Grammar 4

Question 1

Independent Clause

Answer 1

An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.

Question 2

Subordinate Clause

Answer 2

A subordinate clause is a type of clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence and depends on an independent clause to form a complete thought.

Always Subordinate

Question 3

Adjective Clause

Answer 3

An adjective clause is a type of dependent clause that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun in the main clause of a sentence.

Question 4

Relative Pronouns

Answer 4

Relative pronouns are pronouns that introduce adjective clauses and relate them to the noun or pronoun they modify. The most common relative pronouns are “who,” “whom,” “whose,” “that,” and “which.”

Question 5

Noun Clause

Answer 5

A noun clause is a type of dependent clause that acts as a noun and functions as the subject or object of a sentence.

Question 6

Adverb Clause

Answer 6

An adverb clause is a type of dependent clause that modifies the verb in the main clause and functions as an adverb in the sentence.

Question 6

Adverb Clause

Answer 6

An adverb clause is a type of dependent clause that modifies the verb in the main clause and functions as an adverb in the sentence.

always subordinate

Question 7

Classify Sentences

Answer 7

Sentences can be classified according to purpose as declerative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory.

Question 8

Declerative Sentences

Answer 8

A declarative sentence is a type of sentence that makes a statement or declaration, and ends with a period.

Question 9

Interrogative Sentence

Answer 9

An interrogative sentence is a type of sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark.

Question 10

Imperative Sentence

Answer 10

An imperative sentence is a type of sentence that gives a command or makes a request, and typically ends with a period or exclamation mark.

ends in !

Question 11

Exclamatory Sentence

Answer 11

An exclamatory sentence is a type of sentence that expresses strong emotions, such as excitement, surprise, or anger, and ends with an exclamation mark.

Question 12

Simple Sentence

Answer 12

A simple sentence has one independent clause, a subject, a predicate, and can stand alone as a sentence.

Question 13

Compound Sentence

Answer 13

A compound sentence contains two or more complete thoughts joined by a coordinating conjunction and is separated by a comma before the conjunction.

Question 14

Compound-Complex

Answer 14

A compound-complex sentence is a sentence that consists of at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause.

Question 15

Subject

Answer 15

The subject is the noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that performs the action or is being described in a sentence.

Question 16

Predicate

Answer 16

The predicate is the part of a sentence that contains the verb and describes what the subject is doing or what is happening to the subject.

Question 17

Independent clause

Answer 17

An independent clause is a sentence that makes sense on its own and contains both a subject and a predicate.