Grammar Definitions
What is a clause that does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence?
dependent clause
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh.
Predicate Nominative (PN)
In the sentence
- The minister for this special occasion will be my uncle. -
what is "for this special occasion" functioning as?
Is it a noun, adjective, or adverb?
adjective
In "The Lady, or the Tiger," the man was sent to the arena because he loved whom?
the king's daughter
In what story does plane crash in the Alps?
"12 Walked Away"
What type of sentence has two or more independent clauses but no dependent clauses?
compound sentence
What is the word - God - functioning as in the sentence:
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh.
Appositive
(This is a noun or pronoun that renames another noun or pronoun. God is renaming Lord)
What is the sentence structure of the sentence:
A man with God is always in the majority. -Knox
Simple sentence
In "The Lady, or the Tiger," the spectators in the arena never knew from day to day whether they were going to witness a bloody slaughter or a hilarious what?
wedding
In what story does the author climb up Mt. Everest?
"The Summit"
What type of sentence has one independent clause but no dependent clauses?
Simple sentence
What part of speech is the word - I - in the sentence:
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh.
pronoun
What is the sentence structure of the sentence:
The books that we ordered arrived, but no bill was enclosed.
compound-complex sentence
In "The Lady, or the Tiger," who directed the man to open the door on the right?
the princess
At the summit of Everest, what activity did Hillary engage in until he realized his fingers were getting clumsy and slow?
photography
What type of sentence has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses?
complex sentence
What part of speech is the word - all - in the sentence:
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh.
adjective
What has been the (affect or effect) of the heavy rainfall?
effect
As he neared the summit of Everest, Hillary kept checking what?
the supply of oxygen
In what book did the plane crash survivors find comfort?
the Bible
What part of speech joins words, phrases, or clauses?
conjunctions
- The minister for this special occasion will be my uncle. -
what is the group of words "for this special occasion."
Is it a phrase or a clause?
phrase
(Inside of or Inside) some countries, religious freedom is still severely limited.
Inside
The Echo Mountain Grizzly was crippled how?
by a trap
Who accompanied Edmund Hillary to the summit of Mount Everest?
Tenzing Norgay