Ch.7
These are usually the first words in a noun phrase, and thus, frequently, the first word of a sentence or even paragraph.
What are determiners?
That, whom, whose, which are all examples of this kind of pronoun.
What is a relative pronoun?
This is the word or phrase that receives the action of the verb.
What is the direct object?
These types of words connect two sentences with roughly equal ideas.
What is a conjunction?
This type of article is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader.
What is a definite article?
A verbal that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed; based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being.
What is a participle?
Any structure that does what a noun usually does
What is a nominal?
This is the final comma used before the conjunction in a series.
What is the Oxford or Serial comma?
A form of verb which works as an adjective, noun, or verbs (with the help of auxiliary verbs) in a sentence.
What is a participle?
A verb without a subject is called this.
What is a dangling participle?
In the sentence 'She felt acting was her calling,' the word 'calling' acts as this.
What is a gerund?
When nouns or phrases in the subject slot are joined by or, either-or, neither-nor, the verb is determined by this.
What is the closest member of the pair?
A present participle (verb + ing) which works as a noun in a sentence.
What is a gerund?
In the sentence 'My friend's dream is to be a world famous magician,' "to be a world famous magician" acts as this.
What is a subject complement?
This is the recipient of the direct object.
What is the indirect object?
We use a semicolon when this type of adverb introduces the second clause.
What is a conjunctive adverb?
A clause introduced by a relative pronoun (who, which, that) or a relative adverb (when, where, why) that generally modifies a noun.
What is a relative clause?
In the sentence 'I realize that we are reviewing the lesson,' the dependent clause "that we are reviewing the lesson" acts as this.
What is a nominal clause?
A word or phrase that follows a linking verb and describes, defines, or renames the subject in some way
What is a subject complement?
This coordinating conjunction can be used with a comma instead of a semicolon between clauses.
What is "yet" (or "so")?