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40 Cards in this Set
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What are the four structures of a sentence?
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Simple
Compound Complex Compound-Complex |
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What is a simple sentence?
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A simple sentence consists of one independent clause and expresses a complete thought "Jesus Wept"
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What is a compound sentence?
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A compound sentence consist of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction "Jesus wept, yet he sang"
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What is a complex sentence?
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A complex sentence consists of one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause "Jesus, who wept, laughed"
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What is compound- complex sentence?
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A compound- complex sentence consists of two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause "Jesus, who wept, laughed, yet he sang."
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What are the four purposes of a sentence?
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Declarative
Interrogative Imperative Exclamatory |
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What is a declarative sentence?
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Expresses a Statement and ends with a period. "Ben washed the dishes."
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What is a Interrogative sentence?
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Asks Question and ends in a question mark "Did Ben Wash the Dishes?"
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What is a Exclamatory sentence?
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Expresses a strong emotion and ends in an exclamation mark. "Ben washed the dishes!!
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What is a Imperative sentence?
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"Expresses a command and ends in a period. "Ben, (you) wash the dishes."
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what are sentence patterns
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S Vt DO S Vl PN S Vl PAj S Vt IO DO S Vt DO OCN S Vt DO OCAj |
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what are two components of a sentence
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phrases
clauses |
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what is a phrase
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a group of words that do not contain and subject and a verb and may be used as a single part of speech
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what is a clause
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a group of words that contain both a subject and a verb
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what are two types of clauses
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Independent Clause
Subordinate Clause (aka dependent) |
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what is an independent clause
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expressed complete thought like a sentence ; can stand alone
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what is a subordinate clause (aka dependent)
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does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone
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what are the two major components of a clause
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subject
predicate |
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what is the subject
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that part a about which something is being said
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what is the predicate
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that part which says something about the subject
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5 parts of complete sentence
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Subject
Verb complete sense capitalization end mark |
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8 parts of speech
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Noun
Pronoun Verb Adverb Preposition Conjunction Interjection |
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what is a noun
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describes person place thing activity or idea (to find the noun ask "Who?" or "What" then say the verb)
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what is a pronoun
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replaces the noun in order to avoid repeition (ask "who?" or "What?" then say the verb)
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what is a verb
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exerts action being or existence; ("What is being said about the subject")
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What is an adverb?
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An adverb modifies a verb, adverb or another adverb
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What is a conjunction?
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A word used to connect words, phrases or clauses together
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What is an interjection
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a word or phrase used as a strong expression feeling or emotion/ is grammatically unconnected to a sentence
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What is a preposition?
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relates a noun or pronoun to another word
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What is an adjective?
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modifies a noun or pronoun by describing qualifying or limiting
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What is a verb
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asserts action being or existence
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What are four types of verbs
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intransitive
transitive linking helping |
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What is an intransitive verb
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a verb that does not transfer action to another word
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What is a transitive verb
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a verb that transfers action to another word
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What is a linking verb
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a verb that makes an assertion by joining two words; either renames the subject with Pred Nom or describes the subject with Pred Adj
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What is a helping verb
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a verb that helps another verb assert action, being or existence
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What is a verb phrase
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the main verb and its helping verbs
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What is are the five principal parts
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Infinite Present, Past, Present ptc Past ptc
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What is an infinitive
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"to" added to a verb used as a noun, adjective or adverb
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What is a present verb
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a verb without suffixes
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