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Grammar
Grammar
these types of words are used to describe nouns and pronouns
What are adjectives?
these show physical are mental action in a sentence
What are action verbs?
people, places, things, and ideas
What are Nouns?
CASE: I, you, they
What are subjective pronouns?
words or short phrases that show emphasis or emotion (Hey! Good Morning!)
What are interjections?
these show relationships between words in a sentence (around, by, from, on, to)
What are prepositions?
this stands for
F A N B O Y S
What are coordinating conjunctions?
used to describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs (slowly, utterly, very)
What are adverbs?
CASE: me, you, them
What are objective pronouns?
bookshelf, airport, cowboy, bus stop, sister-in-law, sunrise
What are compound nouns?
a capital letter, a noun, a verb, a complete thought, and punctuation
What are the 5 characteristics of a complete sentence?
words used to introduce dependent clauses (after, because)
What are subordinating conjunctions?
(either, or; neither, nor)
What are correlative conjunctions?
CASE: my, your, their
What are possessive pronouns?
used to combine related sentences, and separating lists
What are semi-colons?
use these separating list, with quotes, with salutations, or relating numbers
What are colons?
a short line that links together 2 words or word parts (compound nouns, words with prefixes, numbers)
What are hyphens?
these are used when quoting someone's writings or words verbatim
What are quotation marks?
use these for possessive nouns, contractions, and shortened numbers & words
What are apostrophes?
mother-in-law, two-year-old, merry-go-round, goody-goody
What are compound nouns?
use this with titles of longer works, ships and aircrafts, important words, and foreign terms
What are italics?
use this with sentences, proper nouns, course titles, acronyms, salutations, and proper adjectives
What is capitalization?
these are used to show information has been removed from a quotation
What are ellipses?
these come in pairs; used to add minor details within parentheses or quotation marks
What are brackets?
these come in pairs; used to add interesting or non-essential information to a sentence
What are parentheses?