Language Foundations

Question 1

ACTIVE Structure

Answer 1

Subject of the sentence is as prominent as possible

Question 2

Adjective

Answer 2

A word that is used to describe a quality

Question 3

Adverb

Answer 3

A word that is used to modify a verb showing manner, place, time or degree

Question 4

Article

Answer 4

a, the, used to specify the definitiveness of the noun phrase

Question 5

Complex sentence

Answer 5

there is only one independent clause but there are one or more dependent clauses
Ex: Jesse got on his bike and rode to his job.

Question 5

Compound Sentence

Answer 5

compound sentence is made up of at least two simple sentences that are joined together

Question 5

Coordinating Conjunction

Answer 5

and, but, or, so, for, yet

Question 6

Conjunction

Answer 6

join words, phrases, and clauses

Question 7

Demonstrative

Answer 7

this, that, these, those

Question 8

Determiner

Answer 8

are used in sentences before nouns

Question 9

Interjection

Answer 9

words that express emotion in a language, usually followed by exclamation points

Question 10

Noun

Answer 10

person, place, things, or ideas

Question 11

Passive Structure

Answer 11

Should be eliminated at all costs!

Question 12

Possessive

Answer 12

a noun which uses an apostrophe used with the letter s at the end of the word to show ownership

Question 13

Preposition

Answer 13

Words that are placed before nouns or pronouns to form a prepositional phrase shows placement.

Question 14

Pronoun

Answer 14

Takes the place of a noun, ie: I, we, she, they, he, him, her, it

Question 15

Quantifier

Answer 15

is a word or phrase that is used to talk about quantities , amounts, or degree

Question 16

Simple Sentence

Answer 16

one independent clause with a subject and verb

Question 17

Subordinating Counjunction

Question 18

Verb

Answer 18

a word to describe an action, state, or occurrence