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1. History of word






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






3. Singular uses singular verb


4. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






6. Present tense of a verb preceded by the word to (to be - to sit)






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






8. Noun or pronoun that answers What? or Whom?






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






10. To place (set - setting)






11. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






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






13. Person speaking - the person spoken to - or the person or object spoken of






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






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






16. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






17. Who - whom - whose - which & that






18. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






19. Is generally plural and requires plural verb






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






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






22. Falls at the end of the sentence






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






24. Words used in place of nouns






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






26. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






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






28. Two or more






29. Commas are used to...






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






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






32. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






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






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






36. Connecting words






37. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






38. Expected to occur later






39. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






40. Used to show actions that are already completed or perfected






41. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






43. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






44. When one noun possess another






45. Words that connect other words or groups of words






46. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






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






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






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






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