Grammatical Terms

Question 1

Clause

Answer 1

A clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb

When the Moon shone, he lurked in the shadows

Question 2

Phrase

Answer 2

A phrase is a group of words that stands together as a single grammatical unit, typically as part of a clause or a sentence.

A phrase does not contain a subject and verb and, consequently, cannot convey a complete thought.

Question 3

Subject

Answer 3

The subject of a sentence is the person or thing doing the action or being described.

Examples:

• *Lee** ate the pie.
• *The New York phone book** contained 22 Hitlers before World War II
• *The world’s youngest pope** was 11 years old

Question 4

Finite Verb

Answer 4

A Finite Verb is a verb that has a subject and shows tense

Example:

Rachel is happy.

(In this example, “is” is a finite verb. The subject is “Rachel.” The tense of the verb is the present tense.)

He painted the fence.

(In this example, “painted” is a finite verb. The subject is “He.” The tense of the verb is the past tense.)

She was varnishing the painted fence.

Question 5

Coordinating Conjunction

Answer 5

Coordinating conjunctions are joiners. They join like with like.

For example, a coordinating conjunction can be used to join an adjective with another adjective, a noun with another noun, or a clause with another clause.

The three most common coordinating conjunctions are and, or, and but.

F.A.N.B.O.Y.S

Question 6

Subordinating Conjunction

Answer 6

Subordinating conjunctions are used to link subordinate clauses (also known as a dependent clauses) to main clauses (also known as an independent clauses).

Question 7

Relative Pronoun

Question 8

Non-Finite Verb

Answer 8

A non-finite verb is a verb form that does not show tense.

It is never the main verb in a sentence.

Examples:

It is dangerous to drive on this slippery road.
We ate a lot of roasted meat.

Question 9

Independent Clause

Answer 9

Group of words that expresses a complete thought and can
stand alone as a sentence.

It is the basis of the simple sentence.

For example:

Our planets revolve around the sun.

Question 10

Dependent Clause/Subordinate Clause:

Answer 10

This is a clause that does not express a
complete thought.

A clause can be dependent because of the presence of a:

● Marker Word (Before, after, because, since, in order to, although, though,

whenever, wherever, whether, while, even though, even if)

● Conjunction (And, or, nor, but, yet)

Question 11

Indirect Object

Question 12

Direct Object

Question 13

Tense

Question 14

Predicate

Answer 14

The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb
and stating something about the subject.

For example ‘The sun was hot.’ or ‘Bill laughed.’