5054288716 | Active voice | When the subject preforms the action (Bob built a house) | 0 | |
5054288717 | Passive voice | When the subject is being acted apun by the verb (The house was built by Bob) | 1 | |
5279419948 | Actendien | The word the pronoun refers to or replaces | 2 | |
5316913498 | Subordinate clause | A group of words that contains a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone | 3 | |
5316913499 | Independent clause | A group of words with subject and verb that can stand alone | 4 | |
5445288651 | Appositive | A noun or pronoun that identifies another noun or pronoun next to it Ex: The book 'Gone with the Wind' is one of my favorites. (The Gone with the Wind identifies "the book") Usually comes after | 5 | |
5445288652 | Participles | Verb form that ends in 'ing' or 'ed' and functions as an adjective (describes) Ex: walking down the dark road, Bob tripped and fell. (Walking) Usually comes before | 6 | |
5445288653 | Gerund | Verb form that ends in 'ing' and functions as a noun Ex: Bob loves collecting rare coins. (Collecting) | 7 | |
5445288654 | Infinitive | The infinitive form of a verb and the word 'to' and it functions as an adjective, adverb, or noun. Ex: to work hard is my goal. (To work) | 8 | |
5721911382 | Loose sentence | A sentence that has the main clause at he beginning Ex: I passed the test because i studied. ( "I passed the test" CAN stand alone and it is at the beginning therefore it is a Loose Sentence ) | 9 | |
5721911383 | Periodic sentence | A subordinate clause or phrase is before the Independent clause Ex: Because I studied, I passed the test. ( "because I studied" CANNOT stand alone and t is at the beginning therefore it is a Periodic Sentence ) | 10 | |
5721911384 | Sentence classification | Simple sentences (s), compound sentences(cd), complex(cx), compound-complex(cdx) [ Independent clause (id) subordinate clause (sub) ] s: 1 (id) 0 (sub) cd: 2+ (id) 0 (sub) cx: 1 (id) 1+ (sub) cdx: 2+ (id) 1+ (sub) | 11 |
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