5th Grade Grammar

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Noun

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A person, place, thing, or idea

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Pronoun

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A word that takes the place of a noun

he, her, we, them, my, etc.

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Verb

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action or being word

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Subject of a sentence

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who or what is doing the action/verb

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Adjective

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describes a noun

fluffy, cute, round, weird, purple, etc.

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Adverb

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describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb

usually ends in "-ly"

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Besides a capital letter and punctuation at the end, what 3 things does a proper sentence need?

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subject, verb, and complete thought

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Independent clause

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Can stand on its own as a sentence

I went outside

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Dependent clause

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has a subject and verb but not a complete thought; usually starts with a subordinating conjunction

When it was sunny

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Simple sentence

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1 independent clause

The birds sing.