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1. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






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






4. One






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






6. 2 independent clauses without proper punctuation - repair w/ comma & conjuction - semicolon - or seperating them






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






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






9. Answers To whom? To what? For what?






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






11. A -an & the






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






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






14. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






15. Used to express command






16. A phrase or clause






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






18. Make any noun or pronoun modifying agerund possessive. (curtis's smoking)






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






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






21. Refers to syllable of a word that gets the most emphasis






22. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






24. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






25. Is singular






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






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






28. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






30. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






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






32. Can stand alone






33. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






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






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






36. Musical terms ending in o






37. Connecting words






38. Add 's (Horowitz's)






39. Warn about the use of certain words






40. Used to show continuous or repeated action






41. Prepositional phrases






42. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






43. 2 sentences incorrectly joind by a comma






44. Verb comes before the subject






45. Adds additional info to sentence






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






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






48. What is used to show the omission of words understood?






49. Indicate whether a noun is plural or singular & whether it is located nearby or farther away






50. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about







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