Grammar

Question 1

subject

Answer 1

what the sentence is about; mainly nouns

ex: THE CHILD threw the ball

Question 2

predicate

Answer 2

what the subject is doing/what it is

*sentence req a predicate, phrase does not

ex: the child THREW THE BALL

Question 3

noun phrase

Answer 3

a group of words that function as a noun

ex: my mother’s daughter

Question 4

verb phrase

Answer 4

a group of words that function as a verb

ex: had been playing

Question 5

prepositional phrase

Answer 5

a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase

ex: In 2008, Jessie Kang was born

Question 6

preposition

Answer 6

connector word that shows direction after a noun

ex: on, after

Question 7

infinitive phrase

Answer 7

begins with “to”

ex: to sleep, to resist

Question 8

participial phrase

Answer 8

begins with a participle as an ADJ

ex: REMOVING HIS COAT, Jack rushed to the river.

Question 9

clause

Answer 9

cluster of words with a subject and predicate

Question 10

independent clause

Answer 10

could stand alone in a sentence

Question 11

dependent clause

Answer 11

cannot stand alone in a sentence

Question 12

simple sentence

Answer 12

1 independent clause

Question 13

compound sentence

Answer 13

2 independence clause joined by coordinating conjunction (Fanboy), conjunctive adverb, or semicolon

Question 14

FANBOY

Answer 14

for, and, nor, but, yet

Question 15

conjunctive adverb

Answer 15

however, therefore, etc

Question 16

complex sentence

Answer 16

1 dependent clause headed by a subordinating conjunction or a relative noun + 1 independent clause

Question 17

subordinating conjunctions

Answer 17

although, because, etc.

Question 18

relative pronoun

Answer 18

who, whom, what, which

Question 19

compound-complex sentences

Answer 19

2 independent (compound) + 1 dependent clause

Question 20

periodic sentence

Answer 20

complex sentence where mends with main clause