MP1 Grammar

Question 1

Subject

Answer 1

the part of a sentence indicating what or whom the sentence is about. Normally includes a main noun.

Question 2

Noun

Answer 2

person, place, thing, or idea

Question 3

Pronoun

Answer 3

replaces a noun

Question 4

Antecedent

Answer 4

a word or phrase that is later replaced by another word (Maria would be the antecedent of she).

Question 5

Predicate

Answer 5

the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject.

Question 6

Verb

Answer 6

action or state of being. Includes “to be.”

Question 7

Verb Phrase

Answer 7

a combination of helping verbs and main verbs (shall, will, have, do, be, etc)

Question 8

Complement

Answer 8

words necessary to complete a phrase’s meaning (I will be studying)

Question 9

Infinitive

Answer 9

“to” + unconjugated verb. Can be a noun, adjective, or adverb, but isn’t a verb. “to make”

Question 10

Independent Clause

Answer 10

An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. An independent clause is a sentence.

Question 11

Dependent Clause

Answer 11

A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. A dependent clause cannot be a sentence. Often a dependent clause is marked by a subordinating conjunction.

Question 12

Conjunction

Answer 12

joins clauses or sentences or words

Question 13

Coordinating Conjunctions

Answer 13

For And Nor But Or Yet So

Create a loose connection between roughly equal elements

Question 14

Subordinating Conjunctions

Answer 14

link a dependent clause to an independent clause or make a clause dependent

after, although, as, as if, because, before, even if, even though, if, in order to, since, though, unless, until, whatever, when, whenever, whether, and while.

Question 15

Preposition

Answer 15

a word or group of words that is used with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, location, or time, or to introduce an object.

Most Common Prepositions: about after against among around as at before between by during for from in into like of on out over through to under with without

Question 16

Adjective

Answer 16

describes a noun

Question 17

Adverb

Answer 17

describes a verb, adjective, or adverb

Question 18

Article

Answer 18

type of adj that signals & describes a following noun (a, an, the)

Question 19

Active Voice

Answer 19

the do-er is clear “That man killed Sally”

Question 20

Passive Voice

Answer 20

the do-er isn’t stated “Sally was killed”

Question 21

Gerund

Answer 21

verb used as a noun (I went skiing)

Question 22

Participle

Answer 22

verb used as an adjective

Question 23

Simple Present

Answer 23

complete current action.

Question 24

Present Progressive

Answer 24

ongoing current action formed with “to be” + present participle

Question 25

Simple Past

Answer 25

a complete past action.

Question 26

Present Perfect

Answer 26

ongoing action which began in the past but continues or has an ongoing effect into the present. Formed with present tense of the verb “to have” + the past participle.

Question 27

Past Perfect

Answer 27

complete action which happened in the past before something else. Formed with the past tense of the verb “to have” + the past participle.