Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. grammar
A. An abrupt excited utterance
2. preposition
B. A function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase (plural)
3. noun
C. The word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
4. adjective
D. A string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
5. verb
E. The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses
6. adverb
F. A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb (plural)
7. clause
G. The word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition
8. conjunction
H. A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
9. subordinate
I. Marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
10. coordinating
J. A whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
11. agreement
K. An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
12. modifiers
L. To bring order and organization to
13. pronouns
M. The mark used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
14. complex
N. A function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a ___ phrase
15. compound
O. A punctuation mark used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure
16. sentence
P. The statement of an exchange of promises
17. possessive
Q. The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology
18. proper
R. The word class that qualifies nouns
19. question
S. The case expressing ownership
20. comma
T. An amount of time
21. period
U. A word that is more specific than a given word
22. quotation
V. A conceptual whole made up of ___ and related parts
23. apostrophe
W. A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
24. exclamation
X. An expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence