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  • Which means "to put or place something"? Lie or lay?
    Lay means to put or place something.
  • ___ are used at the end of direct questions.
    Question marks.
  • Name the two systems used to organize books in libraries.
    Dewey Decimal System and Library of Congress.
  • What is the function of gerunds?
    Gerunds function as nouns only.
  • Name the complements that can come after action verbs.
    Direct object and indirect objects.
  • Name the three degrees of comparison.
    Positive, comparative, superlative
  • What type of sentence has TWO INDEPENDENT clauses?
    Compound sentences.
  • What type of sentence has ONLY ONE independent clause?
    Simple sentence
  • What are the two types of outlines?
    Topic outline and sentence outline
  • Name the types of clauses.
    Dependent and independent
  • Name the complements that can come after linking verbs.
    Predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives
  • Name the types of dependent clauses.
    Noun, adjective, and adverb clause.
  • What is a noun?
    A person, place, thing or idea.
  • What is the function of participles?
    Participles function as adjectives only.
  • Which words do adverbs modify?
    Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
  • List the 8 parts of speech.
    Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection
  • What differentiates a phrase from a cluase?
    Phrases do not have a subject and a verb like clauses do.
  • What are the functions of infinitives?
    Infinitives can function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
  • What is a verb?
    A word that expresses action.
  • Name three tenses of verbs.
    Present, past, future, present perfect, past perfect, or future perfect
  • What type of sentence has TWO independent clauses and ONE OR MORE dependent clauses?
    Compound-complex sentences.
  • Name the steps of the writing process in order
    Plan, Write, Rewrite, Edit
  • What type sentence has ONE independent clause and ONE OR MORE dependent clauses?
    Complex sentences.
  • Name the cases of personal pronouns and their functions.
    Nominative (S and PN), Objective, (IO, DO and OP), Possessive (ownership or possession)