ELA
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Created by:
Gorgeous_Evie on October 11, 2011
Subjects:
things u will see on a english test
Description:
it ela plp what else do u think it is!!?
Classes:
Epic Plp Here, Spanish group!, FRA
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 noun | names a person, place, thing, or idea |
| pronoun | A word used to replace a noun. He, she, it, I, we |
| interjection | the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts |
| conjunction | A word that connects other words, phrases, or sentences (and, but, or, because ). |
| verb | a content word that denotes an action or a state |
| adverb | the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses |
| adjetive | A word that modifies a noun or pronoun. |
| clauses | group of words with a subject and verb |
| phrase | a group of related words that is used as a single part of speech and that does not contain both a verb and its subject |
| preposition | a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word |
| dependent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb |
| independant clause | expresses a complete thought an can stand by itself as a sentence |
| gerund | a verb form that ends in -ing and is used as a noun |
| participle | a verb form that can act as the main verb in a verb phrase or as an adjective to modify a noun or a pronoun |
| predicate | The part of a sentence containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g. went home in John went home) |
| subject | Every sentence needs a subject. A noun or a pronoun is the subject of a sentence. The subject is what the sentence is about, and it is what is DOING the action (the verb). |
| infinitive | a verb that functions as a noun or adjective; the word TO precedes the verb in an infinitive; example: Someday, I would like TO WRITE beautiful poetry. |
| "fanboys" | FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO |
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