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- 2. A syntactic structure that contains one or more words but does not contain both a subject and a verb; may fill the subject or predicate slot in a sentence and be combined to form a sentence
- 5. What is the auxiliary verb in the sentence "Jane will see a shooting star tonight."?
- 10. A word that takes the place of a noun; major categories include personal, demonstrative, indefinite, relative, and interrogative
- 13. A "be" verb when it stands alone as a main verb and does not require an object (e.g., "I am hungry.")
- 14. Adding -s or -es to a noun changes the form of the noun to make it a __________ noun.
- 15. One of the determiners; is either definite (the) or indefinite (a, an)
- 16. The three cases of personal pronouns are nominative, objective, and ________________.
- 17. The recipient of an action in a clause or sentence (e.g., "Mary baked THE CAKE.")
- 19. The noun to which a pronoun refers
- 22. A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea; can be common or proper
- 23. A class of words that provides additional information about nouns, pronouns, and verbs; is generally either an adjective or an adverb.
- 24. An "action word" in a sentence; describes what is done to a noun or pronoun or describes a state of being or existence
- 25. A syntactic structure that contains a subject and a predicate
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- 1. The present participle form of a verb used as a noun (e.g., "Singing helps me express myself.")
- 3. Of the following compound nouns, which is considered a closed noun when represented in written form? (possible answers: sister-in-law, vice president, hotdog)
- 4. Is, seems, appears, feels, and became are examples of _______________ verbs.
- 6. A verb form that is the bare stem of a verb preceded by "to" (e.g., "I love TO DANCE.")
- 7. In the sentence, "She ran around the track.," what work is the adverb/prepositional phrase "around the track" accomplishing? (Possible answers: time, location, frequency, manner)
- 8. The three tenses of the verb "to be" are simple, __________________, and perfect.
- 9. What is the adjective in the sentence "We will have apple pie for dessert."?
- 11. True or False: Proper nouns precede common nouns in a speaker's lexicon.
- 12. What is the comparitive form of the word "hungry"?
- 18. In the sentence, "She is a beautiful person.," which word is the adjective?
- 20. Information depicted by the verb in a clause or sentence that refers to time
- 21. What is the time adverb in the sentence "We've been waiting forever for the show to start."