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What is a Part of Speech?
(Name at least 3 examples.)
A class of words in English
examples: nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, etc.
Because the bank was closed, we could not cash our check.
Which part of the sentence above is the INDEPENDENT clause?
Ind: we could not cash our check.
The verb tense of this sentence:
I was jogging to school.
Past Continuous (Progressive)
Gerund, Infinitive, or Participle?
She had no choice except to surrender her credentials.
Infinitive!
What punctuation can separate two independent clauses?
I ___ I
semicolon ;
period .
comma , FANBOYS
What do you need to make an INFINITIVE?
"to" + a base verb
She stayed up late until the movie finished.
What part of the sentence above is a DEPENDENT clause?
Dep: until the movie finished.
What does "continuous/progressive" mean?
It expresses the ongoing nature of an activity, rather than the action being completed once.
Gerund, Participle, or Infinitive?
By obsessively tracking market fluctuations and constantly recalculating risk, the trader avoided disaster.
Gerund!
What punctuation can separate an INDEPENDENT from a DEPENDENT clause?
d __ I
only a comma ,
What ending can a GERUND "verb" have?
-ing ONLY!
Because I was very tired, I went to bed early.
Which clause in the sentence above is INDEPENDENT and which is DEPENDENT?
Ind: I went to bed early.
Dep: Because I was very tired,
HAS vs. HAD
Which tense belongs to each helping verb?
HAS = present perfect
HAD = past perfect
Gerund, Participle, or Infinitive?
Exhausted by the relentless cross-examination, the witness broke down.
Participle!
What kinds of punctuation can separate a DEPENDENT from an INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?
Like this: I ___ d.
colon :
comma ,
dash --
What ending can a PARTICIPLE "verb" have?
-ing
+
-ed / -d / -en (any past tense verb)
The team celebrated their victory because they had practiced hard all season.
Which clause above is DEPENDENT and which is INDEPENDENT?
Ind: The team celebrated their victory
Dep: because they had practiced hard all season.
The verb tense in this sentence:
I have been swimming for six years.
Present Perfect Continuous (Progressive)
Gerund, Participle, or Infinitive?
The crying toddler comforted the weeping mother.
Participle!
What kind of clause does a SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION create?
(Give at least 5 examples of a subordinating conjunction.)
because, since, as, when, before, after, while, if, unless, although, though, even though
...etc.
Which VERBAL can be the subject or object of a sentence?
A GERUND!
Had the committee anticipated the fiscal backlash, the board would have never ratified the acquisition.
Which clause above is DEPENDENT and which is INDEPENDENT?
Dep: Had the committee anticipated the fiscal backlash,
Ind: the board would have never ratified the acquisition.
The verb tense of this sentence:
I will have eaten for two hours.
Gerund, Participle, or Infinitive?
His ultimate downfall was underestimating the opponent's resolve.
Gerund!
When the structure of a sentence is I+I and you have the transition though, what is the punctuation structure?
Ex: The local bakery struggled to attract morning commuters [though] the long wait time made it difficult for busy workers to wait for their coffee.
The local bakery struggled to attract morning commuters, though; the long wait time made it difficult for busy workers to wait for their coffee.