Unit 1 Grammar Flashcards

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Collective Noun

Back

def: a noun that refers to a group as a whole

ex: board, team, squad, herd

NOT players, students, people, etc

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Proper Noun

Back

Specific

Names and titles

NOT ADJECTIVES

Always Capitalized

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Common Noun

Back

person, place, or thing

vague

ex: men, lover, tree

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Personal Pronoun

Back

def: takes the place of a noun

her, I, we, they

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Possessive Pronoun

Back

def: a pronoun that shows ownership

ex: her, their, his, our

its not it's

it's = it is

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Concrete Noun

Back

def: refers to the 5 senses

ex: aroma, music, wind, food, light

Front

Abstract Noun

Back

def: ideas and emotions

ex: love, justice, value

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Action Verb

Back

def: an action/ something you can do mentally or physically

ex: thinking, running, pushed, will leave

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Linking Verb

Back

def: a verb that "links" the subject of a sentence to a description

ex: The family will be together again for Christmas.

family is connected to together