Sentence Structure and Patterns

Question 1

An adjective describes or limits a ___ or _____

Answer 1

noun or a pronoun

Question 2

An adverb modifies a ____, ______, or_____.

Answer 2

verb, adjective, or another adverb

Question 3

Answers the question “What?”

Answer 3

noun/pronoun

Question 4

Answers the question “Who?”

Answer 4

noun/pronoun

Question 5

Answers the question “Whom?”

Answer 5

noun/pronoun

Question 6

Answers the question “What kind of?”

Answer 6

adjective

Question 7

Answers the question “How many?”

Answer 7

adjective

Question 8

Answers the question “Which?”

Answer 8

adjective

Question 9

Answers the question “Which one?”

Answer 9

adjective

Question 10

Answers the question “When?”

Answer 10

adverb

Question 11

Answers the question “Where?”

Answer 11

adverb

Question 12

Answers the question “Why?”

Answer 12

adverb

Question 13

Answers the question “In what manner (how)?”

Answer 13

adverb

Question 14

Answers the question “To what extent?”

Answer 14

adverb

Question 15

One of the most frequently misplaced modifiers is the word _____.

Answer 15

only

Question 16

A modifying clause or phrase placed so awkwardly as to create ambiguity or misunderstanding

Answer 16

misplaced modifier

Question 17

when the person or thing that a modifier is intended to modify is missing from the sentence

Answer 17

dangling modifier

Question 18

3 types of dangling modifiers

Answer 18

dangling participles, dangling infinitives, dangling gerunds

Question 19

words that tell to whom something was given or for whom something was done are called _____

Answer 19

indirect objects

Question 20

group of words consisting of a preposition, its object, and any words that modify the object

Answer 20

prepositional phrase

Question 21

Most of the time, a prepositional phrase modifies a _________ or a _____.

Answer 21

verb or a noun

Question 22

composed of the verb and all of words related to it

Answer 22

predicate

Question 23

The predicate does not include the _____

Answer 23

subject and the words related to it

Question 24

a noun that appears in the predicate and renames the subject

Answer 24

predicate noun

Question 25

an adjective that appears in the predicate but modifies the subject

Answer 25

predicate adjective

Question 26

the action, condition, or state of being of the subject

Answer 26

predicate

Question 27

a pronoun that appears in the predicate of its clause

Answer 27

predicate pronoun

Question 28

3 types of complements

Answer 28

predicate nouns, predicate pronouns, predicate adjectives

Question 29

a group of words that contain a verb and its subject

Answer 29

clause

Question 30

a clause that can stand alone

Answer 30

independent clause

Question 31

a clause that cannot stand alone

Answer 31

dependent clause

Question 32

a group of words that does not contain a verb and its subject

Answer 32

phrase

Question 33

a word formed from a verb and used as an adjective or a noun

Answer 33

participle

Question 34

consists of a preposition, its object, and any modifiers of the object

Answer 34

prepositional phrase

Question 35

the -ing form of a verb

Answer 35

present participle

Question 36

indicates action that happened in the past

Answer 36

past participle

Question 37

consists of a participle plus the words that accompany it to create a unit of meaning

Answer 37

participial phrase

Question 38

How do you find the object of a participle?

Answer 38

Ask What? or Whom? about the participle

Question 39

A participial phrase can also consist of a participle plus ____

Answer 39

a prepositional phrase

Question 40

the to form of a verb

Answer 40

infinitive

Question 41

consists of an infinitive and all of the words related to it

Answer 41

infinitive phrase

Question 42

Participles and participial phrases function as ___. They modify ____ or ____.

Answer 42

adjectives; nouns, pronouns

Question 43

participles or participle phrases that are not placed next to the nouns they modify

Answer 43

dangling participles