Module 1

Question 1

verbs that work with the main verb to make up the complete verb in a sentence.

Answer 1

auxiliary verbs or “helping verbs”

Question 2

verbs that help describe a subject by connecting it to another word.

Answer 2

linking verbs

Question 3

one of a group of words that precede a noun or pronoun and indicate direction, position, placement, duration, or another kind of connection to the other words in the sentence.

Answer 3

preposition

Question 4

Who or what a sentence speaks about. Usually a noun or pronoun that acts, is acted upon, or is described.

Answer 4

Subject

Question 5

What the sentence says about the subject; a word that shows what a subject does or that helps describe the subject by linking it to an adjective

Answer 5

verb

Question 6

simple a group of words that begins with a preposition.

Answer 6

Prepositional phrase

Question 7

a word group that lacks a subject or a verb and/or one that does not express a complete thought.

Answer 7

a fragment

Question 8

2 complete thoughts that are run together with no adequate sign given to mark the break between them

Answer 8

run-on sentence

Question 9

a comma incorrectly used to connect two common thoughts

Answer 9

comma splice

Question 10

A group of words having a subject and a verb that does not express a complete thought and is not able to stand alone.

Answer 10

dependent clause (or subordinate clause)

Question 11

A group of words having a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought and is able to stand alone.

Answer 11

Independent clause

Question 12

a way of showing that one thought in a sentence is not as important as another thought.

Answer 12

subordination

Question 13

a verb that has an irregular form in the past tense and past participle

Answer 13

Irregular verb

Question 14

one of the principal parts of each verb; formed by adding “-d” or “ed” to the present used with the helping verbs “have, has, or had” or with a form of “be”

Answer 14

past participle

Question 15

one of the principle parts or each verb formed by adding -ing to the present.

Answer 15

present participle

Question 16

the 4 parts of every verb: Past, present, past participle present participle

Answer 16

principle parts of verbs

Question 17

the times shown by verbs. past, present, future

Answer 17

verb tense

Question 18

subjects separated by a joining word such as “and” usually take a plural verb

Answer 18

compound subject

Question 19

a word that refers to people and things that are not specific. Many take a singular verb; others such as “both or few” take plural nouns.

Answer 19

indefinite pronoun

Question 20

a verbal; the -ing form of the verb used as a noun

Answer 20

gerund

Question 21

a verbal to plus the base form of the verb

Answer 21

infinitive

Question 22

a verbal; the -ing or -ed form of the verb used as an adjective

Answer 22

participle

Question 23

words formed from verbs that often express action; these include gerunds, infinitives and participles

Answer 23

verbals

Question 24

a word that refers to people and things that are not named or are not specific.

Answer 24

indefinite pronoun

Question 25

words that name, persons, places, or things

Answer 25

nouns

Question 26

words that name persons, places or things

Answer 26

pronoun

Question 27

correspondence in number between the pronoun and the noun it replaces

Answer 27

pronoun agreement

Question 28

the relationship between the pronoun and the noun in the sentence in which it refers.

Answer 28

pronoun reference

Question 29

pronouns that point to or single out a person or thing. (this, that, those, these)

Answer 29

demonstrative pronous

Question 30

pronouns that function as the objects of verbs as prepositions.

Answer 30

object pronouns

Question 31

pronouns that show ownership or possession

Answer 31

possessive pronouns

Question 32

pronouns that function as the subjects of verbs

Answer 32

subject pronouns

Question 33

words that describe nouns or pronouns

Answer 33

adjectives

Question 34

words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs

Answer 34

adverbs

Question 35

The formal characteristics of a manuscript, comprising such things as paper size, margins, spacing, and font

Answer 35

format

Question 36

literally, a paper written by hand; a paper handed in for a grade.

Answer 36

manuscript

Question 37

shortened forms of words, often used for convenience in writing.

Answer 37

abbreviations

Question 38

a punctuation mark generally used in order to 1) show the omission of one or more letters in a contraction 2) show ownership or possession

Answer 38

apostrophe

Question 39

the combination of 2 words through omission of one or more letters and use of an apostrophe

Answer 39

contraction

Question 40

punctuation marks that indicate exact words or the titles of short works.

Answer 40

quotation marks

Question 41

a rewording of someone else's comments rather than a word-for-word direct quotation.

Answer 41

indirect quotation

Question 42

a punctuation mark used at the end of a complete statement to introduce a list, a long quotation, or an explanation.

Answer 42

colon

Question 43

a punctuation mark used to signal a pause longer than that of a comma, but not as long as a period.

Answer 43

dash

Question 44

punctuation marks used to set off extra or incidental information from the rest of a sentence.

Answer 44

parentheses

Question 45

a punctuation mark used with two or more words that act as a single unit or to divide a word as the end of a line.

Answer 45

hyphen

Question 46

a punctuation mark used to mark a break between 2 complete thoughts, or to mark off items in a series when the items themselves contain internal punctuation (such as commas)

Answer 46

semicolon

Question 47

words such as brake and break that have the same sounds but different meanings

Answer 47

homonym

Question 48

an expression that has been worn out through constant use. example short but sweet.

Answer 48

cliche

Question 49

artificial or stilted expressions that more often obscure meaning than communicate it clearly.

Answer 49

pretentious language

Question 50

nonstandard language particular to a time and often to a specific locale acceptable in every day speech but should be avoided in formal context and in writing, with few exceptions.

Answer 50

slang

Question 51

revising to correct sentence-skills mistakes

Answer 51

editing

Question 52

carefully examining written text to correct typographical mistakes and other related errors

Answer 52

proofreading

Question 53

shorthand notation intended to call attention to typographical mistakes and other related errors

Answer 53

proofreading symbols

Question 54

mode of expression in which the subject performs the action expressed by the verb.

Answer 54

active voice

Question 55

words that name people places or things or ideas that can be counted and made into plurals

Answer 55

count noun

Question 56

particular to a certain language

Answer 56

idiomatic

Question 57

words that refer to things or ideas that cannot be counted

Answer 57

noncount noun

Question 58

a word that expresses the quantity of a noncount noun

Answer 58

qualifier

Question 59

verbs that need direct objects to complete their meaning

Answer 59

transitive verb