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CBT TSA Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Sentence Answer: is a grammatically independent group of
words that serves as a unit of expression. Normally contains a
stated subject, must contain predicate that consists of at least
one word, a verb.
Is Go! a sentence? Answer: Yes, has an unstated, but implied,
subject and a verb.
Phrase Answer: Is a group of related words lacking a subject
and/or a predicate(the part that says something about or
directs the subject).
A phrase can be used as Answer: A noun, adjective, adverb,
or verb.
Phrases are classified as Answer: prepositional, participial,
gerund, infinitive, and verb phrases.
What are clauses? Answer: Grammatical units containing a
subject and a verb, either dependent or independent.
Independent expresses the main thought of the sentence and
can stand alone as a sentence (she laughed.). A dependent
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clause expresses an idea that is less important that the idea
expressed in the main clause and cannot stand alone as a
sentence(as she was laughing...).
Restrictive phrase/clause Answer: provides information that is
necessary to identify specifically what is being described.
Nonrestrictive phrase/clause Answer: provides information
that is incidental to the meaning of the sentence.
verb Answer: a word or phrase used to assert an action or
state of being
verb voice Answer: shows whether the subject performs an
action (active voice) or receives it (passive voice). Active-the
consultant wrote a proposal. Passive- the proposal was written
by the consultant.
She takes, she took, she will take Answer: Active voice
examples
she is taken, she was taken, she will be Answer: passive voice
examples
present, past, future Answer: verb tense
CBT TSA Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Sentence Answer: is a grammatically independent group of
words that serves as a unit of expression. Normally contains a
stated subject, must contain predicate that consists of at least
one word, a verb.
Is Go! a sentence? Answer: Yes, has an unstated, but implied,
subject and a verb.
Phrase Answer: Is a group of related words lacking a subject
and/or a predicate(the part that says something about or
directs the subject).
A phrase can be used as Answer: A noun, adjective, adverb,
or verb.
Phrases are classified as Answer: prepositional, participial,
gerund, infinitive, and verb phrases.
What are clauses? Answer: Grammatical units containing a
subject and a verb, either dependent or independent.
Independent expresses the main thought of the sentence and
can stand alone as a sentence (she laughed.). A dependent
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clause expresses an idea that is less important that the idea
expressed in the main clause and cannot stand alone as a
sentence(as she was laughing...).
Restrictive phrase/clause Answer: provides information that is
necessary to identify specifically what is being described.
Nonrestrictive phrase/clause Answer: provides information
that is incidental to the meaning of the sentence.
verb Answer: a word or phrase used to assert an action or
state of being
verb voice Answer: shows whether the subject performs an
action (active voice) or receives it (passive voice). Active-the
consultant wrote a proposal. Passive- the proposal was written
by the consultant.
She takes, she took, she will take Answer: Active voice
examples
she is taken, she was taken, she will be Answer: passive voice
examples
present, past, future Answer: verb tense
