Language

Question 1

Structure and systems that make u a language

Answer 1

Grammar

Question 2

Describe person, place, thing, idea

Fill the position of the subject or object in the sentenc

Answer 2

Noun

Question 3

_ is the person or thing doing something

Answer 3

Subject

Question 4

_ is having something done to it

Answer 4

Object

Question 5

Replace nouns in a sentence or paragraph allowing writer to achieve flow without unnecessary repetition

Answer 5

Pronoun

Question 6

Act as the subject or objects in the sentence

She, her

Answer 6

Personal pronoun

Question 7

Indicate possession

My, our

Answer 7

Possessive pronoun

Question 8

Intensify a noun or reflect back upon a noun

I myself made it. I made it myself

Answer 8

Reflexive or intensive pronoun

Question 9

Linking together dependent clauses

Staple phrases together

Answer 9

Relative pronouns

Question 10

_ begin questions

They request information about people, places, things , ideas, location, time, means, and purposes

Answer 10

Interrogative pronouns

Question 11

Who, whom, what, where, when, which, why, how are expamples of

Answer 11

Interrogative pronouns

Question 12

Point out or draw attention to something or someone

Can indicate proximity or distance

Answer 12

Demonstrative pronouns

Question 13

Replace nouns to avoid unnecessary repetition

Replace a list of names or objects

Answer 13

Indefinite pronouns

Question 14

_ express action or state of being

Convey mood

Answer 14

Verb

Question 15

_ verbs state facts

_ verbs make a state en of speculation or wish (would, could, should)

Answer 15

Indicative verb

Subjunctive verb

Question 16

_ verbs state a command

Answer 16

Imperative verbs

Question 17

Verbs are conjugated in(3)

Answer 17

Active or passive voice

To indicate person (first, second, third)

Question 18

_ voice expresses a dynamic a action

They played tennis

Answer 18

Active voice

Question 19

Verb tense indicates

Answer 19

The time of the action

Past, present, future

Question 20

_ join the subject to the subject compliment

The dog IS cute

Answer 20

Linking verbs

Question 21

_ verbs take an object

Lay something
Raise something
Set something

Answer 21

Transitive verbs

Question 22

_ verbs do not take an object

Lie
Rise
Sit

Answer 22

Intransitive verb

Question 23

Modify action or describing role

(He QUICKLY ran next door). Her VERY effective speech.

Answer questions where, when, why, how etc

Answer 23

Adverbs

Quickly, very

Question 24

_ modify or describe, but they add to the meaning of nouns and pronouns only

What kind? Which one? How many? How much?

(FIVE THOUGHTFUL students come to work)

Answer 24

Adjectives

Question 25

Limiting adjectives (3)

Answer 25

a, and, and the

Question 26

_ join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences

Answer 26

Conjunctions

Question 27

_ join dependent clauses - provide transition btwn two ideas in a sentence

( dependent clause - cannot stand alone as a sentence, provides information)

Answer 27

Subordinating conjunctions

Question 28

Examples of _

After, as soon as, as if, because, although, in order that, as, than

Answer 28

Subordinating conjunctions

Question 29

_ add expressions of emotion, punctuated with commas or exclamation points
*avoid in academic writing

No grammatical attachment to the sentence

ouch! Wow!

Answer 29

Interjections

Question 30

_ phrase

Begins with a preposition(describe relationships in time and space) and ends with an object of the preposition

The dog is hiding under the porch

Answer 30

Prepositional phrase

Question 31

_ phrase

Composed of the main verb (express action or being)alone with its helping verbs

The chef would have created another soufflé, but the staff protested

Answer 31

Verb phrase

Question 32

_ phrase

Consists of a noun and its modifiers

The big,red barn rests beside the vacant chicken house

Answer 32

Noun phrase

Question 33

_ phrase

A particular type of noun that phrase that renames the word or group of words that precedes it

Follow the noun they describe and are set apart by commas

My dad, the clock maker, loved antiques

Answer 33

Appositive phrase

Question 34

_ phrase

Begins with an ing word

Acts as a noun

Answer 34

Gerund phrase

Question 35

_ phrase

Verbal phrases that function as adjectives (modifying & add meaning to noun and pronoun)

Use a verb with an -ED or -ING ending to modify a noun or
pronoun

Sinking deeper in the mud, the boy yelled for help
(Sinking and boy)

Answer 35

Participle phrase

Question 36

_ phrase

Begin with ‘to’ + verb (action or being)

To visit Europe had always been her dream

Answer 36

Infinitive phrase

Question 37

What the subject is, has or does

The alligator EATS COOKIES and MILK

Answer 37

Predicate

Question 38

Contain both a subject and a predicate

Answer 38

Clause

Question 39

_can stand alone as its own sentence

Answer 39

Independent clause

Question 40

_ cannot stand alone a a sentence

Start with subordinating conjunctions(after, before, once, in order that, so, whether) which make them sound incomplete

Ex: because the dog ate her homework

Answer 40

Dependent clauses

Question 41

One complete sentence, one complete idea. Has only one independent clause

The cat ran under the porch

Answer 41

Simple sentence

Question 42

Two or more independent clauses and NO dependent clauses

The cat ran under the porch and the dog ran after him

Answer 42

Compound sentence

Question 43

Has only one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses

The cat, who is scared of the dog, ran under the porch

Do as you please.

Answer 43

Complex sentences

Question 44

Two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clause

The cat, who is scared of the dog, ran under the porch, and the dog ran after him

Answer 44

Compound-complex sentence