Questions and CORRECT Answers
Sentence - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER - Yes, has an unstated, but implied, subject and
a verb.
Phrase - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - A noun, adjective, adverb, or verb.
Phrases are classified as - CORRECT ANSWER - prepositional, participial, gerund,
infinitive, and verb phrases.
What are clauses? - CORRECT 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 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - provides information that is necessary
to identify specifically what is being described.
Nonrestrictive phrase/clause - CORRECT ANSWER - provides information that is
incidental to the meaning of the sentence.
verb - CORRECT ANSWER - a word or phrase used to assert an action or state of being