Language 2 (Building Your Sentence Skills

Question 1

Subordinating Conjunction

Answer 1

Gives detail about the independent clause (main idea) in a sentence
A word or phrase that links a dependent clause to an independent clause creating a complex sentence.
Act as transitions between two ideas in a sentence.
The transition can indicate various kinds of relationships between ideas (ei: time, place, a comparison, a condition or a cause and effect)

Ei: after, once, until, whenever, whether, while, why

Question 2

Compound Subject

Answer 2

A group of two or more pronouns or nouns connected by coordinate or correlative conjunctions.
Shares the same verb or action

Ei: Neither Alice nor Debbie likes chicken
“Neither Alice nor Debbie” is the compound subject

Question 3

Compound Predicate

Answer 3

Tells more than one action that one subject does
Two or more verb phrases that share the same subject and are joined by a conjunction
Tells the reader two or more things about what the subject does

Ei: “Marcel ate dinner and then watched a movie”
“Ate dinner and then watched a movie” is the compound predicate

Question 4

Compound Adjective

Answer 4

Two or more words that describe nouns and pronouns

Question 5

Simple Sentence

Answer 5

Has one subject, one verb, and one direct object. It has only one independent clause

Question 6

Compound Direct Objects

Answer 6

Two direct objects that receive the action of the verb and are joined by a coordinating conjunction.

Question 7

Compound Sentence

Answer 7

Sentence that connects at least two independent clauses, typically with a coordinating conjunction like “and” or “but”.
A compound sentences needs a comma (,) followed by a coordinating conjunction

Question 8

Imperative Sentence

Answer 8

Gives a command. Tells someone to do something.

Question 9

Interrogative Sentence

Answer 9

Are questions. Questions that seek to gather information, clarify a point, or start a conversation.

Question 10

Exclamatory Sentence

Answer 10

Conveys strong emotions and end with an exclamation mark (!)

Question 11

Declarative Sentence

Answer 11

A sentence that makes a statement
Provides an explanation
Conveys one or more facts

Question 12

Compound Modifier

Answer 12

Word that describes something in a sentence.
Can be a compound adjective, adverb, or prepositional phrase

Question 13

Compound Direct Object

Answer 13

Direct objects is when two or more objects receive the action of the action verb

Question 14

Sentence Fragment

Answer 14

It is missing a subject. Not a complete thought.

Question 15

Verb Phrase

Answer 15

Has a helping verb and a main verb

Helping verbs Ei:
Am
Is
Did
Can
Might
Been

Question 16

Predicate

Answer 16

Is the verb and all the words that go with it. Explains what the subject is or what the subject is doing. It is everything but the subject in a sentence

Question 17

Direct Object

Answer 17

Receives the action of the verb. The object being acted upon. They follow action verbs and answer the question “what”

Question 18

Coordinating Conjunction

Answer 18

A SINGLE word that joins two parts of a sentence that are equal in emphasis.
Ei: “I wanted something to eat, SO I looked in the fridge”

FANBOYS (Acronym)
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So

Question 19

Correlating Conjunction

Answer 19

A PAIR of words that joins two parts of a sentence that are equal in emphasis
Ei: “He is NEITHER happy NOR sad”

Ei:
Both/and
Either/or
Neither/nor
Not only/but also