Parts Of Speech Cont

Question 1

Subjects & verbs

Answer 1

In any correct sentence in English, you’ll find a subject & verb

Question 2

Sentence

Answer 2

A group of words that expresses a complete thought and includes a subject and a verb

Question 3

Subject

Answer 3

The who or what the sentence is about. A noun or pronoun, or sometimes a noun clause

Question 4

Compound subject

Answer 4

When more than one noun or pronoun serves as a subject

Question 5

Phrase

Answer 5

A phrase makes up one small part of a sentence. They don’t have to have subjects and verbs, and they don’t need to express a full thought

Question 6

Clauses

Answer 6

Independent - can stand alone as a sentence
Dependent - cannot stand on its own as a sentence

Question 7

Coordinating conjunctions

Answer 7

A coordinatimg conjunction connects two independent clauses. FANBOYS - for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Question 8

Prepositional phrase

Answer 8

Most common kind of phrase. Sets up more info for incoming sentence - “for as long as I can remember,” “without knowing why..” etc.