Modifiers
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun or pronoun.
What is a noun?
A word representing a person, place, thing or idea is a noun.
A phrase is a group of words that has a subject OR a verb, but not both.
What is a Complex Sentence?
A sentence that contains at least one dependent clause and one independent clause is Complex.
Which is an Adjective?
A. Thoughtfully
B. After
C. Royal
C. Royal
What is an adverb?
A words that modifies (provides information about) a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that can replace a noun- we, he, they, them, hers, it are all pronouns.
What is a clause?
A clause is a group of words that has a subject AND a verb.
What is a Compound sentence?
A compound sentence is a sentence which contains 2 independent clauses linked by a comma and coordinating conjunction.
Which is an adverb?
A. Quick
B. Slowly
C. Underneath
B. Slowly
What is a preposition?
A preposition is used to show location, direction or sometimes timing.
What is an action verb?
An action verb is a verb that shows something happening, The subject of the sentence DOES it.
What is the difference between an independent and a dependent clause?
An independent clause can stand on its own as a sentence. A dependent clause can't.
Which is a simple sentence?
A. Jim and Debra went to the park after they spent a long afternoon cleaning.
B. The car was red and yellow with a black side door and rust everywhere.
C. The sun is the center of our solar system, even though people used to believe otherwise.
B. The car was red and yellow with a black side door and rust everywhere.
Combine the parts listed into a compound sentence.
Kyler was drafted by a team he hated
He had to sign with them anyway
Kyler was drafted by a team he hated, but he had to sign with them anyway.
Is the italicized word an ADJ, ADV or PREP?
The dog ran after the really fast squirrel.
ADV- modifying "fast" by telling how fast.
What are linking verbs?
Linking verbs connect a subject to a description. Words like Am, be, is ,was, were are always linking verbs.
The word "smelled" in this sentence is a linking verb: The room smelled awful
The word "smelled" in this sentence is NOT a linking verb: I smelled the cookies.
Which is the independent clause?
A. After my mother fed us lunch
B. we were good children and cleaned our rooms.
A. After my mother fed us lunch
The word "after" makes the clause need more information.
Which combines the phrases and clauses below into a Compound sentence?
Jim is very tall. He hates basketball.
A. Jim is very tall, but he hates basketball
B. Jim hates basketball even though he is very tall.
C. Jim should play basketball because he is very tall.
A. Jim is very tall, but he hates basketball
Separate this sentence into 3 clauses.
My coach told me to run laps after I finished my weight training once I got to the track.
My coach told me to run laps (independent)
After I finished my weight training (dependent)
Once I got to the track (dependent)
Is the italicized word an ADJ, ADV or PREP?
Our relay finshed behind the rival team's.
PREP- gives the location
What is agreement between nouns and verbs?
Nouns and verbs agree when they match:
He went (agrees)
Him go (doesn't agree)
Which is a phrase?
A. I could not find the ball no matter how hard I looked
B. The red, round squishy ball from the the dollar store
It was found months later, by my dog, who got a new chew toy...
B. The red, round squishy ball from the the dollar store
Which of these combines the phrases and clauses correctly in a Complex sentence?
We had lunch. We left the movies.
A. We left the movies; we had lunch
B. We had lunch before we went to the movies.
C. We went to the movies, and we had lunch
B. We had lunch before we went to the movies.
What kind of sentence is this? Compound, Complex or simple?
My coach told me to run laps after I finished my weight training once I got to the track.
Complex