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Common Core Language Arts Vocabulary
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Connects word or word groups that have equal importance in a sentence (and - but - or - for - so - yet - nor)
Coordinating Conjunction
Compound Sentence
Adverbs
Subordinating Conjunction
2. Declarative - Interrogative - and Imperative - Exclamatory
Superlative
Conventions/Rules
Types of Sentences
Abstract Nouns
3. Some nouns have special plural forms they are called irregular plural. singular: man - woman - goose - child - foot - mouse -die - ox/ irregular men - women - geese -children -feet -mice -dice -oxen.
Irregular Plural Nouns
Subordinating Conjunction
Comparative
Adverbs
4. Preceding in time or order
Pronouns
Antecedent
Plural Nouns
Superlative
5. The past tense doesn't add an -ed; Usually the past tense and past participle forms are not the same
Subordinating Conjunction
Coordinating Conjunction
Irregular Verbs
Conventions/Rules
6. The comparative form of an adjective
Subject-Verb Agreement
Comparative
Nouns
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
7. Action words
Irregular Verbs
Verbs
Antecedent
Complex Sentence
8. Connects word or word groups that have equal importance in a sentence (and - but - or - for - so - yet - nor)
Coordinating Conjunction
Plural Nouns
Subject
Compound Sentence
9. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea
Compound Sentence
Adverbs
Subject
Plural Nouns
10. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding'
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Abstract Nouns
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement
11. Words that take the place of nouns
Verb Tenses
Antecedent
Pronouns
Simple Sentence
12. A conjunction (like 'since' or 'that' or 'who') that introduces a dependent clause
Subject
Subordinating Conjunction
Superlative
Simple Sentence
13. The noun or nouns that the pronoun replaces
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Complex Sentence
Nouns
Verb Tenses
14. Word used to modify or describe a noun or pronoun - such as 'happy -' 'sad -' or 'pretty.'
Adjectives
Subject
Modified
Comparative
15. Words that take the place of nouns
Subordinating Conjunction
Verb Tenses
Pronouns
Conventions/Rules
16. Specified methods of procedure
Compound Sentence
Complex Sentence
Conventions/Rules
Subordinating Conjunction
17. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Pronouns
Adverbs
Subject
Superlative
18. A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Comparative
Simple Sentence
Complex Sentence
Abstract Nouns
19. One independent clause
Modified
Adverbs
Simple Sentence
Subject-Verb Agreement
20. One independent clause
Simple Sentence
Nouns
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Subordinating Conjunction
21. The superlative form of an adjective
Simple Sentence
Abstract Nouns
Superlative
Nouns
22. Present - past - future - present perfect - past perfect - future perfect
Irregular Verbs
Verb Tenses
Irregular Plural Nouns
Verbs
23. The noun or nouns that the pronoun replaces
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement
Plural Nouns
Function
24. Person - place - or thing
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Abstract Nouns
Nouns
Irregular Verbs
25. The past tense doesn't add an -ed; Usually the past tense and past participle forms are not the same
Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Conventions/Rules
Pronouns
26. Modfies verbs - adjectives - other adverbs - or entire clauses - they often answer of the following questions: How - When - Where - Why - To what extent?
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Modified
Adverbs
Adjectives
27. What something is used for
Antecedent
Modified
Nouns
Function
28. Preceding in time or order
Superlative
Nouns
Antecedent
Comparative
29. The comparative form of an adjective
Function
Comparative
Nouns
Simple Sentence
30. Action words
Verbs
Verb Tenses
Function
Compound Sentence
31. Word used to modify or describe a noun or pronoun - such as 'happy -' 'sad -' or 'pretty.'
Coordinating Conjunction
Conventions/Rules
Adjectives
Verb Tenses
32. Names we have for ideas - emotions - qualities - processes - occasions and times. Invisible and tangible. e.g. 'joy' - 'gentleness' - 'wedding'
Superlative
Abstract Nouns
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Subject
33. Changed
Modified
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Adjectives
Verb Tenses
34. Declarative - Interrogative - and Imperative - Exclamatory
Types of Sentences
Irregular Plural Nouns
Compound Sentence
Comparative
35. The subject matter of a conversation or discussion
Antecedent
Subject-Verb Agreement
Superlative
Subject
36. A conjunction (like 'since' or 'that' or 'who') that introduces a dependent clause
Subordinating Conjunction
Plural Nouns
Irregular Verbs
Verbs
37. Specified methods of procedure
Pronouns
Conventions/Rules
Verb Tenses
Function
38. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
Coordinating Conjunction
Irregular Verbs
Modified
Compound Sentence
39. The superlative form of an adjective
Superlative
Subject-Verb Agreement
Adjectives
Simple Sentence
40. Names more than one person - place - thing - or idea
Irregular Verbs
Modified
Superlative
Plural Nouns
41. Subject stays the same; verb must be singular or plural to match the subject
Adverbs
Comparative
Antecedent
Subject-Verb Agreement
42. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
Coordinating Conjunction
Compound Sentence
Abstract Nouns
Verbs
43. Present - past - future - present perfect - past perfect - future perfect
Verb Tenses
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Pronouns
Function
44. Changed
Plural Nouns
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Modified
Superlative
45. Some nouns have special plural forms they are called irregular plural. singular: man - woman - goose - child - foot - mouse -die - ox/ irregular men - women - geese -children -feet -mice -dice -oxen.
Irregular Plural Nouns
Coordinating Conjunction
Abstract Nouns
Superlative
46. A sentence that includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Function
Subject
Complex Sentence
Antecedent
47. Person - place - or thing
Nouns
Pronouns
Verb Tenses
Abstract Nouns
48. The subject matter of a conversation or discussion
Nouns
Subject
Comparative
Compound Sentence
49. Subject stays the same; verb must be singular or plural to match the subject
Coordinating Conjunction
Irregular Plural Nouns
Subject-Verb Agreement
Modified
50. What something is used for
Simple Sentence
Function
Subject-Verb Agreement
Comparative