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- What type of word modifies nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying?

Adjective

- What type of word or phrase modifies an adjective, verb, or another adverb, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ).

Adverb

- "In, out, around, about" are examples of what kind of phrases?

Preposition phrase

- What is a string of two or more words, with a subject and a verb?

Clause

Ex. When the saints go marching in

Ex. Obediah Simpson is uglier than a rabid raccoon.

- What is a string of two or more words, that do not have a subject and a verb?

Phrase

Ex. because of her glittering smile

Ex. broken into thousands of pieces

- What is used to separate a quotation from interrupting text?

Comma

- "The (definite)" and "A & an (indefinite)" are examples of what kind of adjectives?

Article

- Words ending in Ise or Ize. What are the 6 that are difficult to remember?

A small number of words end with ise. Most of the words in the English language with the same sound end in ize.

Disguise, excise, exercise, incise, revise, televise.

- 3 words that end with ceed?

The 1 word in english that ends in sede are exceed proceed, and succeed.

- "Person, place, thing, animal, idea, or feeling" are examples of noun .

- What are the 3 types of verbs?

Linking Verb

are intransitive verbs that show a condition (ie the subject is desicrbed but does no action) eg: I am John. Or, I smell roses.

Phrasal verbs

verb+particle combinations that count as one verb, e.g.take out, put on

Auxiliary Verbs

Helping verbs, do, doing, did

precede main verb and help build verb phrases

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