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the set of words that are familiar within a language
VOCABULARY
is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of sentences, phrases, and words.
GRAMMAR
That's why when they give you a spelling test it's on single words.
Vocabulary
is the words used in the sentence
Vocabulary
is using like commas, periods, etc. The structuring of a sentence.
Grammar
A word used to refer to a noun, usually used to avoid
PRONOUN
The name of a person, place, or thing.
NOUN
pronoun that refers to a nonspecific person or thing
Indefinite Pronoun
A pronoun used to identify or point to a noun
Demonstrative Pronoun
pronoun ending in -self, myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
Intensive or Reflexive Pronoun
what kind of pronoun
All, Another, Any, Anybody, Anyone, Both, Each, Either Everybody, Everyone, Everything, Few, Many, Neither Nobody, None, No One, Nothing, One, Some, Somebody, Someone, Something
Indefinite Pronoun
It often names the receiver of an action.
Intensive or Reflexive Pronoun
what kind of pronoun
(Who, Whom, Whose, Which, What)
Interrogative Pronoun
A pronoun used to begin a question
Interrogative Pronoun
what kind of pronoun
I, Me, You, She, Her, Me, Mine, Your, Yours, Her, Hers, His, Its, Our, Ours, Their, Theirs
Personal Pronoun
Pronouns used to refer to a specific person or thing.
Personal Pronoun
What kind of pronoun
My, Mine, Your, Yours, Her, Hers, His, Its, Our, Ours, Your,Yours, Their, Theirs
Possessive Pronoun
A pronoun used to indicate ownership
Personal Pronoun
What kind of pronoun
Who, Whom, Whose, Which, That
Relative Pronoun
One of the following, when used to introduce an adjective clause.
Relative Pronoun
A word that expresses action
VERB
usually answer one of these questions: Which one? What kind of? How many or how much?
ADJECTIVE
A word used to modify (describe) a noun or pronoun
ADJECTIVE
usually answer the questions: When? Where? How? Why? Under what conditions? To what degree?
ADVERB
A word used to modify a verb, an adjective
ADVERB
indicates the relationship between the noun and the word the phrase modifies.
PREPOSITION
A word placed before a noun to form a phrase modifying (describing) another word in the sentence.
PREPOSITION
begins with a preposition which introduces a noun form.
prepositional phrase
A joining word
CONJUNCTION
Either... or, Neither.. .nor, Whether... or, Not only... but also, and both, and.
Correlative Conjunction
A pair of conjunctions connecting grammatically equal elements.
Correlative Conjunction
And, Or, But
Coordinating Conjunction
Connects two words or parts of a sentence
Coordinating Conjunction
After, Although, As, As if, Because, Before, Even Though, If, Since, So That, Than, That, Though, Unless, Until, When, Where, Whether, and While.
Subordinating Conjunction
A word that introduces a subordinate clause and indicates its relation to the rest of the sentence.
Subordinating Conjunction
Consequently, furthermore, however, moreover, nevertheless, then, therefore, and thus
Conjunctive Adverb
An adverb used with a semicolon to connect independent clauses.
Conjunctive Adverb
a, an, the (modifies noun);
ARTICLE
the
definite article
a
indefinite article
A word expressing surprise or emotion
INTERJECTIONS
An Indo-European language to the West Germanic branch, the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries.
English
It is utilized by the largest number of the people of many nations in all the five continents in the world.
English
occupies the prestigious place of an international language.
English
is the most widely spoken and written languages of the world.
English
THE PURPOSE OF GRAMMAR
Clarity of meaning
Readability
Credibility
TYPES OF ERRORS
Wrong-word errors
Punctuation errors
Usage errors
TYPES OF WRONG-WORD ERRORS
Spelling and Typographic Mistakes;
Don’t just rely on spell check!;
When a word, phrase, or sentence has more than one
Ambiguous
main idea that serves the purpose and is relevant to your audience
ideas