Prepositions Assessment Warm Up

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What is an independent clause?

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An independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. Example: 'Roger worked.'

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What is a preposition?

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A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence. Example: 'in' in 'Roger worked in the school.'

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What is an object in a sentence?

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An object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb. Example: In 'The dragons arrived above Jerome,' 'Jerome' is the object.

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the part of a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about. Example: In 'Roger worked in the school,' 'Roger' is the subject.

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What is a verb?

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A verb is a word that describes an action, occurrence, or state of being. Example: 'worked' in 'Roger worked in the school.'

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What is a noun?

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A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea. Example: 'school' in 'Roger worked in the school.'

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What is a conjunction?

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A conjunction is a word that connects clauses or sentences. Example: 'and' in 'Roger worked in the school and played soccer.'

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What is a compound sentence?

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A compound sentence is a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a conjunction. Example: 'Roger worked in the school, and he played soccer.'

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What is a complex sentence?

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A complex sentence is a sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Example: 'Although Roger worked in the school, he still had time to play.'

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What is a phrase?

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A phrase is a group of words that does not contain a subject-verb pair and does not express a complete thought. Example: 'in the school' is a phrase.