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Question 1

Independent clause

Answer 1

Simple sentence, can stand alone as a complete sentence.

Question 2

Dependent clause

Answer 2

Not a complete thought, cannot stand alone as a complete sentence

Question 3

Noun

Answer 3

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea in a sentence

(Idea nouns are also referred to as abstract nouns)

Question 4

Proper nouns

Answer 4

Proper nouns name a particular person, place, or thing. These nouns begin with a capital letter.

Question 5

Pronoun

Answer 5

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns.

Question 6

Singular pronouns

Answer 6

Replace nouns that name one person, place, thing, or idea.

Question 7

Plural pronouns

Answer 7

Replace nouns that name more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

Question 8

Verbs

Answer 8

An action verb is a part of speech that tells what the subject of a sentence is doing.

Question 9

Linking Verbs

Answer 9

connect ideas to each
other. They do not express an action.
They describe a subject’s state of being.

Question 10

Modal auxiliary verbs

Answer 10

modify the
main verb in a
sentence. They are
also referred to as
“helping verbs.”

Question 11

Parts of speech

Answer 11

nouns

pronouns

verbs

adjectives

adverbs

Question 12

Adjectives

Answer 12

An adjective is a part of speech that
describes or modifies a noun.

Adjectives can tell us how
something looks, feels, tastes, smells,
or sounds.

Question 13

Adverbs

Answer 13

An adverb describes or modifies a
verb. Adverbs can also modify an
adjective or another adverb.

Adverbs can tell…

how, where, when, how much, and
how often.

Question 14

Coordinating Conjunctions

Answer 14

Coordinating conjunctions are words
that join two sentences to make a
compound sentence.

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Question 15

Subordinating Conjuctions

Answer 15

Are words that link independent clauses and dependents clauses to create complex sentence

Question 16

Simple sentence

Answer 16

Contains at least one noun
(subject and one verb (AKA predicate)

Question 17

Simple sentences

Answer 17

is also referred to as an independent clause

Question 18

Compound Sentences

Answer 18

contains two simple sentences (independent clauses) joined by a coordinating

are words that join two sentences to make a compound Sentences

Question 19

Complex sentences

Answer 19

complex sentence= independent clause+ dependent clause

Independent clause= A simple sentence that can stand alone

Dependent clause= Incomplete thought that cannot stand alone

complex sentence can begin with a dependent clause