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1. A word that names a person - place - or thing.

2. A sentence that begins with the main idea and then attaches modifiers - qualifiers - and additional details.

3. A sentence that expresses the main idea at the end.

4. A verb that combines with the main verb to show differences in tense - person - and voice. The most common auxiliaries are forms of BE - DO and HAVE. [I AM going; we DID not go]

5. A verb that joins the subject of a sentence to its complement. [They WERE ecstatic.]

6. A word that relates its object to another word in the sentence. [She is the leader OF our group.]

7. The name of a particular person - place or thing.

8. A feature of nouns - pronouns - and a few verbs referring to singular or plural.

9. A noun or noun phrase that renames or adds identifying information to a noun it immediately follows. [His brother - AN ACCOUNTANT WITH ARTHUR ANDERSON - was recently promoted]

10. A verbal that functions as an adjective. Present participles end in -ING; past - -D - -ED; or -EN. Other forms: BROKEN

11. A word or phrase (especially a noun or adjective that completes the predicate. [Martha is my NEIGHBOUR.]

12. A group of words that is not grammatically a complete sentence but is punctuated as one: BECAUSE IT MATTERED GREATLY.

13. A verb that does not take a direct object. [His nerve FAILED.]

14. A group of related words that functions as a unit but lacks a subject - verb - or both. WITHOUT THE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE.

15. Any of the verbs that combine with the main verb to express necessity [MUST] - obligation [SHOULD] - permission [MAY] - probability [MIGHT] - possibility [COULD] - ability [CAN] - or tentativeness [WOULD].

16. A group of related words that contains a subject and predicate. [MOTHS SWARM around a burning candle.]

17. A word that joins words - phrases - clauses - or sentences. [For - And - Nor - But - Or - Yet - So --> FANBOYS]

18. Correlative conjunctions [BOTH - AND; EITHER - OR; NEITHER - NOR] join the same kinds of elements (as conjunctions)

19. The verb and its related words in a clause or sentence. The predicate expresses what the subject does - experiences - or is. [Birds FLY.]

20. A word or group of words that expresses the action or indicates the state of being of the subject. Verbs ACTIVATE sentences.

21. A word that modifies or otherwise qualifies a verb - an adjective - or another adverb. [Gestures GRACEFULLY]

22. A group of words with a subject and verb that can stand alone as a sentence. [RACCOONS STEAL FOOD.]

23. A present or past participle with accompanying modifiers - objects or complements.

24. A noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb. [Pearson publishes BOOKS.]

25. A word or expression appropriate to informal conversation but not usually suitable for academic or business writing. [They wanted to GET EVEN.]

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