Grammar Flashcards
People, places, or things
nouns
Stand in for nouns and are used to make sentences sound less repetitive.
pronouns
The action of a sentence.
verb
First person =
I, we
Second person =
you
Third person =
he, she, it, they
Nouns are usually the ______ of the sentence.
subject
_______ provide more information about a noun in a sentence.
adjectives
Adverbs describe _______.
verbs
_______ express the location of a noun or pronoun in relation to other words and phrases described in a sentence.
prepositions
The preposition and the noun that follow it are called a _____________ ______.
prepositional phrase
______ connect words, phrases, and clauses.
conjunctions
Conjunctions can be summarized in the acronym of __________.
FANBOYS
_______ ______ are clauses that can stand alone as a complete sentence.
independent clauses
A ______ ______ cannot stand on its own.
dependent clause
What words can join a dependent clause to an independent clause?
although; because; if
Words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings?
homophones
The ______ is what the sentence is about, the ______ contains the verb and its modifiers.
subject; predicate
A ______ is a group of words that communicates only part of an idea because it lacks a subject or a predicate.
phrase
A ________ _______ begins with a preposition an ends with an object of the preposition.
prepositional phrase
A _____ _____ is composed of the main verb along with any helping verbs.
verb phrase
A _____ _____ consists of a noun and its modifiers.
noun phrase
A _____ _____ consists of one independent clause.
simple sentence
A simple sentences contains NO _____ _____.
dependent clauses
______ _____ have two or more independent clauses and no dependent clauses.
compound sentences
_____ ______ have one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
complex sentences
A ________ - _______ sentences have two or more independent clauses and least one dependent clause.
compound - complex sentences
