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






2. Used to express command






3. Who - whom - whose - which & that






4. Intro prepositional phrases of fewer than 4 words...






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






6. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






7. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






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






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






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






11. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






12. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






13. Faculty - committee - team - group - jury-may be singular or plural depending on how they are used






14. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






16. Indicates present - the past & future






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






18. Plural






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






20. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






21. Express current action






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






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






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






25. Words that function as nouns - adjectives or adverbs - (gerunds - infinitives - & participles)






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






27. Words expressing strong feelings






28. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






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






30. A phrase or clause






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






32. Plural uses plural verb

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






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






35. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






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






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






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






40. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






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






43. When nouns - verbs - adverbs or adjectives change form (child--children)






44. Two or more






45. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






46. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






47. The most used & misused punctuation mark






48. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






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






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