Grammar Test 1 Flashcards
A word for which a pronoun stands
Antecedent
Is a substantive that follows another substantive to explain or identify it.
Appositive
Is a group of words that has a subject and a verb
Clause
Is used in explaining the steps in a process and in writing stories and incidents
Chronological order
Easy to understand
Coherence
Contains 2 or more independent clauses and no dependent clause
Compound sentence
Is a word (or word group) that joins words, phrases, or clauses.
Conjunction
Makes a statement. Ends with a period
Declarative sentence
Is a substantive that receives the action of the verb or shows the result of the action
Direct object
Gives a command or makes a request. Ends with a period an exclamation mark.
Imperative sentence
Is a substantive that tells to whom of for whom, or to what or for what the action of the verb is done.
Indirect object
An exclamatory word that is not grammatically related to other words in a sentence
Interjection
Asks a question. Ends with a question mark.
Interrogative sentence
Does not require a receiver of its action in order to express a complete thought
Intransitive verb
Is a noun or adjective that is sometimes needed for the direct object to complete the sense of the verb.
Objective complement