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24 Cards in this Set
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These words name people, places, and things.
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Nouns
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These words take the place of the words that name people, places, and things.
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Pronouns
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"Action words" generally describe this part of speech.
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Verb
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Adjectives are words that describe what two kinds of words?
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Nouns and Pronouns
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Lowest, old, and funny are all examples of what kind of words?
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Adjectives
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Am, is, are, and was are all example of the verb ______.
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BE
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In the sentence, "I am sad"....the word sad is a(n)_______.
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Adjective
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These are words that describe adjectives, adverbs, and verbs.
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Adverbs
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Of, with, and for are short words that are knows as _______.
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Prepositions
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Joining words; like and, but, and or are called _______.
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Conjunctions
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The heart and core of written communication is the ______.
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Sentence
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The sentence is made what two parts?
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Subject and Verb
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In the sentence, "You do a great job." The word "You" is the what?
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Subject
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A clause is a group of words that have a ____ and a ____.
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Subject and Verb
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A clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence is called an _______.
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Independent Clause
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Name the part of speech of the word in parentheses in this sentence:
Mary (went) to the store earlier. |
Verb
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
(Johnny) is the only student in class. |
Noun
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
I used to have a pretty (red) wagon. |
Adjective
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
Joni is (short). |
Adjective
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
The (faster) we ran, the quicker we got there. |
Adverb
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
Bill (and) Mary walked to the store together. |
Conjunction
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
I went to the store (with) my Dad. |
Preposition
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
(she) is very smart. |
Pronoun
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Name the part of speech of the underlined word in this sentence:
(They) are not my friends. |
Pronoun
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