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Knowledge Map 91-105
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Grammar
7th Grade
02/07/2010

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Term
A _____________ shows the relationship (time, location, and direction) of a noun or pronoun to another word.
Definition
preposition
Term
a _________ is a word that takes the place of a noun
Definition
pronoun
Term
The _________ _________ is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb and answers the question who or what.
Definition
direct object
Term
An _________ _______ tells who or what receives the direct object.
Definition
indirect object
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A _______ is the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.
Definition
subject
Term
The _________ is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject is or does.
Definition
predicate
Term
A ________ is an incomplete sentence; missing either a subject or predicate.
Definition
fragment
Term
A ________ __ _______ sentence has too many independent clauses combined with conjunctions
Definition
rambling or stringy
Term
A ______ sentence is 2 sentences put together without proper conjunction or punctuation
Definition
run-on
Term
A ________________________________ ______________ contains a subject and a verb, but does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence--relies on the rest of the sentnce to make sense.
Definition
dependent/subordinate clause
Term
An _______________ _______ contains a subject and a verb which expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a copmlete sentence
Definition
independent/main clause
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A ________ sentence has two or more simple sentences combined using a conjunction
Definition
compound
Term
A _______ sentence has a dependent and independent clause
Definition
complex
Term
A _________ sentence states an idea and ends with a period
Definition
declarative
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A ___________ sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.
Definition
interrogative
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