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| A (blank) completes the meaning of a verb. It may be one word or a group of words. |
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| A (blank) answers the question what? or whom? after an action verb. A (blank) may have more than one part. |
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| The (blank) answers these questions following an action verb: to whom? for whom? to what? |
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| 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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| A (blank) is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and identifies or renames the subject. |
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| A (blank) is an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject. |
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| (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 |
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| A (blank) begins with a preposition and usually ends with a noun or a pronoun, called the (blank) |
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| 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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| A particle with complements and modifiers is called a (blank) |
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| is a verb form ending in –ing that is used as a noun. |
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| is a gerund with any complements or modifiers needed to complete it’s meaning. |
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| a noun or pronoun placed next to another noun or pronoun to further identify it. |
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| contains an appositive and any other words that modify it. |
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| is a verb form usually preceded by the word to. |
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| included an infinitive and any complements and modifiers needed to complete its meaning. |
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| can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. Infinitives are usually preceded by the word to. |
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| function as adjectives. Present participles end in –ing. Most past tense participles end in –ed. |
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| function as nouns. Gerunds end in –ing. |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| A (blank) contains one main clause and no subordinate clauses. |
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| A (blank) contains two or more main clauses that are usually joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction |
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| A (blank) contains one main clause and one or more subordinate clause. |
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| Compound complex sentence |
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| A (blank) has more than one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses |
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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