Engl 101 Flash Cards

Front 1

Types of Sentences:

Back 1

Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex

Front 2

What is the subject? What is the verb?

"I was late for work."

Back 2

"I" is the subject, "was" is the verb.

Front 3

What is the subject? What is the verb?

"My car had a flat tire."

Back 3

"Car" is the subject, "had" is the verb.

Front 4

What are the coordinate conjunctions?

Back 4

For

And

Nor

But

Or

Yet

So

Front 5

Identify:

"Wherever you go, you can always find beauty."

Back 5

Complex sentence

Front 6

Identify:

"I am counting my calories, yet I really want dessert."

Back 6

Compound sentence

Front 7

Identify:

"Check back tomorrow; I will see if the book has arrived."

Back 7

Compound sentence

Front 8

Independent clause+Comma+Coordinate conjunction+independent clause

Back 8

Compound sentence

Front 9

Independent clause+semicolon+independent clause

Back 9

Compound sentence

Front 10

Give three examples of conjunctive adverbs

Back 10

Also, anyway, as a result, besides, certainly, consequently, finally, furthermore, however, incidentally, in addition to, in fact, indeed, instead, likewise, meanwhile, moreover, nevertheless, nest, now, on the other hand, otherwise, similarly, still, then, therefore, thus, undoubtedly, etc...

Front 11

Independent clause + semicolon + conjunctive adverb + independent clause

Back 11

compound sentence

Front 12

List three examples of a subordinate conjunctions

Back 12

After, although, as, because, before, even if, if, in order that, provided that, since, so that, that, though, unless, until, what, when, where, whether, while.

Front 13

Independent clause + subordinate conjunctions + dependent clause

Back 13

complex sentence

Front 14

What are the relative pronouns?

Back 14

That, Who, Whom, Whoever, Which, Whichever, Whose

Front 15

Identify:

"After the tornado hit the town, there was little left standing."

Back 15

Complex

Front 16

Identify:

"I really didn’t like the play although the acting was very good."

Back 16

Complex

Front 17

Identify:

"Let’s go back to the restaurant where we had our first date."

Back 17

Complex

Front 18

Identify:

"Although I like to go camping, I haven't had the time to go lately, and I haven't found anyone to go with."

Back 18

Compound-complex

Front 19

Identify:

"We decided that the movie was too violent, but our children, who like to watch scary movies, thought that we were wrong."

Back 19

Compound-complex

Front 20

Identify:

"Mary and Samantha took the bus."

Back 20

Simple

Front 21

Identify:

"I like the colour."

Back 21

Simple