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






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






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






4. Commas are used to...






5. Animal or things & introduces nonessential clauses






6. Qualities - feelings & concepts; difficult to visualize






7. Two or more






8. Warn about the use of certain words






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






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






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






12. Words that connect other words or groups of words






13. Express state of being and generally link to the subject that describe or renames them






14. Who - whom - whose - which & that






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






16. Joins nouns and pronouns to other words






17. When using the coordinating conjunction and......






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






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






20. Can be singular or plural depending on the nouns they refer to






21. Action has been completed






22. Used to show continuous or repeated action






23. Prepositional phrases containing verb forms are...






24. Generally contains over 170 -000 entries






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






26. 2 independent clauses & 1 dependent clause






27. Often introduced by words such as then or as






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






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






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






31. Words expressing strong feelings






32. Connecting words






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






34. Special symbols that hellp you pronounce words correctly






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






36. Verb and its modifiers - objucts & complements






37. Pocket & desk dictionaries; shorter and condensed






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






39. Plural






40. Verb or verb phrase the subject is doing






41. Words used in place of nouns






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






43. 1 independent and 1 dependent clause; dependent usually comes first w/ a comma






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






45. Small; contains no more thatn 75 -000 entries






46. No longer used






47. Action verb that does not require an object to complete it's action






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






49. Express current action






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