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25 Cards in this Set
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A ____ is a word that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. |
NOUN |
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Nouns can be singular or plural, depending on whether they name one person, place, thing, or idea or more than one. |
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS |
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The possessive form of a noun can show possession, ownership, or the general relationship between two nouns |
POSSESSIVE NOUNS |
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A ___________ noun is a noun made of two or more words. __________ nouns may be open, hyphenated, or closed. |
COMPOUND NOUNS |
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A ___________ noun names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses (sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch). |
CONCRETE NOUNS |
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An ___________ noun names an idea, a quality, or a characteristic |
ABSTRACT NOUNS |
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A __________ noun is the general – not the particular – name of a person, place, thing, or idea. |
COMMON NOUN |
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A _________ noun is the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. |
PROPER NOUN |
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A _____________ noun is singular in form but names a group. |
COLLECTIVE NOUN |
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A __________ is a word that takes the place of a noun, a group of words acting as a noun, or another pronoun. |
PRONOUN |
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A _________ ________refers to a specific person, place, thing, or idea by indicating the person speaking (the first person), the person or people being spoken to (the second person), or any other person, place, thing, or idea being discussed (the third person). |
PERSONAL PRONOUN |
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A __________ __________ takes the place of the possessive form of a noun. |
POSSESSIVE PRONOUN |
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__________ and _________ _________ are formed by adding –self or selves to certain personal and possessive pronouns. |
REFLEXIVE AND INTENSIVE PRONOUNS |
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________ ___________ refers, or reflects back, to the subject of the sentence, indicating that the same person or thing is involved. A __________ _________ always adds information to a sentence. |
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS |
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An ___________ ___________ adds emphasis to another noun or pronoun in the same sentence. |
INTENSIVE PRONOUNS |
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A ______________ ____________ points out specific persons, places, things, or ideas |
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS |
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An _________ _________ is used to form questions. |
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN |
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____ and ______ are used to ask questions where the answer is expected to be a person |
WHO AND WHOM |
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____ is used as a subject. |
Who |
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______ is used as an object. |
Whom |
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________ is used to ask questions about possessions, ownership, or a relationship. |
WHOSE |
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_______ is used to ask about things. |
WHAT |
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_______ is used to show a choice among two or more items. |
WHICH |
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A _________ _________ is used to begin a special subject-verb group called a subordinate clause. |
RELATIVE PRONOUN |
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An ____________ _________ refers to persons, places, things, or ideas, in a more general way than a noun does. |
INDEFINITE PRONOUN |
