Vocab

Question 1

Verb

Answer 1

Expresses action, condition, or state of being for a subject in a sentence

Question 2

Subject

Answer 2

The thing in the sentence that is doing the verb

Question 3

Clause

Answer 3

a group of words made up of a subject, a verb, and all attendant parts

Question 4

Phrase

Answer 4

A group of words with no subject and no verb but still have meaning

Question 5

Infinitives

Answer 5

A construction of words that looks like (to + “action word”)NEVER the verb

Question 6

Helping verbs

Answer 6

the only 23 words that are always verbs when we see them

Question 7

Independent clause

Answer 7

A group of words with a subject and verb that is a complete thought

Question 8

Dependent clause

Answer 8

A group of words with a subject and a verb that is not a complete thought

Question 9

coordinating conjunction

Answer 9

connects two things of equal grammatical weight often called the “FANBOYS”

Question 10

FANBOYS(coordinating conjunction)

Answer 10

for, and, nor, but, or, yes, so

Question 11

Subordinating conjunction

Answer 11

Introduces a dependent clause and connects it to the independent clause of a sentence

Question 12

Relative Pronoun

Answer 12

Begins a clause and relates it to a word or idea in the previous clause

Question 13

Simple Sentence

Answer 13

A sentence that is made up of only one independent clause

Question 14

Compound Sentence

Answer 14

A sentence that is made up of two or more independent clauses

Question 15

Complex sentence

Answer 15

A sentence that is made up of one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

Question 16

Compound-Complex sentence

Answer 16

A sentence that is made up of two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

Question 17

helping verbs (ist)

Answer 17

Am, is, are, was and were, being, been, and be, Have, has, had, do, does, did, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must, can, could