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Vocabulary/Analogies
Types of Sentences
Identifying sentences
Analogies/Etymology
General Review
100
dubious
What is questionable, doubtful?
100
Natural-order sentence
What is a type of sentence that has all subject parts first and all predicate parts after the verb?
100
Wadding up the paper.
What is a fragment?
100
sly:wry::mince:wince
What is rhyming relationship?
100
helping verbs
What is the term used for verbs that are used with a main verb?
200
epitaph
What is an inscription on a tombstone?
200
Inverted word-order sentence
What is a type of sentence that has predicate words at the beginning of the sentence?
200
Water dropped incessantly from the spout.
What is a simple sentence?
200
action, process, result
What is the suffix:tion?
200
verb phrase
What term describes a helping verb and a main verb that are used together?
300
excursion
What is a short trip or outing?
300
complex sentence
What is a sentence that is a result of two clauses, a subordinate clause and an independent clause being joined together?
300
Monica groomed our dog, Chi-chi, and I gave her a bath.
What is a compound sentence?
300
four
What is the prefix:quad?
300
adverb exception
What term describes an adverb that comes immediately before the verb?
400
orthodontist:teeth::valet:cars
What is purpose or use relationship?
400
subordinate clause
What is a clause that has a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought because it begins with a subordinate conjunction?
400
When I took my driver's test, I passed it with flying colors.
What is a complex sentence?
400
alone, lonely
What is root:sol?
400
Use an adverb, helping verb, or prepositional phrase at the beginning of the sentence.
What are the three ways to form an inverted-order sentence?
500
pistil:flower::cylinder:engine
What is part to whole relationship?
500
independent clause
What is a clause that has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought?
500
Finish your homework early because we are going to Grandmother's house.
What is a complex sentence?
500
The source of all three etymology word parts.
What is Latin?
500
1. comma and conjunction 2. semicolon, connective adverb, and comma 3. semicolon only
What are the three ways to write a compound sentence?