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1. Used to show continuous or repeated action






2. Singular uses singular verb

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






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






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






6. Person - place - things you can see - touch - feel - taste - smell - hear






7. A comma






8. 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






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






10. No longer used






11. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






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






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






15. To rest (sit - sat)






16. A -an & the






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






18. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






19. Words expressing strong feelings






20. To place (set - setting)






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






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






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






24. Add 's (Horowitz's)






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






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






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






28. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






29. May be used to create transitions between thoughts (after all - by the way - for example)






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






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






32. Occur when 2 or more adjectives appearing before a noun independently modify the noun






33. Often introduced by words such as then or as






34. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






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






36. Expected to occur later






37. The most used & misused punctuation mark






38. Is plural






39. Form past tense by changing root and commonly adding en to past participle (eat - ate - eaten - eating)






40. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb






41. Used to express doubt - a conjecture - or suggestion






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






43. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






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






46. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






49. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






50. When that follows a verb expressing command - use the subjunctive verb form (be)







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