Chapter 2

Question 1

grammatically complete sentence

Answer 1

Expresses at least one complete whole event or situation with a subject and a predicate

Question 2

clause

Answer 2

Also expresses a whole event or situation with a subject and a predicate

Question 3

independent (main) clause

Answer 3

Forms a meaningful unit by itself

Question 4

dependent (subordinate) clause

Answer 4

Cannot stand on its own because it funtions as a constituent; starts with a subordinator

Question 5

simple sentence

Answer 5

One independent clause

Question 6

compound sentence

Answer 6

Two or more independent clauses, which have a fixed order

Question 7

coordinate conjunctions

Answer 7

Used to form a compound sentence; connect two independent clauses

Question 8

correlative conjunctions

Answer 8

Coordinate conjunction combined with another word or phrase, used in the same way as a coordinate conjunction

Question 9

coordinators

Answer 9

Coordinate conjunctions and correlative conjunctions together

Question 10

conjunctive adverb

Answer 10

Often follows a semi-colon when connecting two independent clauses

Question 11

complex sentence

Answer 11

At least one full dependent clause with its own subject and predicate that functions as a constituent of the independent clause

Question 12

subordinator

Answer 12

A word like ‘because’, ‘although’, ‘if’, ‘who’, ‘where’, ‘when’, ‘that’ and so on

Question 13

compound-complex sentence

Answer 13

Compound sentence with complex parts or complex sentence with compound parts

Question 14

phrase

Answer 14

Does not express a complete event or situation and does not have its own subject and predicate