Clauses Flashcards
1
Q
What is the subject of a sentence?
A
What or whom the sentence is about eg. the man, the ray, he
2
Q
What is the verb of a sentence?
A
The action word of a sentence eg. fishing, jumps, flops
3
Q
What is the predicate?
A
Tells something about the subject what the subject did eg went home in John went home
4
Q
What are the 2 types of clauses?
A
Independent and dependant
5
Q
What is a clause?
A
A group of words that has a subject and a verb
6
Q
What is an independent clause?
A
Makes sense and is complete all by itself
7
Q
What is a dependent clause?
A
Needs more information to make sense
8
Q
What are the parts of a clause?
A
Subject
Verb
Predicate
9
Q
What are subordinators?
A
Words that weaken the independent clause causing it to need more information
