ENG 3200 Flashcards
Name the three sentence types
- Subject - action verb
—Action verb by itself makes a complete statement about its subject. 89/177 - Subject-action verb-direct object
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3.Subject-linking verb⬅️subject complement
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The kind of complement that receives the action of a verb or shows the result of this action is called a __________
Direct object
An indirect object always comes (before, after) the direct object when it is present.
Before
These words are always implied but never used before an indirect object
To. For
You can be sure that a verb is a linking verb if______
You can put a form of be in its place.
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Example:
The weather feels muggy.
A complement that follows a linking verb and describes or identifies the subject is called a_____.
Predicate nominative
Predicate adjective
SUBJECT COMPLEMENT
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Namr the two types of complements
Direct object
Subject complement
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A direct object always follows a ________ verb
An action verb
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Name the three essential characteristics of a subject complement
Always refers to the same thing Or Describes the subject — We are dealing with one thing, not two — Can be replaced with a form of be
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When adjectives are subject complements, they come (before/after) the nouns they multiply.
After
How do you decide if a word is being used as a preposition or adverb?
Look for an object. If there is an object, the word in question is a preposition.
This happens to words like before, behind, after, past, through, down, around. Generally refer to direction.
The dog trotted behind (adverb).
The dog trotted behind the car (preposition).
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Name three verbs that can serve as main verbs and as helping verbs
Be: is, am, are, was, were, been
Have, has had
Do, does, did
A sentence made by joining two (or more) simple sentences with the conjunction and, but, or or is called a _________
A compound sentence
When do you use a compound sentence?
When you want the reader to think of two ideas in connection with each other.
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Every clause is like a single word— like an -______,
Adjective, adverb or noun
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Name the common coordinating conjunctions
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And, but or or
A sentence that contains a clause is called a ____ sentence
Complex sentence
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What’s the difference between a complex and a compound sentence?
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses.
A complex contains an independent clause and a dependent clause
Can an adverb clause be moved?
Yes
Can an adjective clause be moved? Can
No, it must always come before the noun it modifies
Name the small number of clause signals that generally start adjective clauses
Who (whose, whom), which, that
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When do you use who versus whom?
Use who when it is the subject of the verb
Use whom when it is the object of a verb or preposition.
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Describe the quick way you can decide whether the clause signal is a subject or an object.
When you see no other word before the verb that could possibly serve as its subject, then the relative pronoun is its subject and “who” is correct.
If on the other hand, the verb already has a subject, then the relative pronoun must be its object and whom is correct.
Which form of who/whom do you use when a phrase such as
I think, I suppose, we hope, we guess follows the relative pronoun?
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You choose as if the phrase were not there.
