grammar study Flashcards
noun
person, place, thing or idea
verb
action word, or linking word
adjective
word that describes a noun
adverb
word that describes a verb
modify
Examples of Modifiers
Modifiers can play the roles of adjectives or adverbs.
modify means to change
antecedent
the word the pro from is referring to
preposition
answers when or where- shows relationship some examples: aboard about above across after against along amid among around as at
punctuation
the marks, such as period, comma, and parentheses, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning.
clause
A clause is a group of related words containing a subject and a verb.
A clause can be usefully distinguished from a phrase, which is a group of related words that does not contain a subject-verb relationship, such as “in the morning” or “running down the street” or “having grown used to this harassment.”
pronoun
replaces a noun/ antecedent
dependent clause
a clause that has a subject and verb, but is not a complete thought. Also known as a subordinate clause- starts witha subordinate conjunction.
independent clause
contains a subject and verb, expresses a complete thought- can be a simple sentence, or connected to another independent clause to form a compound sentence, or a dependent clause to form a complex sentence.
complex sentence
independent clause + dependent clause using a subordinate conjunction
compound sentence
independent clause + independent clause using a conjunction
precise
x
concise
x
phrase
x
simple sentence
x
