E10 Semester 2 Vocab/Grammar

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Clause

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Group of words that contain a subject and a verb

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Subject

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A person, place, or thing in a sentence

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Verb

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Action word

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Independent Clause

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A clause that stands by itself in a complete sentence.

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Dependent Clause

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A clause that cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence.

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Phrase

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A group of words that functions as a single part of speech in a sentence but does not contain a verb and subject on its own

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Participle

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An -ed or -ing form of a verb that acts as an adjective

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Preposition

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A word that connects a noun, pronoun, or phrase to other words in a sentence.

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Infinitive

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A form of a verb that generally appears with the word “to” in front of it and that acts as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.

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Modifier

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A word, phrase, or clause that adds detail or describes another word or group of words in a sentence