ANSWERS|| FLASHCARDS||STUDY
GUIDE
\.Predicate - Answer- The part of the sentence that contains the action word (verb) that tells
us what the subject is or does
\.Pronouns - Answer- He, she, and they are examples of...?
\.Adverbs - Answer- -They provide more details in a sentence and modify verbs, adjectives, or
other adverbs, but not nouns.
-They tell you when or how something happened or how something looks or feels.
- Many end in -ly and one is the word not
Ex. Mrs. Cooper's car accident REGRETTABLY left her with multiple abrasions, and she felt
MISERABLE.
\.Phrases - Answer- A sentence that lacks a subject and a verb.
For example:
from that night
among the girls
around the bush
\.Prepositional Phrases - Answer- A sentence part that lacks a subject or verb and contains
prepositions Prepositions are words that introduce information to the reader. This information
can include where something takes place (such as 'at' the store), when or why something takes
, place (such as 'before' dinner), or general descriptive information (such as the girl 'with' the cool
tattoo).
For example:
- to the store
- in the street
- on the roof
- at the hospital
- with a stethoscope
\.Participle Phrase - Answer- A part of a sentence that contains a verb and a participle. When
it introduces and modifies a sentence, it's separated from the rest of a sentence by a comma.
i.e. Pleased by the doctor's complimentary words, the nurse smiled.
\.Clause - Answer- A sentence part that contains a subject and a verb.
\.Independent Clause - Answer- It can stand on its own as a sentence; it has a subject and a
verb and makes a complete thought.
\.Dependent Clause - Answer- A part of a sentence that depends on other words to be added
to it to make sense. It CANNOT stand on its own because it does not form a complete thought.
For example,
-Until the third shift comes on duty
-Because she missed punching in by 15 minutes
-Whenever the fire alarm went off in the hospital.
\.Adverbial clause - Answer- A dependent clause that modifies an a verb and can be placed at
the beginning or end of a sentence.