Vocab Flashcards
(17 cards)
Verb
Expresses action, condition, or state of being for a subject in a sentence
Subject
The thing in the sentence that is doing the verb
Clause
a group of words made up of a subject, a verb, and all attendant parts
Phrase
A group of words with no subject and no verb but still have meaning
Infinitives
A construction of words that looks like (to + “action word”)NEVER the verb
Helping verbs
the only 23 words that are always verbs when we see them
Independent clause
A group of words with a subject and verb that is a complete thought
Dependent clause
A group of words with a subject and a verb that is not a complete thought
coordinating conjunction
connects two things of equal grammatical weight often called the “FANBOYS”
FANBOYS(coordinating conjunction)
for, and, nor, but, or, yes, so
Subordinating conjunction
Introduces a dependent clause and connects it to the independent clause of a sentence
Relative Pronoun
Begins a clause and relates it to a word or idea in the previous clause
Simple Sentence
A sentence that is made up of only one independent clause
Compound Sentence
A sentence that is made up of two or more independent clauses
Complex sentence
A sentence that is made up of one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
Compound-Complex sentence
A sentence that is made up of two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
helping verbs (ist)
Am, is, are, was and were, being, been, and be, Have, has, had, do, does, did, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must, can, could
