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1. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






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






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






4. 2 nouns express separate ownership

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5. When one noun possess another






6. Expresses an action directed toward a person or thing






7. Plural






8. Plural ending in y w/ counsonant






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






10. Plural ending in o w/ vowel before it






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






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






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






14. Word often implied but not actually stated






15. Incomplete sentence - phrase or clause






16. Singular uses singular verb

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






18. 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






19. Musical terms ending in o






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






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






22. Used in casual writing or conversation but not formal






23. Not conformed to use among educated speakers






24. Subjects are after the verb






25. Shows physical or mental action






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






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






28. Words that connect other words or groups of words






29. Formed by adding st or est in short adj. or adding most/least






30. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






31. No longer used






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






33. Collection of synonyms and antonyms






34. History of word






35. Dependent clauses that precede independent clauses....






36. Nouns or pronouns previously mentioned






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






38. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






39. Bushes - Rodriguezes -Williames






40. Used in certain countries or regions






41. Word or groups of words that explain or rename previously mentioned nouns or pronouns






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






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






44. Indicates present - the past & future






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






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






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






48. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






49. Proper nouns become plural by adding s






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