Grammar Test
Terms
undefined, object
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- adverb clauses modify?
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verb
adj.
adverb - adjective clauses modify?
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noun
pronoun - direct object
- a word or group of words that receive the action of the verb in the sentence
- predicate adjective
- follows linking verb and modifies the subject of a sentence
- predicate nominative
- a word or group of words that renames, identifies or refers to the subject of a sentence
- indirect object
- tells to whom, to what, for whom, or for what the action expressed by the verb is performed. Needs a direct object...
- adjective phrase
- when a prep. phrase modifies a noun or pronoun, it acts as an adjective.
- adverb phrase
- when a prep. phrase modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb, it acts as an adverb.
- verbal
- verb that functions in a sentence as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.
- participle
- functions as an adjective
- gerund
- verb that ends in -ing but acts as a noun
- infinitive
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made up of a verb and the word "to" in front of it.
functions as:
noun
adj.
adverb - appositive
- a noun or pronoun placed in commas to provide further information about the word in front of it
- clause
- group of words with both a verb and a subject
- independant clause
- a clause that can stand alone
- subordinate clause
- a clause that cant stand alone
- simple sentence
- 1 independant clause + 0 subordinate clauses
- compound sentence
- 2 or more independant clause joined together by a conjuction or a ; or a : & a conjunctive adverb
- complex sentence
- one independant + one or more subordinate clauses
- compound-complex sentence
- two or more independant clauses + one or more subordinate clause