DGP- monday

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a, an, the

conjunctive adverb

adverb that helps connect two clauses must be used with a semicolon: however, then, therefore, also, furthermore, nevertheless, thus, etc.

interrogative pronoun

asks a question: Which? Whose? What? Whom? Who?

demonstrative pronoun

demonstrates which one: this, that, these, those

Indefinite pronoun

doesn't refer to a definite person or thing: each, either, neither, few, some, all, most, several, few, Dffiy, none, one, someone, no one, everyone, anyone, somebody, nobody, everybody, anybody, more, much, another, both, any, other, etc.

interjection

expresses emotion but has no real connection with the rest of the sentence: set apart from sentence by comma or exclamation point

Conjunction

joins words, phrases, and clauses

linking verb

links two words together can be linking: is, be, am, are, was, were, been, being, appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, etc.

singular objective pronoun

me, you, him, her, it

Adverb

modifies adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs: tells How? When? Where? To what extent? Not, Never

Adjective

modifies nouns and pronouns: tells Which one? How many? What kind?

singular possessive pronoun

my, your, his, her, its, mine, yours

Common noun

names a general noun; begins with lower case lette

Proper noun

names a specific noun; begins with capital letter

correlative conjunction

not only/but also, neither/nor, eitherlor, both/and

plural possessive pronoun

our, yow, their, ours, yours, theirs

Noun

person, place, thing, idea

proper adjective

proper noun used as an adjective

reflexive pronoun

reflects back to "self': myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yolrselves, themselves

action verb

shows action

Verb

shows action or helps to make a statement

Possessive noun

shows ownership

Preposition

shows relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence: across, after, against, around, at, before, below, between, by, during, except, for, from, in, of, off, on, over, since, through, to, under, until, with, according to,because of, instead of etc.

relative pronoun

starts adj. dependent clauses: that, which, who, whom, whose

subordinating conjunction

starts adv. dependent clauses (and therefore must be followed by subject and verb): after, since, before, while, because, although, so that, if, when, whenever, as, even though, until, unless, as if, etc.

noun clause identifier

starts noun dependent clauses: may or may not fiunction as part of the noun dependent clause r that, who, whether, why, what, how, when, where, whom, whoever, etc.

Pronoun

takes the place of a noun

infinitive

to + verb can act like noun, adjective, or adverb

plural objective pronoun

us, you, them

Participle

verb acting like adjective ends in -ing or -ed (or other past tense ending)

Gerund

verb acting like noun ends in -ing

plural nominative pronoun

we, you, they

Verbal

word formed from a verb but acting as a noun, adjective, or adverb

Helping verb

"helps" an action verb or linking verb: If a verb phrase has four verbs, the first three are helping. If it has three verbs, the first two are helping. And so on. can be helping: is, be, am, are) was, were, been, being, will, would, can, could, shall, should, ffi&y, might, must, have, has, had, do, does, did

coordinating conjunction

FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)

Singular nominative pronoun

I, you, he, she, it