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11th Grade
03/27/2014

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Complement
Definition
A (blank) completes the meaning of a verb. It may be one word or a group of words.
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Direct object
Definition
A (blank) answers the question what? or whom? after an action verb. A (blank) may have more than one part.
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Indirect object
Definition
The (blank) answers these questions following an action verb: to whom? for whom? to what?
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Subject complements
Definition
Certain words in sentences complete the meaning of linking verbs. These words are called (blank) because they further identify or describe the subject.The linking verbs used in such sentences include all forms of the verb be, as well as the verbs become, seem, remain, feel, taste, smell, appear, look, grow, stay, and sound.
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Predicate nominative
Definition
A (blank) is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and identifies or renames the subject.
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Predicate adjective
Definition
A (blank) is an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject.
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Object complements
Definition
(Blank) are words that identify or describe a direct object in a sentence. They answer the question what? after a direct object in order to complete the meaning of the direct object.
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Prepositional phrase, object of the preposition
Definition
A (blank) begins with a preposition and usually ends with a noun or a pronoun, called the (blank)
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Particle
Definition
A (blank) is a verb form that acts as an adjective. It modifies a noun or pronoun. A (blank) can be present or past. A present particle ends in -ing. A past particle usually ends in -ed.
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Participial phrase
Definition
A particle with complements and modifiers is called a (blank)
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Gerund
Definition
is a verb form ending in –ing that is used as a noun.
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Gerund phrase
Definition
is a gerund with any complements or modifiers needed to complete it’s meaning.
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Appositive
Definition
a noun or pronoun placed next to another noun or pronoun to further identify it.
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Appositive phrase
Definition
contains an appositive and any other words that modify it.
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Infinitive
Definition
is a verb form usually preceded by the word to.
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Infinitive phrase
Definition
included an infinitive and any complements and modifiers needed to complete its meaning.
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Infinitive phrases
Definition
can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. Infinitives are usually preceded by the word to.
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Participial phrases
Definition
function as adjectives. Present participles end in –ing. Most past tense participles end in –ed.
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Gerund phrases
Definition
function as nouns. Gerunds end in –ing.
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Main clause
Definition
A (blank) contains a subject and a predicate. This type of clause is also called independent, because it can stand alone as a sentence.
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subordinate, or dependent, clause
Definition
A (blank), or (blank), (blank) contains a subject and predicate but cannot stand alone. This type of clause must be used with a main clause in order to make sense. It usually begins with a subordinating conjunction, such as after, although, as, as if, because, if, since, so that, than, unless, until, when, where, orwhile;a relative pronoun such aswho, whose, whom, which, that, orwhat;or a relative adverb, such aswhen, where,orwhy
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Simple sentence
Definition
A (blank) contains one main clause and no subordinate clauses.
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Compound sentence
Definition
A (blank) contains two or more main clauses that are usually joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction
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Complex sentence
Definition
A (blank) contains one main clause and one or more subordinate clause.
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Compound complex sentence
Definition
A (blank) has more than one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses
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adjective clause
Definition
An (blank) is a subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun. Remember that a subordinate clause contains a subject and verb but cannot stand alone. An adjective clause usually begins with a relative pronoun, such as who, whom, whose, that, andwhich,or a subordinating conjunction, such as whereorwhen
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Adverb clause
Definition
An (blank) is a subordinate clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb. It is used to tell when, where, why, how, to what extent,orunder what conditions.An adverb clause is usually introduced by a subordinating conjunction
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Elliptical
Definition
An adverb clause that seems to have missing words is called (blank). The words that are left out are understood in the clause
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Noun clause
Definition
A (blank) is a subordinate clause that is used as a noun. A noun clause may be used as a subject, a direct object, an indirect object, an object of a preposition, an appositive, or a predicate nominative
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