CTEL 1 - Chapter 5: Lessons 1, 2, 3

Question 1

a group of words categorized by their function in a sentence, and there are eight of these different families.

Answer 1

part of a speech

Question 2

consist of people, places, things, and ideas. They may be either concrete or abstract.

Answer 2

nouns

Question 3

take the place of nouns

Answer 3

pronouns

Question 4

action words

Answer 4

verbs

Question 5

modify nouns and pronouns, usually by providing extra details about them.

We can answer questions like ‘How many?’ or ‘What kind?’

Answer 5

adjectives

Question 6

modify verbs, adjectives and adverbs

We get answers to things like ‘When?’ or ‘‘How it is done”;
These words frequently ending in ‘-ly’

Answer 6

adverbs

Question 7

Describes relationships between nouns and pronouns

Example: ‘He put it on the table,’

Answer 7

prepositions

Question 8

Connect different words and phrases

Example (and, but, so…)

Answer 8

conjunctions

Question 9

Break the flow of a sentence in order to demonstrate emotion. Given their role, _______ are grammatically unrelated to the rest.

Example “huh”

Answer 9

interjections

Question 10

contains a subject and a predicate

Answer 10

a complete sentence

Question 11

is the main noun or pronoun that the sentence is about

Answer 11

subject

Question 12

contains the main verb that either demonstrates the subject’s action or is linking the subject to another noun or adjective in the predicate

Answer 12

predicate

Question 13

Are any words that modify or accompany the verb.

Answer 13

complements

Question 14

Another word for a complete sentence is an ____

Answer 14

Independent clause

Question 15

The opposite of a complete sentence would be an incomplete sentence, or a ______

Its missing a subject or a predicate

Answer 15

fragment

Question 16

has a subject and a predicate, but it often has too many joined together without proper punctuation or conjunctions

ex. “Complete sentences are a necessary part of writing they are very important.”

Answer 16

run-on-sentence

Question 17

______ sentences are simply complete sentences that state some idea or claim

For example: ‘I like to go biking in the mountains.’

Answer 17

Declarative

Question 18

All declarative sentences end in a ______

Answer 18

Period

Question 19

These types of sentences are commands and also end in period

Answer 19

Imperative

Question 20

Shows excitement; these sentences are easy to identify as they always end with an exclamation mark.

Answer 20

exclamation

Question 21

Are simply question sentences

Answer 21

Interrogative