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1. The attribute of a verb that indicates whether its subject is active [Janet PLAYED the guitar]

2. The noun to which a pronoun refers. A pronoun and its antecedent must agree in person - number - and gender. [Michael and HIS teammates moved off campus]

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

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

5. The noun or pronoun that completes a prepositional phrase or the meaning of a transitive verb.

6. 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].

7. A word that modifies - quantifies - or otherwise describes a noun or pronoun. [DRIZZLY November]

8. The noun or pronoun that indicates what a sentence is about - and which the principal verb of a sentence elaborates.

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

10. A noun or pronoun that indicates to whom or for whom - to what or for what the action of a transitive verb is performed. [I asked HER a question.]

11. A group of words that includes a subject and verb but is subordinate to an independent clause in a sentence. [IF - BECAUSE - SINCE - etc...]

12. 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]

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

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

15. A pronoun that refers to an unspecified person (ANYBODY) or thing (SOMETHING)

16. A phrase that functions as an adverb. [Landon laughs WITH ABANDON]

17. A clause introduced by a relative pronoun - such as WHO - WHICH - THAT - or by a relative adverb - such as WHERE - WHEN - WHY.

18. The order or arrangement of words in a sentence.

19. The form of a noun or pronoun that reflects its grammatical function in a sentence as subject (THEY) - object (THEM) - or possessor (THEIR).

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

21. A verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning: they WASHED their new car.

22. The case of nouns and pronouns that indicates ownership or possession.

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

24. 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]

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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