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nouns/pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives/Adverbs
Prepositions
Interjections
Conjunctions
Mystery
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What is a noun? What is a pronoun
noun = person, place, thing, and idea pronouns = words that take place of a noun
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A word to express an action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
100
modifies nouns and pronouns modifies verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
What are Adjectives? What are Adverbs?
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in South America.
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence? Brazil is the largest country in South America.
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It expresses an action that may be either physical or mental.
What is an action verb?
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What are the common/proper nouns in this paragraph? What are the common/proper nouns in this paragraph? They flew to New York in steamy June, left their 17 suitcases and Liyana's violin stored at the airport, and spent one day lugging stuffed backpacks around to the Emire State Building and riding up to the inside of the Statue of Liberty's head. - Excerpt from Habibi, by Naomi Shihab Nye
New York June suitcases violin airport day backpacks Empire State Building inside head
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(is) painting
Present verb = paint Present participle = ?
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Adverb
In this sentance, "yesterday" is a what? Adjective or Adverb? We took a field trip yesterday.
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-- I will know.
List 10 prepositions.
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Whom
Who? or Whom? With ____ did the soloist train?
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List 3 compound nouns, and 3 collective nouns.
compound- airport, keyboard, daydream, superhero collective- audience, family, group, herd, chorus
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1. gives writing energy -focuses of the subject- makes writing forceful - less wordy 2. if you don't know who performed the action or if you don't want to emphasize the performer
What are the benefits of active voice? What about passive voice?
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more = any no = any without no= any
What are the double negatives in the paragraph? Why haven't more people never heard of the London Gate Bridge? Suprisingly, many tourists haven't made no plans to visit it. It has survived with no damage.
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coordinating conjunctions
What is FANBOYS called?
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class's pet
's or s'-- a pet belonging to class
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List one of each- possessive pronouns - indefinite pronouns - demonstrative pronouns - interrogative pronouns - reflexive/intensive pronouns
possessive- her, its, our, theirs, mine, ours, your, my, their indefinite- all, any, none, both, few, some, several demonstrative- that, these, this, those interrogative- What? Which? Who? Whom? Whose? r/i- herself, myself, ourselves, themselves, itself
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writing
A gerund acts like a noun. What is the gerund in the sentance? Jana's writing is sloppy.
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Maria heard the kitten meowing.
What is the misplaced modifier in the sentance? How do we correct it? Meowing, Maria heard the kitten.
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hooray, oh, ugh, well, wow
List 5 interjections.
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They had watched the dogs.
What is the sentence in a past participle form? Past- They watched the dogs. Past Participle- ?
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What is correct? Who or Whom? 1. The actor ____ we met was nice. 2. ____ is coming to the show?
1. Whom 2. Who
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to leave
An infinitive has a word "to" and then a verb. What is the infinitive in the sentance? The campers are ready to leave.
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Peering hard, I saw Mars.
What do we do to correct the dangling modifier in the sentence? Peering hard, Mars was visible.
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and
What is the coordinating conjunction in the sentance. Plants and animals are made up of cells.
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to keep us warm
What is the infinitive phrase? Wool socks will help to keep us warm.