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






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






3. Verb form ending in ing that is used as a noun. often desctibes activities.






4. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






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






7. Info that the reader does not need to know - it should be sett off from the rest of sentence by commas






8. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






9. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






10. The-is used to describe a specific person or thing. can be used with singular or plural verbs






11. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






12. Musical terms ending in o






13. Verb comes before the subject






14. To rest (sit - sat)






15. Singular






16. A comma






17. Intro prepositional phrases totaling 4 or more words...






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






19. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






20. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






21. MDs - PhDs






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






23. Join equal parts of sentences






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






25. Primarily as subjects of verbs






26. Expected to occur later






27. Is singular






28. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






29. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






31. Plural






32. Add 's (Horowitz's)






33. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






35. Action has been completed






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






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






38. Words used in place of nouns






39. Two or more






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






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






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






43. Word often implied but not actually stated






44. 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






45. Is plural






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






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






48. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






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