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1. Known as relative pronoun clauses






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






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






4. Plural ending in s - x - z - ch - sh






5. History of word






6. 2 complete but related thoughts. 2 independent clauses; joined by; and - but or: or semicolon - or however - therefore






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






8. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






9. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






10. Connecting words






11. Connect words - phrases and clauses of equal grammatical value or rank (and - or - but - nor)






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






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






14. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






16. Verb expresses an action directed by the subject toward the object of verb






17. Action in a verb is directed toward the subject






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






19. Not capitalized-generalized person - places & things






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






21. Words that connect other words or groups of words






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






23. Indicates present - the past & future






24. 1 independent clause; no punctuation in sentence - can be joind by and






25. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






26. Singular






27. 2 nouns express combined ownership

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






29. Action has been completed






30. Verb comes before the subject






31. Describe nouns or pronouns; answer What kind? How many? Which one?






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






33. Noun - pronoun - or adjective that renames or describes the subject. completes meaning of the subject and always follows the linking verb






34. Used to express a fact






35. A phrase or clause






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






37. When they come before a compound subject and joined by and - the compound subject is singular






38. Degrees - personal titles & professional designations following persons name






39. (however - therefore -consequently) used to effect transitions from one though to another in independent clauses






40. Add ' (Horowitzes')






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






42. Shows physical or mental action






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






44. A -an & the






45. Commas are used to...






46. Noun or pronoun prepositional phrase is talking about






47. Often introduced by words such as then or as






48. Is singular






49. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






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