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






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






3. Can stand alone






4. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






5. Musical terms ending in o






6. Verb phrases that precede main clauses should be followed by...






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






8. Used to effect a transition from one thought to another & they may consist of more than one word (also called transitional expressions or conjunctions)






9. Describes ongoing actions that occured in the past - usually as another action was taking place






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






11. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






12. Surviving from a previous period






13. Who - whom - whose - which & that






14. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






15. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






16. A -an & the






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






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






19. Express current action






20. Plural ending in y w/ vowel before it






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






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






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






24. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






26. When one noun possess another






27. MDs - PhDs






28. 2000s - All Bs and Cs






29. 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






30. Shows physical or mental action






31. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






32. Who may function as the subject of a verb or as the subject complement of noun following linkg verb






33. Plural






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






35. Prepositional phrases






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






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






38. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






39. Make principle noun plural (fathers-in-law) (runners-up)






40. Noun or pronoun the sentence is about






41. To rest (sit - sat)






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






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






44. Describes actions that will take place before other future actions






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






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






47. Often introduced by words such as then or as






48. Commas are used to separate word that...






49. Commas are used to...






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