Retake August 26-30 Vocabulary Quiz

a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause.

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a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause

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an abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption.

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a word that comes before a noun to show whether it's specific or general

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a group of words that looks like a sentence, but isn't a complete sentence. They are usually missing a subject or verb, or they do not express a complete thought.

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Find the prepositional phrase:

The squirrel scurried along the tree branch.

• The squirrel scurried...
• ... along the tree branch.
• ... the tree branch.

Find the prepositional phrase:

The book is in the book shelf.

• ... in the book shelf.
• The book is...
• ... is in the...

Penny writes songs, _________ she doesn't know how to play them.

• but
• nor
• until

Isabella felt tired after the long day, ____________ she still stayed up all night.

• because
• and yet
• once

The plane circled the runway before it landed.

• Complete
• Fragment