Sentence Parts and Types

Question 1

subject

Answer 1

the who or what of the verb

Question 2

verb

Answer 2

the action or state of being

Question 3

phrase

Answer 3

a group of words

Question 4

clause

Answer 4

a group of words with a subject and a verb

Question 5

independent clause

Answer 5

a clause that expresses a complete thought; it can stand alone as a sentence

Question 6

dependent clause

Answer 6

a clause that does not express a complete thought; it cannot stand alone as a sentence; starts with a subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun

Question 7

coordinating conjunction

Answer 7

combines words, phrases, and clauses

Question 8

conjunctive adverb

Answer 8

an adverb used to combine words, phrases, and clauses

Question 9

subordinating conjunction

Answer 9

starts a dependent clause

Question 10

FANBOYS

Answer 10

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

coordinating conjunctions

Question 11

AAAWWUBBIS

Answer 11

after, although, as, when, while, until, because, before, if, since
subordinating conjunctions

Question 12

simple sentence

Answer 12

one independent clause

Question 13

compound sentence

Answer 13

two or more independent clauses

Question 14

complex sentence

Answer 14

one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses

Question 15

compound-complex sentence

Answer 15

two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses