HISTORY
English is part of this language family.
What is Germanic?
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
In the sentence “The dog barked,” the word “dog” is this.
What is the subject?
A clause that can stand alone as a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
A sentence with just one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
This 8th–11th century poem is the best-known Old English work
What is Beowulf?
These words take the place of nouns.
What are pronouns?
In the sentence “The dog barked loudly,” “barked loudly” is this.
What is the predicate?
A clause that cannot stand alone and must be attached to another clause.
What is a dependent (subordinate) clause?
A sentence with two independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
This 1066 event brought French words into English
What is the Norman Conquest?
Words like and, but, so, and because are examples of this part of speech.
What are conjunctions?
The subject of a sentence is always a ______ or ______.
What is a noun or pronoun?
"Because it was raining” is this type of clause.
What is a dependent clause?
A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
During the period of Early Modern English there was a distinct shift in...
What is pronunciation?
This part of speech shows the relationship between two words, often telling where or when.
What is a preposition?
This part of a sentence tells what the subject is or does and is this part of speech.
What is the predicate verb?
“I ate pizza, and my friend drank soda” contains this type of clause structure.
What is two independent clauses (compound)?
A sentence with multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
This 19th century movement expanded vocabulary with scientific and technical words.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This part of speech modifies or describes a verb
What is an adverb?
In “The students in the park played soccer,” the complete subject is this.
What is “The students in the park”?
Identify the clause type in the following sentence: Although he was right, he decided to let it go.
What is an independent clause?
Identify the sentence type: “Pearl waved while the dog barked, and Jon ran away.”
What is a compound-complex sentence?