SWS Review

4. This piece of punctuation is used before one of the FANBOYS to create a coordinating conjunction.
8. The first conjunction in the acronym FANBOYS.
9. The action or linking verb that tells what the subject of each clause is doing, feeling, sensing, and/or being.
10. Simple, compound, complex, and complex-compound are all types of these.
12. This type of phrase begins with a part of speech such as “around, over, to, under,” followed by a modifier(s).
14. A small group of words that work together to form a significant part of a clause. They never include the subject or the main verb of the clause.
15. A clause that contains a subject, a verb, but does not express a complete thought.
16. This type of verb combines with the main verb (action or linking) to create a verb phrase.
17. This type of conjunction is always the first word(s) of the dependent clause; it reveals the relationship of the independent clause to the dependent clause.
18. This type of sentence is a single independent clause with capitalization at the beginning and punctuation at the end. It can have a variety of subject(s) and verb(s).
20. This word or words tells us what the sentence or clause is about. They are always nouns or pronouns.
21. This is the first word used in an infinitive phrase.
22. This type of conjunction combines a comma and one of the FANBOYS. It connects independent clauses.

1. This clause is a group of words that contain a subject and a verb, and form a complete thought.
2. What your brain is going to become and what you will not need to pay for once you learn grammar and sentence writing structures.
3. These parts of speech show action or state of being of the subject.
5. A group of words that complete a phrase. Ex. “...to the store.” (Can also be a single word.)
6. This person, place, thing, or idea can be the subject(s) of a sentence.
7. This part of speech is used to modify nouns and pronouns.
8. SV, SVV, SSV, SSVV, I;I, I,cI, D,I, ID, and D,cID are all examples of sentence writing ____________.
11. Type of phrase formed by combining the word “to” with any verb and modifier(s).
13. The part of speech that begins this phrase “...over the fence …”
19. Verbs: Am, Are, Is, Was, Were, Be, Being, Been.