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- 4. Mood The mood of the verb used in ordinary statements: stating a fact, expressing an opinion, asking a question.
- 7. Pronoun A pronoun that takes the place of a noun phrase to show ownership.
- 8. Used to modify verbs. They are used to express when, where, how, for what reason, or to what degree an action is performed.
- 10. A punctuation mark indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma.
- 11. A prefix, suffix, or infix: a word element (or morpheme) that can be attached to a base or root to form a new word.
- 13. Sentence A sentence that expresses strong feelings by making an exclamation.
- 14. A word used to connect words, phrases or clauses.
- 16. Punctuation marks used to set off a word or phrase after an independent clause or to set off a parenthetical remark.
- 17. Punctuation marks used to separate elements in a sentence in order to mark off explanatory or qualifying remarks in writing.
- 18. Sentence A sentence that asks a question.
- 19. Object A noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb.
- 20. The grammatical connection of two or more ideas to give them equal emphasis and importance.
- 27. Words, phrases, and clauses that make one element of a sentence dependent on (or subordinate to) another.
- 31. The smallest, meaningful unit of sound.
- 32. Sentence A sentence that contains at least two independent clauses, often joined by a conjunction.
- 34. Describing words. They are used either before or after a noun (or a pronoun) to modify its meaning.
- 35. A group of words that contain a subject and a predicate.
- 38. A word which preceded a noun (or a pronoun) to show the noun’s (or the pronoun’s) relationship to another word in the sentence.
- 40. Punctuation marks used between the parts of a compound word or name or between the syllables of a word when divided at the end of a line.
- 42. Voice A quality of a verb that describes when its subject is acting out the verb. A verb is said to be in active voice when the subject performs the verb.
- 44. The time of a verb’s action or state of being, such as past, present, and future.
- 45. Voice A quality of a verb that describes when the subject of a sentence is acted upon by the verb. A verb is said to be in the passive voice when its subject does not perform the action of the verb.
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- 1. Clause A group of words that begins with a relative pronoun or a subordinating conjunction. A dependent clause has both a subject and a verb but (unlike an independent clause) cannot stand alone as a sentence.
- 2. A letter or group of letters attached to the beginning of a word that partly indicates its meaning.
- 3. Sentence A sentence that makes a statement.
- 5. Clause A group of words with a subject and a predicate that can stand alone as a sentence.
- 6. A word or a group of words that introduces a noun.
- 9. A punctuation mark used to indicate that a writer is introducing a quotation or a list of items or that a writer is separating two clauses of which the second expands or illustrates the first.
- 12. A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word or root (i.e., a base form), serving to form a new word or functioning as an inflectional ending.
- 14. Sentence A sentence that contains at least one independent clause and one dependent clause.
- 15. Punctuation marks indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large numeral.
- 17. Phrase A group of words made up of a preposition, its objects, and any of the objects modifiers.
- 21. Object A noun or pronoun that indicates to whom or for whom the action of a verb in a sentence is performed.
- 22. A punctuation mark used to indicate possession, time expressions, or contractions.
- 23. Words used to express strong feeling or sudden emotion. They are included in a sentence (usually at the start) to express a sentiment such as surprise, disgust, joy, excitement, or enthusiasm.
- 24. The part of the sentence that indicates what it is about.
- 25. One of the two main parts of a sentence or clause, modifying the subject and including the verb, objects, or phrases governed by the verb.
- 26. They replace nouns.
- 27. Mood The mood of a verb expressing wishes, stipulating demands, or making statements contrary to fact.
- 28. Mood The form of the verb that makes direct commands and requests.
- 29. A type of determiner that precedes a noun.
- 30. A word for a person, place, or thing. Everything we can see or talk about is represented by a word which names it. That “naming word” is called a noun.
- 33. The smallest, meaningful unit of structure.
- 36. marks Punctuation marks indicating the exact words spoken or written, for the names of things like books, or to express the idea of alleged or so-called.
- 37. A verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun.
- 39. A group of words that expresses a complete idea.
- 41. Sentence A sentence with only one independent clause.
- 43. Action words. A verb can express a physical action, a mental action, or a state of being.