7 & 8 Flashcards
plural noun is shown how
Xs
students
singular possessive
X’s
student’s
plural possessive’s
Xs’
students’
plural word not ending in s
X’s
children’s
what is a sentence
set of words that contain a subject, verb and a complete thought
independent clauses
can stand alone as a sentence
jenna isn’t hungry
dependent clause
subject + verb but no complete thought
cannot stand alone
begin with subordinating conjunctions
although he didn’t like my idea
while sam and jenna were playing
phrase
group of words that work in a sentence but no subject/verb/ complete thought
filled with joy
the girl jumping up and down
prepositional phrases
can be placed in beginning, middle or end
for, from, by with, into
participial phrases
present partiple-ing verb / past participle - ed or n form of verb
pronouns of them is what clause
Independent clause
many of them use the internet
pronouns + of whom or of which
is what clause
dependent clause
many of whom use the internet
coordinating conjunctions function
Join two independent clauses
IC, FANBOYs IC
fanboys stands for
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
subordinating conjunction
starts of a dependent clause
because whenever before after while since when although though despite
