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- 2. Form describes the grammatical class a word/phrase belongs to, while [blank] refers to the way it is used in a sentence.
- 5. A subject compliment follows an intransitive (usually copular) verb, while a [blank] predicate follows a transitive verb.
- 7. Words that belong to the grammatical classes of either pronouns, adverbs, or adjectives, but also provide additional information regarding quantity.
- 11. Present participles of a verb that take the place of a noun or pronoun in a sentence.
- 12. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions can either be simple, [blank], or phrasal.
- 14. Nouns and pronouns have a [blank] which indicates whether they are being used as the subject, the object, or as a possessive.
- 15. Declarative, imperative, [blank], and interrogative are the four types of sentences which function to provide information, give an order, express an emotion, or ask a question.
- 17. These words join clauses of equal weight, and can be remembered with the mnemonic FANBOYS.
- 18. This aspect of a verb indicates whether the subject is doing or receiving the action.
- 20. Nouns, pronouns, or adjectives that are found in the predicate and provide additional information about the subject following intransitive verbs.
- 22. Positive, [blank], and superlative are the three forms of gradable adjectives and adverbs.
- 24. A finite group of words which serve to join clauses of unequal weight, where one clause has less importance than the other.
- 25. Words that can function as pronouns or adjectives, and identify or highlight a particular antecedent.
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- 1. This group of words joins two clauses of equal weight, but also gives information on manner, place, reason, etc.
- 3. Some verbs facilitate the action passing on to a direct object, while [blank] verbs do not.
- 4. Auxiliary verbs that provide information about certainty, intention, command, or emphasis.
- 6. A pair of words which are usually spread apart in a sentence that join clauses together.
- 8. These verbals are recognizable by the form “to+verb” and are used for efficiency.
- 9. When a form of the verb “to be” serves as the main verb, it is called this.
- 10. An optional element of the clausal structure that provides additional information about time, location, and manner.
- 13. Words that may look like prepositions, but are meaningfully connected to verbs.
- 16. Verbs in the progressive or perfect tenses that do not function as verbs, but rather as modifiers.
- 19. Nouns have many different classes. One of them tells whether a noun can be counted or whether it is a [blank] noun.
- 21. Indicative, imperative, and subjunctive are the three [blanks] of a verb which depict the speaker’s state of mind.
- 23. There are two categories of adjectives. Ones which describe the quality of a noun or pronoun, and [blank] adjectives which tell how much, how many, or whose.