Unit 1 Test Vocabulary

Relative pronouns

"relate" a subordinate clause to the rest of a sentence

Interrogative pronouns

Pronouns that are used to ask questions

subordinate clause

a clause that acts as an adjective, noun, or verb. It does not express a complete thought

nonrestrictive clause

a clause that provides descriptive information that isn't essential to the meaning of the sentence

restrictive clause

a clause that provides essential information about the subject of a sentence

Adverb clauses

a subordinate clause that functions as an adverb.

antecedent

a word for which a pronoun is substituted to avoid repetition

intensive pronoun

aren't essential to a sentence's basic meaning, intensifies meaning

Adjective clauses

dependent clauses, the introductory word of the adjective clause makes it dependent upon the main clause

Noun clauses

dependent, or subordinate, clauses (when, where, why, how, who, whom, what, which, whose, if/whether, that)

elliptical

having an incomplete grammatical construction

compound personal

pronoun that intensifies meaning or refers to the subject

demonstrative pronoun

pronoun that points something out

indefinite pronoun

pronoun that refers to unknown people or things

reflexive pronoun

the object of a sentence is the same as the subject