Grade 8 Chapter 13 Clauses and Sentences

Front

What is a group of words that has both a subject and a predicate working together?

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Clause

Front

Which type of clause can stand alone as a sentence and expresses a complete thought?

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Independent clause

Front

Which type of clause is unable to stand alone as a sentence?

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Dependent clause

Front

Which type of clause has an introductory or connecting word that makes it express an incomplete thought?

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Dependent clause

Front

What joins a dependent clause to an independent clause?

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Subordinating conjunction

Front

Name some common subordinating conjunctions.

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After, although, as, because, before, if, once, since, so that, that, unless, until, when, whenever, where, while

Front

How should you decide if a subordinating conjunction is a conjunction or preposition?

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A preposition will be followed by a noun and its modifiers; a subordinating conjunction will be followed by a subject and predicate pair

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What is an adjective?

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An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun.

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What questions does an adjective answer?

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Which one, what kind, how many, whose

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Where does an adjective come in a sentence?

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Usually before the word it modifies