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Name the three sentence types

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  1. Subject - action verb
    —Action verb by itself makes a complete statement about its subject. 89/177
  2. 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 __________

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Direct object

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An indirect object always comes (before, after) the direct object when it is present.

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Before

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These words are always implied but never used before an indirect object

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To. For

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You can be sure that a verb is a linking verb if______

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You can put a form of be in its place.

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Example:

The weather feels muggy.

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A complement that follows a linking verb and describes or identifies the subject is called a_____.

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Predicate nominative
Predicate adjective
SUBJECT COMPLEMENT

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Namr the two types of complements

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Direct object
Subject complement

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A direct object always follows a ________ verb

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An action verb

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Name the three essential characteristics of a subject complement

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Always refers to the same thing
Or
Describes the subject
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We are dealing with one thing, not two
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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.

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After

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How do you decide if a word is being used as a preposition or adverb?

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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

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Be: is, am, are, was, were, been
Have, has had
Do, does, did

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A sentence made by joining two (or more) simple sentences with the conjunction and, but, or or is called a _________

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A compound sentence

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When do you use a compound sentence?

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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 -______,

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Adjective, adverb or noun

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Name the common coordinating conjunctions

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And, but or or

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A sentence that contains a clause is called a ____ sentence

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Complex sentence

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What’s the difference between a complex and a compound sentence?

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A compound sentence contains two independent clauses.

A complex contains an independent clause and a dependent clause

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Can an adverb clause be moved?

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Yes

20
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Can an adjective clause be moved? Can

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No, it must always come before the noun it modifies

21
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Name the small number of clause signals that generally start adjective clauses

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Who (whose, whom), which, that

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22
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When do you use who versus whom?

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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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23
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Describe the quick way you can decide whether the clause signal is a subject or an object.

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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.

24
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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.

25
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What is the rule for when you use who versus whom?

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Use who when the pronoun is the subject of the verb.

Use whom when it is the object of a verb or preposition.

26
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When is an adjective clause useful?

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It is useful when it states an explanatory fact about the noun.

27
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What is a handy way to determine the past participle of a word?

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Consider what it would be with have

Examples:

Have torn
Have opened
Have broken

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What is special in regard to clauses?

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It can start either an adverb clause or an adjective clause.

Adverb clause example:

I eat where I work.

Adjective clause :

I eat at the store where I work.

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When the relative pronoun that stands for a person is the direct object of the verb within the clause we use…

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The object form, whom.

30
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What is a participial phrase?

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A participial phrase is a participle and its related words. These phrases are used as adjectives to modify nouns and pronouns.

Example:

The dog, SHIVERING WITH COLD,came into the house.

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♨️When a structural part of a sentence contains two or more parts, that part is said to be _______.

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Compound

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32
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♨️Any sentence that can be divided into two parts — a subject and a predicate — is a ____

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Simple

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33
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♨️A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with its direct object is a

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Prepositional phrase

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34
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♨️ A noun or pronoun that follows a preposition is called its _____.

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Object

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35
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How can you change an adverb clause that begins with “because” so it sounds more immediate?

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Use “now that.”

Frame 1119, page 79

36
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Since an infinitive is a mixture of both a verb and a noun, it can be _________

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Modified by an adverb.

Frame 916/page

37
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An infinitive can be replaced by _____

A

A gerund

38
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What do the words “so that” suggest

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They suggest that an adverb phrase in the sentence can be reduced to an infinitive phrase

“I set the alarm so that i
it would wake me at 6”

“I set the alarm to wake me at 6”

Frame 999, page 377

39
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“Because” can be replaced with whaf adverb clause?

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Now that

Helps show cause and effect

Suggests the cause is recent

Frame 1120, page 79

40
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Give the alternative to starting a sentence with “if in this sentence:

If I had taken more time, I could have done better.

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Had I taken more time, I could have done better.

Frame 1100, page 41.

41
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Unlike who and whom, the relative pronoun whose can be used ______

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For things as well as persons.

Frame 1156, page 153

42
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When can the adverb once be used as an adverb clause signal, and why would a writer wish to do so?

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“Once” can be used for in place of … if, when, after or “as soon as”

Makes the statement seem more emphatic and final

Page 69, frame 1115

43
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How do you spot a “no signal” clause?

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Watch for a subject-verb combination right after a noun.

44
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If we wish to give two facts equal emphasis, we would use a ________ sentence.

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Compound

45
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If we wish to subordinate one idea to another, we would use a ______ sentence.

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Complex

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