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What is an auxiliary verb?
A word that comes after a noun. There are only two auxiliary verbs; have & has.
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What are commas used for?
To separate clauses and to show a list.
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What is a co-coordinating conjunction?
A conjunction that joins two main clauses together.
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What is a subordinating conjunction?
A conjunction that joins one main clause and one subordinate clause together.
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What is an adverb?
A word that describes a verb.
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Does a prefix come first or last?
A prefix comes first.
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Does the suffix go first or last?
A suffix comes last.
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What is perfect present?
A sentence that is in the present tense and has an auxiliary verb.
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How do you use a hyphen?
By selecting two words and throwing in a hyphen to turn it into one word.
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What are colons used for?
To show the beginning of a list.
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What is past participle?
It's the same thing as present perfect.
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What is a determiner?
A word that determines a noun, e.g. I had a few sweets. The determiner is few.
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What are fronted adverbials?
A word or a phrase that comes at the beginning of a sentence, e.g. As fast as I could, I ran to the finish line. The fronted adverbial is 'as fast as I could.
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What is past progressive?
When, in the sentence, a past tense word is used and the verb is present tense, e.g. I was jumping. 'Was' is in the past tense and 'jumping' is in the present tense
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What is an adverbial phrase?
It's a phrase in a sentence what the adverb is describing, e.g. The builders built the house joyfully. 'Built the house joyfully' is the adverbial phrase.
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What are commas used for?

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To separate clauses and to show a list.

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What is a co-coordinating conjunction?

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Card 4

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What is a subordinating conjunction?

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Card 5

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What is an adverb?

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