Week 1

Question 1

Independent Clause

Answer 1

a grammatical structure containing a subject and verb and expressing a complete idea. Another term for an independent clause, then, is a sentence.

Question 2

Dependent Clause

Answer 2

a grammatical structure containing a subject and verb but not expressing a complete idea.

Question 3

Direct Object

Answer 3

A noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb or shows the result of the action. It answers the question “What?” or “Whom?” after an action verb.

Question 4

Indirect Object

Answer 4

Precedes the direct object and tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done and who is receiving the direct object. There must be a direct object to have an indirect object.

Question 5

Object

Answer 5

Traditional grammar defines the object in a sentence as the entity that is acted upon by the subject. There is thus a primary distinction between subjects and objects that is understood in terms of the action expressed by the verb, e.g. Tom studies grammar - Tom is the subject and grammar is the object.

Question 6

Intransitive verb

Answer 6

A verb that does not take a direct object. There’s no word in the sentence that tells who or what received the action. While there may be a word or phrase following an intransitive verb, such words and phrases typically answer the question “how”

Question 7

Transitive verb

Answer 7

it is an action verb, expressing a doable activity like kick, want, paint, write, eat, clean, etc. Second, it must have a direct object, something or someone who receives the action of the verb