Unit 2 - Ch. 5: Sentence Structure

Question 1

Subject

Answer 1

The main actor of a sentence; the person, animal, or thing performing the verb

Question 2

Predicate

Answer 2

What is being done

Question 3

Object

Answer 3

What is acted upon or affected by the verb

Question 4

Direct Object

Answer 4

Acted upon by the verb

Question 5

Indirect object

Answer 5

Receives or is acted upon by the direct object

Question 6

Object of a preposition

Answer 6

Directs the action of the verb and tell us how the verb was performed

Question 7

Clause

Answer 7

A phrase or sentence with a subject and a predicate

Question 8

Independent clause

Answer 8

Can function on its own and looks much like a regular sentence

Question 9

Dependent clause

Answer 9

Cannot function on its own - leaves an idea or thought unfinished

Question 10

Subordinator

Answer 10

Introduces a dependent clause

Question 11

Noun clause makers

Answer 11

Useful when you want to connect two independent clauses

Question 12

Phrase

Answer 12

Does not have both a subject and a predicate

Question 13

Noun phrase

Answer 13

Works as a single noun-like unit even though it may contain more than one word

Question 14

Verb phrase

Answer 14

Start with a verb and may include a direct or indirect object, or a complement

Question 15

Prepositional phrase

Answer 15

Do not have a verb or a subject and function as a unit

Question 16

Absolute phrase

Answer 16

Modify the entire sentence and are set off by commas or dashes from it

Question 17

Complement

Answer 17

Completes the predicate

Question 18

Subject complement

Answer 18

Comes after linking a verb and describes or redefines the subject

Question 19

Object complement

Answer 19

Usually a noun or adjective or words behaving like one, refers to a direct object

Question 20

Verb complement

Answer 20

Supplements the understanding of another verb