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1. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






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






4. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






6. A -an & the






7. Add ' (Horowitzes')






8. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






9. Shows physical or mental action






10. No longer used






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






12. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






13. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






14. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






16. Join equal parts of sentences






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






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






19. Needed to identify the noun to which it refers; no commas should separate this clause from antecedent






20. Add 's (Horowitz's)






21. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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






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






24. Surviving from a previous period






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






26. Whom may function as the object of a verb or object of a preposition






27. Express current action






28. Words that function as nouns - adjectives or adverbs - (gerunds - infinitives - & participles)






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






30. A phrase or clause






31. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






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






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






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






35. Words used in place of nouns






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






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






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






39. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






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






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






43. Pronouns that end in self






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






45. Connecting words






46. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






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






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






50. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing