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






2. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






3. Describes past actions that took place before other past action






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






5. Complete dictionary - used in schools - libraries - newpapers - offices & organizations






6. Word combinations that are unique to that language






7. Expected to occur later






8. A phrase or clause






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






10. 's or ' on the last word (father-in-law's)






11. Used to express a fact






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






13. Used in certain countries or regions






14. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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






16. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






17. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






19. Falls at the end of the sentence






20. One






21. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






22. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






23. Indicates present - the past & future






24. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






25. To place (set - setting)






26. When one noun possess another






27. To rest (lie - lay - lain - lying)






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






29. Can stand alone






30. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






31. Add ' (Horowitzes')






32. 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






33. The most used & misused punctuation mark






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Adds additional info to sentence






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






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






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






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






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






47. Surviving from a previous period






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






49. To rest (sit - sat)






50. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things