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Business English

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1. A -an & the






2. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






3. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






5. Singular






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






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






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






9. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






10. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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11. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






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






14. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






15. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






17. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






18. Words expressing strong feelings






19. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






20. Subjects are after the verb






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






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






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






24. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






25. Prepositional phrases






26. Pronouns that end in self






27. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






28. To place (set - setting)






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






30. Is plural






31. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






32. To rest (sit - sat)






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






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






35. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






36. Short quotation are set off from the rest of a sentence by...






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






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






39. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






40. Used to express command






41. Musical terms ending in o






42. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






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






45. Words used in place of nouns






46. Indicates present - the past & future






47. To go up (rise - rose - risen)






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






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






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