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100
Verb Phrase
What term describes a helping verb and a main verb that are used together?
100
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.
100
A subordinate conjunction
What type of conjunction is used in a complex sentence?
100
Expository writing
What type of writing is used when your purpose is to inform, to give facts, to give directions, to explain, or to define something?
100
A subordinate clause and an independent clause
What are the two types of clauses that make up a complex sentence?
200
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, and been
What are the eight "be" verbs?
200
Compound sentence
What type of sentence is made by joining two sentences together correctly?
200
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are coordinating conjunctions?
200
Topic sentence
What is term given to the sentence that tells what a paragraph is about?
200
Subordinate clause
What type of clause has a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought?
300
An adverb exception
What term describes an adverb that comes immediately before the verb?
300
Comma & conjunction; semicolon, connective adverb, and comma; semicolon only
What are the three ways to write a compound sentence?
300
Essay
What is a written discussion of one idea that is made up of several paragraphs?
400
Twenty-three
What is the total number of helping verbs?
400
A subordinate clause and an independent clause
What two types of clauses make up a complex sentence?
400
Although, after, before, even though
What are subordinate conjunctions?
400
Paragraph
What term is given to a group of sentences that is written about one particular subject?
500
Auxiliary verb
What is another name for helping verbs?
500
Natural-order sentence
What type of sentence has all subject parts first and all predicate parts after the verb?
500
Coordinating conjunction
What is term used for a word that connects words, phrases, or sentences of equal importance?
500
Introduction, body, conclusion, and title
What are the parts of an expository writing.