phrases, clauses, sentences

Question 1

phrases

Answer 1

collection of words that have a grammatical relationship with each other. phrases cannot exist as a complete grammatical sentence.

Question 2

noun phrase

Answer 2

contains a noun and other related words that describe the noun
‘the dancing goat’

Question 3

verb phrase

Answer 3

contains a main verb plus any related words
‘was tickling’
‘was loudly played to the audience’

Question 4

prepositional phrase

Answer 4

contains a preposition and the object of the preposition
‘in the morning’

Question 5

adjective phrase

Answer 5

group of words that function as an adjective in a sentence
‘brightly coloured fuzzy’

Question 6

adverb phrase

Answer 6

contains adverbs or words acting as adverbs
‘ so slowly’

Question 7

clause

Answer 7

has to consist of a verb and a subject. (noun phrase and verb phrase)
main/independent clause - can stand alone as a sentence
subordinate/dependent clause - cannot stand alone as a sentence

Question 8

sentences

Answer 8

group of words that make sense as a whole and create meaning. contains at least one clause

Question 9

sentence fragments

Answer 9

informal context. act as a sentence, but are not a complete clause
‘potato cakes 3for $1’

Question 10

simple sentences

Answer 10

contain one main clause

Question 11

compound sentences

Answer 11

contain at least two main clauses joined together by a coordinate conjunction

Question 12

complex sentence

Answer 12

contain a single main clause and one or more subordinating clauses

Question 13

compound-complex

Answer 13

must have at least 3 clauses, at least 2 main clauses and at least one subordinate clause

Question 14

sentence types list

Answer 14

declarative
imperative
interrogative
exclamative

Question 15

declaratives

Answer 15

function is to provide information, observations, or statements

Question 16

imperative

Answer 16

function is to give a direct order or instruction

Question 17

interrogative

Answer 17

function is to question. designed to elicit a response, and will end in a question mark

Question 18

exclamative

Answer 18

function is to make exclamations. indicate feelings, emotion, and emphasis. mostly ends with an exclamation mark