Syntax Vocabulary Quiz

What is syntax?

• The rules on how to construct an informative essay.

• The rules we use to properly form sentences (sentence structure).

• A word that has a similar or the same definition as another word.

• The hints in a sentence that tell us what words mean.

What is a phrase?

• The part of the sentence that states what the thing or person is doing.

• A group of words acting as a singular unit that have no subject or verb.

• A group of words that contain a subject or verb.

• The part of the sentence that introduces the thing or person doing something.

What is a clause?

• A group of words that contain a subject and verb.

• The part of the sentence that introduces the thing or person doing something.

• The part of the sentence that states what the thing or person is doing.

• A word the connects other words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.

What is the subject of a sentence?

• The part of the sentence that states what the subject is doing.

• The main idea.

• The part of the sentence that introduces the thing person doing something.

• The independent clause.

What is the predicate of a sentence?

• The clause that, when taken out of a sentence, can not serve as a sentence on its own.

• The clause that, when taken out of a sentence, can serve as a sentence on its own.

• The part of the sentence that states what the subject is doing.

• The part of the sentence that introduces the person or thing doing something.

What are the two types of clauses found in sentences?

• Independent Clause

• Subject

• Dependent Clause

• Predicate

What is an independent clause?

• The part of the sentence that contains what the thing or person is doing.

• A clause that, when taken out of a sentence, does not serve as a complete sentence on its own.

• A clause that, when taken out of a sentence, can serve as a complete sentence on its own.

• The part of the sentence that introduces the thing or person doing something.

What is a dependent clause?

• A clause that, when taken out of a sentence, does not serve as a complete sentence on its own.

• The rules we use to properly form sentences.

• Hints in a sentence that tell the reader the meaning of a word.

• A clause that, when taken out of a sentence, serves as a complete sentence on its own.

What are the two types of sentences that do NOT have a dependent clause?

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound-Complex Sentence

What are the two types of sentences that DO have at least one dependent clause?

• Complex Sentence

• Simple Sentence

• Compound-Complex Sentence

• Compound Sentence