Vhhs Cp English 9 Grammar Terms

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Clause

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A group of words containing its own subject and verb.

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Main Clause

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Also known as an independent clause.

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Noun Clause

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A subordinate clause that acts as a noun.

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Adverb Clause

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A subordinate clause that modifies a verb, adjective, adverb, or verbal. They tell when, where, how, or why.

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Adjective Clause

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A subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun, telling what kind or which one. (that, which, who, whom, whose)

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Dependent Clause

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A clause that can only be part of a sentence.

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Independent Clause

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A clause that can stand by itself in a sentence.

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Subordinate Clause

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Also known as a dependent clause.

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Participle

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A form of a verb that acts as an adjective and modifies a noun or pronoun.

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Present Participle

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A form of a verb that acts as an adjective and modifies a noun or pronoun and is use in present tense. (-ing)

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Past Participle

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A form of a verb that acts as an adjective and modifies a noun or pronoun and is used in the past tense. (-ed)

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Phrase

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A group of words.

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Prepositional Phrase

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A group of words that always end with a noun or pronoun.

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Adjective Phrase

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A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun by telling what kind or which one.

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Adverb Phrase

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A prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, adj., or adverb by pointing out where, when, in what manner, or to what extent.

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Relative Pronoun

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Begins a subordinate clause and connects it to another idea in the sentence.

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Gerund

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A form of a verb that acts as a noun.

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Simple Sentence

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1 independent clause.

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Compound Sentence

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2 independent clauses.

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Complex Sentence

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1 independent clause and 1 or more subordinate clauses.

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Compound-Complex Sentence

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2 or more independent clause and 1 or more subordinate clauses.

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Active Voice

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The form of a verb that shows its subject performing the action.

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Passive Voice

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The form of a verb that shows its action performed upon the subject.

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Direct Object

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A noun, pronoun, or group of words acting as a noun that receives the action of a transitive verb.

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Infinitive

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A form of a verb that comes from after the word to and acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

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Subordinating Conjunction

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Connects two ideas by making one of them less important.

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Adjective

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A word used to describe a noun or pronoun.

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Adverb

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A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

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Appositive

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A noun or pronoun placed next to another noun or pronoun to identify, rename, or explain it.

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Verbal

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A word that acts as a noun and ends in (-ing).

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Parallel Structure

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The same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.