrelated figures appearing side by side should be...






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






26. Express current action






27. Formed by adding ing to present tense verb preceded by helping verb(is studying)






28. Shows physical or mental action






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






30. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






31. When one noun possess another






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






33. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






35. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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36. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






37. Used to join unequal sentence elements; independent & dependent clauses






38. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






39. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






41. Primarily as subjects of verbs






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






43. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






44. To place (set - setting)






45. Falls at the end of the sentence






46. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






47. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






48. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






49. Plural uses plural verb

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50. Used to express a fact







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