SENTENCES

Question 1

types of sentences

Answer 1

declarative, imperative, exclamatory, interrogative

Question 2

declarative sentences

Answer 2

simple statements with one idea

Question 3

imperative sentences

Answer 3

commands

Question 4

exclamatory sentences

Answer 4

shows strong emotion or feeling

Question 5

interrogative sentence

Answer 5

a question

Question 6

independent clause

Answer 6

a sentence in its simplest form. at minimum it contains a subject and verb

Question 7

coordinating conjunctions

Answer 7

FANBOYS

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

Question 8

dependent clause

Answer 8

isn’t a complete sentence on it’s own and has to be added to the independent clause

Question 9

relative pronouns

Answer 9

who, whom, whoever, whomever, whose, that, which, whichever, and whosever

Question 10

participles

Answer 10

a verb being used as an adjective

ie. the jumping rabbit or a marching ant

Question 11

adjective clause

Answer 11

a clause that contains a subject and verb that functions as an adjective

Question 12

participle phrase

Answer 12

a verb ending in -ing or -ed that serves as an adjective

Question 13

different types of noun phrases

Answer 13

appositive, gerund, infinitive

Question 14

appositive noun phrase

Answer 14

renames the noun or subject of the sentence. it’s not modifying the noun because it renames it
ie. katie, my best friend or “Bob, the loyal dog”

Question 15

gerund phrase

Answer 15

noun phrase that begins with a gerund
ie. I love baking cookies.
baking cookies is the noun phrase
baking is a gerund

Question 16

gerund

Answer 16

a verb that functions as a noun

Question 17

infinitive phrase

Answer 17

a noun phrase that begins with an infinitive
ie. I love to sleep all day
to sleep all day is hte noun phrase
to sleep is an infinitive

Question 18

infinitive

Answer 18

usually the word to before a verb ie. to sleep, to read

Question 19

absolute phrase

Answer 19

a phrase that contains the noun, a participle, and someitmes modifiers
it modifies the entire sentence, not just a single element
set off from the clause by a single comma or a set of commas

Question 20

verb phrase

Answer 20

a verb and a helping verb

Question 21

what is a verb phrase used to show

Answer 21

that the action happens more than once, happens over time, or it occurs with another event

Question 22

8 parts of speech

Answer 22

noun, verb, pronoun, adjective adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection

Question 23

two categories of nouns

Answer 23

concrete and abstract

Question 24

concrete noun

Answer 24

you can experience directly with your senses

Question 25

abstract noun

Answer 25

represents emotions and intangible experiences

Question 26

preposition

Answer 26

describes relationships between different nouns or pronouns

Question 27

conjunction

Answer 27

responsible for maintaining intersections between different words and phrases, making sure the transitions from one to the other are smooth adn understandable

Question 28

heterographs

Answer 28

words that are pronounced the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings