Grammar Mastery
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- What is a verbal?
- a verb form that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb
- Adverb clauses begin with ___ conjunctions.
- subordinating
- What is a participial phrase?
- a participle with any complements or modifiers that functions as an adjective
- What is an infinitive?
- a verbal, beginning with "to," that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb
- What is a participle?
- a verbal that functions as an adjective
- In an ellipses, what part of speech is implied but not stated?
- verb
- What are the eight parts of speech?
- noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, interjection
- What three parts of speech can adverbs modify?
- verb, adjectives, adverbs
- Adjective clauses begin with ___ pronouns.
- relative
- What are the three characteristics of a restrictive adjective clause?
- essential to the sentence's meaning, begins with THAT, not offset with commas
- What is an adjective clause?
- a DC that functions as an adjective
- What is an infinitive phrase?
- an infinitive with any complements or modifiers that functions and a noun, adjective, or adverb
- What is a noun clause?
- a DC that functions as a noun
- What is a simple sentence?
- one IC
- How do participles end?
- with -ing, or ed, d, t, en, n
- What is a compound sentence?
- two or more ICs
- What is a gerund phrase?
- a gerund, with any complements or modifiers, that functions as a noun
- What are the three characteristics of a nonrestrictive adjective clause?
- not essential to the sentence's meaning, begins with WHICH, offset with commas
- What are two ways to join two ICs?
- a semicolon or a comma and a coordinating conjunction
- What are the five relative pronouns?
- that, which, who, whom, whose
- Every clause has what two elements?
- subject and verb
- What is an appositive?
- a noun that renames or identifies a previously stated noun or pronoun
- What is a phrase?
- a group of words that functions as a single part of speech
- What is a gerund?
- a verbal, ending in -ing, that functions as a noun
- What are the six ways a noun can function in a sentence?
- subject, direct object, indirect object, object of a preposition, appositive, predicate nominative
- What is a compound-complex sentence?
- two or more ICs and one or more DCs
- What is a dependent clause?
- has a subject and verb but requires an IC to complete its meaning
- What are the seven coordinating conjunctions
- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
- "Ellipsis" with adverb clauses occurs when using a comparison with ___ or ___.
- as, than
- What is a prepositional phrase?
- a preposition and its object that function as an adjective or adverb
- What is a complex sentence?
- one IC and one or more DCs
- What three elements constitute an independent clause?
- subject, verb, complete thought
- What two parts of speech can adjectives modify?
- nouns and pronouns
- What is an adverb clause?
- a DC that functions as an adverb