NINE IMPORTANT TERMS TO UNDERSTAND

Question 1

a group of words that has a subject and a predicate

Answer 1

clause

Question 2

clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence

Answer 2

independent clause

Question 3

clause begins with subordinating conjunction and does not express a complete thought and therefor cannot stand alone as a sentence

Answer 3

dependent clause

Question 4

the person or thing that is directly affected by the action of the verb. Answers what or whom after a transitive verb

Answer 4

direct object

Question 5

the person or thing that is indirectly affected by the acton of the verb. Answers the question to whom, for whom, to what or for what after an action verb. COMES BETWEEN THE VERB AND THE DIRECT OBJECT.

Answer 5

indirect object

Question 6

group of two or more words that acts as a single part of speech in a sentence. CAN BE USED AS A NOUN, ADJECTIVE, ADVERB. Lacks a subject and a predicate

Answer 6

phrase

Question 7

the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or what is done to the subject. INCLUDES the verb and all the words that modify the verb

Answer 7

predicate

Question 8

follows a linking verb and helps to explain the subject

Answer 8

predicate adjective

Question 9

a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and helps to explain or rename the subjects

Answer 9

predicate nominative

Question 10

a group of words that expresses a complete thought. has a subject and a predicate

Answer 10

sentence

Question 11

a sentence that makes a statement

Answer 11

declarative

Question 12

a sentence that asks a question

Answer 12

interrogative

Question 13

a sentence that makes a command or request

Answer 13

imperative

Question 14

a sentence that makes an exclamation

Answer 14

exclamatory

Question 15

a word, phrase, or clause that makes whom or what the sentence is about

Answer 15

subject