A verb form that functions as something OTHER THAN a verb in a sentence.
What is a verbal?
100
The acronym for the seven coordinating conjunctions.
What is FANBOYS?
100
A group of words that must contain a subject and a verb.
What is a clause?
100
Seen in Lessons 1-15, a sentence made up of one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
100
A verb that has no complement.
What is an intransitive verb?
200
A noun, pronoun, or adjective that follows a verbal and completes its meaning.
What is a verbal complement?
200
The two types of conjunctions that join words or groups of words of equal status.
What are coordinating and correlative conjunctions?
200
A clause that describes a noun in the main clause of a sentence.
What is an adjective clause?
200
Seen only in Lesson 20, a sentence made up of two or more independent clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
200
The eight state of being verbs.
What are be, being, been, am, is, are, was, and were?
300
A verbal ending in -ing that always functions as a noun.
What is a gerund?
300
The parts of speech joined by the conjunctions in the following sentence:
I need either the pen or the pencil on my desk.
What are direct objects?
300
A word that begins an adjective or noun clause and functions as a subject, direct object, adjective, or subject complement within the dependent clause.
What is a relative pronoun?
300
The minimum number of main verbs in a compound-complex sentence.
What is three?
300
Without this, a preposition has nothing to connect.
What is its object (OP)?
400
The participle in the following sentence:
Having completed the lesson, the class was ready to move on.
What is having completed?
400
A word or group of words that connects a dependent clause to an independent clause.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
400
A clause that expresses a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
400
The type of sentence seen here:
When you finish the report, give it to the vice president who is in Room 5.
What is complex? (one IDC, one AVC, one AJC)
400
A group of words that never includes a subject and a verb.
What is a phrase?
500
The type of infinitive in the following sentence:
I went to the store to get some groceries.
What is an (infinitive) adverb?
500
The subordinating conjunction in the following sentence:
I read the material so that I would be prepared for the meeting.
What is so that?
500
The type of dependent clause in the following sentence:
We are often afraid of what we do not understand.
What is a noun clause object of the preposition?
500
In the absence of a CC, this punctuation mark will join two independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
500
A noun or pronoun that renames or clarifies a previous noun or pronoun.