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






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






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






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






5. Is plural






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






7. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






8. Verb comes before the subject






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






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






11. Nonrestrictive clauses should be set off by...






12. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






13. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






19. Used in certain countries or regions






20. Action has been completed






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






22. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






24. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






25. Are capitalized-specific person - places - & things






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






27. When dates contain more than one element....






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






29. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






30. Word combinations that are unique to that language






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






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






33. One






34. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






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






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






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






39. A comma






40. Singular






41. Plural uses plural verb

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






43. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






44. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






46. Verb should agree with the closer subject






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






48. Used to express command






49. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






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