Chapter 1 Test Flashcards
The type of sentence that makes a statement
Declarative
The type of sentence that asks a question
Interrogative
The type of sentence that gives a command or making a request
Imperative
The type of sentence that expresses strong emotion
Exlamatory
Tells whom or what the sentence is about
Subject
Makes a statement about the subject
Predicate
The main word or words of the subject
Simple Subject
The simple subject and all of the words that modify it
Complete Subject
The main word or words of the predicate
Simple Predicate
The verb and all the other words that tell what the subject is or what the subject is doing
Complete Predicate
A verb that has a direct object
Transitive Verb
A verb that does not have a direct object
Intransitive Verb
InV
Intransitive Verb
S
Subject
TrV
Transitive Verb
DO
Direct Object
IO
Indirect Object
LV
Linking Verb
PN
Predicate Noun
PA
Predicate Adjective
Contains more than one word and words within the group are related
Phrase
Group of related word that has both a subject and a verb
Clause
Expresses a complete thought and can stand alone
Independent Clause
Must be part of another sentence
Dependent Clause
One independent clause
Simple Sentence
Two or more independent clauses
Compound Sentence
Independent clause and two or more dependent clauses
Complex Sentence
One or more dependent clauses and two or more independent clauses
Compound-Complex Sentence
A group of related words that contains a subject and a verb; begins with a capital letter; ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point; and expresses a complete thought
Sentence
An incomplete sentence wrongly punctuated as if it were a complete sentence
Fragment
Two sentences incorrectly joined by a comma
Comma Splice
Two sentences incorrectly joined without any punctuation
Fused Sentence
A group of related words that contains a subject and a verb; begins with a capital letter; ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point; and expresses a complete thought
Sentence
Two sentences incorrectly joined without any punctuation
Fused Sentence
Two sentences incorrectly joined by a comma
Comma Splice
An incomplete sentence wrongly punctuated as if it were a complete sentence
Fragment
A group of related words that contains a subject and a verb; begins with a capital letter; ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point; and expresses a complete thought
Sentence
