Parts of Speech
What does an adjective tell?
The first one links the subject to the predicate; the second one shows action and may be transitive or intransitive.
What is the difference between a linking verb and an action verb?
An adjectival participle that doesn't have a word to modify in the sentence.
What is a dangling participle?
The first one is a collection of words that do not express a complete thought. The second is a collection of words that includes a subject and verb. It gets diagrammed on its own line.
What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?
When you place a comma between two independent clauses.
What is a comma splice?
Where, When, Why, How, or To What Extent.
What does an adverb tell?
It is the -ing form a verb that always acts as a noun.
What is a gerund?
It is an adjective that isn't placed near the noun it modifies leading to unclear meaning in a sentence.
What is a misplaced modifier?
It is diagrammed on a stair-step line; include any objects or modifiers as necessary.
How do you diagram a gerund?
A word or words that come between the word "to" and the rest of the infinitive.
What is a split infinitive?
Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them, whom.
What are the objective case pronouns?
It is the -ing form a verb that acts as an adjective.
What is a participle?
Convert a clause to a phrase, or a phrase to a single word.
What is a way to practice reduction in wordy sentences?
Write in on a curved line under the noun it modifies; include any related objects or modifiers.
How do you diagram a adjectival participle?
It expresses a wish, desire, an uncertainty, or a condition contrary to fact.
What is the subjunctive mood?
The word that pronoun refers to or replaces.
What is an antecedent?
Present, past, past participle.
What are the principal parts of a verb?
Replace the ambiguous pronoun with a specific noun.
How do you fix an unclear pronoun?
Write it on a stair-step line. Include any related modifiers or objects.
How do you diagram a gerund?
When the subject receives the action of the verb.
What is passive voice?
It shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word. It can act as an adjective or an adverb.
What is a prepositional phrase? (Or what is a preposition?)
Another name for a linking verb.
What is a copulative verb?
It is using the same form or construction when more than one thing is being listed or compared.
What is parallelism?
Use a forked line; write the conjunction on a dotted line.
How do you diagram a compound subject, verb, or object?
When referring to verb tenses, it means "finished."
What does "perfect" mean?