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English grammar and composition

Terms in this set (18)

Noun
a word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, quality or idea
Pronoun
a word that substitutes for a noun
Verb
a word that expresses action, existence, or occurrence
Adjective
a word that describes a noun
Adverb
a word that modifies anything except a noun or pronoun
Preposition
a word that introduces a phrase and shows the relationship between the object of the phrase and some other word in the sentence
Conjunction
a word that joins words phrases or clauses
Interjection
an exclamatory word not grammatically related to the words in the sentence
Subject
the unit in a sentence about which something is said
Predicate
the unit in a sentence that says something about the subject
Articles
the name for special words a an and the which often appear before nouns
Common Noun
an uncapitalized noun form that refers to any member of a group or class
Proper noun
a capitalized noun form that refers to a particular individual in a group or class
Singular
a word form that denotes only one
Plural
a word form that denotes more than one
Possessive
a word form that denotes ownership
Prefix
a unit added to the beginning of a word
Suffix
a unit added to the end of a word
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