Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences

Question 1

a phrase that begins with a preposition and usually ends with a noun or noun equivalent. The noun or noun equivalent in the phrase is the direction object of the ——-.
Ex: the tour guide gave us directions -to the museum-.

Answer 1

prepositional phrase

Question 2

a phrase beginning with a verb form that DOES NOT function as the verb of a clause. phrases may be classified as participal, gerund, infinitive, depending on the form of the —- at the beginning of the phrase.
Ex: -Broken down-, the bus sat on the edge.
-Sunbathing in winter- is a good way of catching a cold
The protestors demanded the right -to vote- in the election.

Answer 2

verbal phrase

Question 3

a group of words that has a subject and a predicate

Answer 3

clause

Question 4

a group of words that form a complete thought and can stand alone. (like a sentence)

Answer 4

independent clause

Question 5

a group of words that do not form a complete thought or are dependent on an independent clause.

Answer 5

subordinate clause

Question 6

a type of subordinate clause that begins with a subordinating conjunction such as after, although, as, because, before, if, since, though, unless, when, whenever, and while. acts as an adverb, modifying the verb in a sentence.
Ex: Mary went to go get milk -while jessica napped under the tree-.

Answer 6

adverb clause

Question 7

a type of subordinate clause that modifies nouns or pronouns, usually being with that, which, who, whom, and whose, and sometimes with when, where, why.
Ex: The company is a place -which she hasn’t worked before-.

Answer 7

adjective clause

Question 8

a type of subordinate clause that acts like a single word noun, usually as a subject, subject complement, direct object, or object of a preposition. usually begin with that, which, who, whom, whose, whoever, whomever, what, whatever, whichever.
Ex: -Whomever went to the mall- is in big trouble.

Answer 8

noun clause

Question 9

a group of words expressing a complete thought with a subject and a predicate.

Answer 9

sentence

Question 10

a sentence that contains one subject and one predicate

Answer 10

simple

Question 11

a sentence that contains two or more independent clauses

Answer 11

compound

Question 12

a sentence that contains one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses

Answer 12

complex

Question 13

Which one is correct that represents consistent verb tenses?

A: Just as the boat departed from the pier, a passenger jumps into the water.

B: Just as the boat departed from the pier, a passenger jumped into the water.

Answer 13

B

Question 14

If two or more ideas are listed in series, the form of the ideas should appear with the same grammatical form

Answer 14

parallelism

Question 15

Which one is correct (parallelism)?

A: Jeremy love skiing, sailing, and to go ice skating.

B: Jeremy loves skiing, sailing, and ice skating.

Answer 15

B

Question 16

an infinitive phrase that has modifiers between to and the base form of the verb. Sentences that contain a long word or phrase between the parts of the infinitive are usually awkward or unclear

Answer 16

split infinitives

Question 17

Which is correct (split infinitives)?

A: If possible, the students should try to refrain from using the bathroom.

B: The students should try to if possible refrain from using the bathroom.

Answer 17

A

Question 18

word of groups that fail to refer logically to a word in a sentence. To eliminated, determine the actor in the sentence. Then determine if any modifiers in the sentence refer logically to the actor.

Answer 18

dangling modifier

Question 19

Which is correct (dangling modifier)?

A: Understanding the need to protect the basic rights of citizens, the Constitution created limits to governmental powers.

B: Understand the need to protect the basic rights of citizens, the framers of the Constitution created limits to governmental powers.

Answer 19

B