Grammar NoteQuest 2025

What is an APPOSITIVE?

• A list of three or more items of the same part of speech in a row

• A noun phrase to identify/describe another noun

• One independent and one dependent clause joined together

• A descriptive phrase with no noun marker

What is a MODIFIER?

• Two adjectives next to one another describing the same noun

• A phrase that adds description or visualization to a noun in the sentence

• One independent and one dependent clause joined together

• A list of three or more items

What is a DOUBLE ADJECTIVE?

• Two adjectives next to one another describing the same noun

• Two or more independent clauses joined together

• A phrase that adds description or visualization to a noun in the sentence

• One independent clause and one dependent clause joined together

What is a SERIES?

• A list of three or more items of the same part of speech in a row

• Two or more independent clauses joined together

• A noun phrase to identify/describe another noun

• Two dependent clauses

What is a COMPOUND SENTENCE?

• A list of three or more items of the same part of speech in a row

• Two or more independent clauses joined together

• One independent and one dependent clause joined together

• Two or more dependent clauses joined together

What is a COMPLEX SENTENCE?

• A list of three or more items of the same part of speech in a row

• Two or more independent clauses joined together

• One independent and one dependent clause joined together

• Two or more dependent clauses joined together

What is a COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE?

• One independent and one dependent clause joined together

• A sentence that has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause

• Two dependent clauses paired with an independent clause

• A sentence that has at least three independent clauses

What is a SIMPLE SENTENCE?

• A list of three or more items of the same part of speech in a row

• One independent clause

• One independent and one dependent clause joined together

• One dependent clause

In a sentence, what is a SUBJECT?

• The action word of the sentence

• The part of a sentence that indicates what it is about or who or what performs the action

• The purpose of the sentence

What is a PREDICATE?

• The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject

• Who or what the sentence is about

• An prepositional phrase that modifies the verb