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What is the definition of a noun?
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.
What do we do at the beginning of a sentence?
What is the editing mark for it?
We capitalize the first word of a sentence. The editing mark is three lines below the letter.
What is a complement?
A complement is the word/s needed to complete the meaning of a sentence.
What is the definition of penniless?
The definition of penniless is without a cent of money.
What are the two ways of classifying a sentence?
The two ways of classifying sentences are by purpose, and by structure.
What is the definition of a verb?
A verb asserts something about the subject, it tells what the subject does, did, or will do.
What does a normal sentence pattern look like?
A normal pattern sentence pattern has a subject followed by a verb.
What is another word for a verb?
Another word for a verb is a predicate.
What is the definition of dozed?
The definition of dozed is slept lightly.
What is a clause?
A clause is one unit of complete subject and a complete predicate.
What is the definition of adjective?
An adjective modifies a noun and describes that noun or limits its meaning.
What does an indentation signify?
An indentations signifies the beginning of a new paragraph.
What are the article adjectives?
The three article adjectives are the, an, and a.
What is the definition of guarding?
The definition of guarding is watching over and keeping safe.
What is a dependent clause?
A dependent clause is not a complete thought by itself. It must be joined to the main clause.
What is the definition of adverb?
An adverb modifies a verb and describes how, when, where, or to what degree the action of the verb is done.
When do we use end marks?
What are the three main end marks?
We use end marks at the end of a sentence. The three main end marks are periods, question marks, and exclamation marks.
What are all the helping verbs?
Helping verbs. Helping verbs.
There are 23.
Am, is are, was, and were.
Being, been, and be
Oh!
Has, have, had
Do, does, did.
Shall, will, should, and would,
There are 5 more helping verbs:
May, might, must, can, could!
What is the definition of a pronoun
A pronoun takes the place of a noun.
What are the six limiting adjectives?
The six limiting adjectives are interrogative, demonstrative, imperative, numerical, article, and indefinite.
What are the definitions of a linking verb and an action verb?
What are the five main things a complete sentence needs?
The five main things a complete sentence needs are capitalization, end marks, a subject, a verb, and a complete thought.
What is an antecedent?
An antecedent is the noun that the pronoun takes the place of.
What is another word for helping verb?
Another word for helping verb is auxiliary verb.
What are the four different ways of classifying a sentence by purpose?
The four ways of classifying a sentence by purpose are declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory.