Grammar?

Define a noun

• a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ).

• a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in “the man on the platform,” “she arrived after dinner,” “what did you do it for ?”.

• a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, things or ideas

• a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this ).

Define a verb

• a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ).

• a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

• a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this ).

• a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.

Define Pronoun

• a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.

• a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this ).

• a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ).

• a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g., and, but, if ).

Define adverb

• a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ).

• a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

• a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause, as in “the man on the platform,” “she arrived after dinner,” “what did you do it for ?”.

• a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, things or ideas

An example of a phrase would be...

• by the lake.
• The ball is by the lake.
• The snake slithered away.
• I love to read long, romantic novels.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.4.1E

Choose the correct definition of phrase.

• A group of words with a subject and a verb. 
• Please bring me ice cream. 
• A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
• A group of words without a subject and a verb. 

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.4.1E

Choose the correct definition of clause.

• A group of words without a subject and a verb.
• A group of words with a subject and a verb. 
• because she smiled at him.
• A state that will cause something else to happen.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Please tell us if this is a misplaced or dangling modifier.
Caution, pedestrians slippery when wet.

• Dangling
• Misplaced
• Nothing is wrong with this sentence.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which sentence is punctuated correctly, using a comma to separate coordinating adjectives?

• His mild casual approach, sets customers at ease. 
• Driving on the rocky hilly driveway gives, me a headache.
• My sister's favorite animal at the zoo was the little gray elephant.
• Evan has an organized, tidy room.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Decide if the following is a phrase, independent clause, or dependent clause....
"While she went to the beach."

• Phrase
• Independent Clause
• Dependent Clause

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B