Pronouns, Prepositions, Phrases, and Clauses.

What is a compound, complex sentence?

A compound-complex sentence is a sentence that consists of at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

What is a conjunction?

A conjunction is a word used to connect words, phrases, or clauses together.

What is a personal pronoun?

A personal pronoun is a pronoun that represents a specific person or group of people and is distinguised by gender, person, number, and case. Nominative: I, you, he/she/it, we, you they Objective: me, you, him/her/it, us, you, them Possessive: my, you, his/her/its, our, your, them Possessive: mind, yours, his/hers/its, ours, yours, theirs Reflexive: myself, yourself, himself/herself/itself/ ourselves, yourselves, themselves

What is a phrase?

A phrase is a group of words that does not contain both a subject and a verb and may be used as a single part of speech.

What is a preposition?

A preposition relates a noun or pronoun to another word.

What is a prepositional phrase?

A prepositional phrase contains a preposition, its object, and the object's modifiers. Ex. He sat (beside the pine tree).

What is a relative pronoun?

A pronoun that introduces an adjectival subordinate clause and relates it to the word it modifies. (who, whom, whose, which, that)

What is a correlative conjunction?

A two-word conjunction used to join words or phrases used in the same way

What is an appositive phrase?

An appositive explains or identifies the noun or pronoun it follows. Appositives are nouns or pronouns that often have modifiers (appositive phrase). Ex. I have read Hamlet, (a great Shakespearean drama).

What is an indefinite pronoun?

An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that refers to a non-specific person, place, thing, activity, or idea. all, another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, few, many, more, most, neither, nobody, none, one, other, several, some, somebody, someone, such

What is an interrogative pronoun?

An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun that represents something that is unknown and is used in a question. (who, whom, whose, which, what)

What are the types of phrases?

Appositive, Prepositional, Verbal (gerunds, participles, and infinitives)

What is a gerund phrase?

Consists of a gerund and any modifiers or complements the gerund has. The entire phrase is used as a noun.

What do verbal phrases include?

Gerund, participle, and infinitive phrases.

What is a object pronoun?

Receives the action

nominative

Subject of the sentence

antecedent

The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.

What is a subject pronoun?

a personal pronoun that is used as the subject of a verb

What is a noun clause?

a subordinate clause that is used as a noun Ex. Do you know (who will deliver the sermon) next Sunday?

What is an adjective clause?

a subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun In this example, delicious modifies apple.

What is an adverb clause?

a subordinate clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb Ex. (When you are troubled), read the Bible.

What is a coordinating conjunction?

are used to connect two or more words, phrases, or clauses of equal significance. The most commonly used coordinating conjunctions are and, but, and or. Ex. Tom is strong and tall.

What is a subordinating conjunction?

are used to introduce subordinate clauses and to connect them to main clauses. Common subordinating conjunctions include after, as if, until, when, where, while, provided, before, and because.

subjective

based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions

What are the four kinds of conjunctions?

coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and conjunctive adverbs.

What is a subordinate clause also called?

dependent clause

What is a main clause also called?

independent clause

What is a complex sentence?

one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.

What is a participial phrase?

participle and words that complete meaning

What is a demonstrative pronoun?

points out a person, place, thing, or idea (this, that, these, those)

What is an infinitive phrase?

to + verb

What is a compound sentence?

two or more clauses joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction or joined by a semicolon.

What is a conjunctive adverb?

words that are used to connect one main clause to another A semicolon should be placed before the conjunctive adverb, and the comma should be placed after the conjunctive adverb. Words like, consequently, furthermore, hence, however, moreover, nevertheless, therefore, and thus, are all conjunctive adverbs.