Business Communication-Chapters 4-5

Sentences have two main parts. These parts are ________.

• noun and adverb
• subject and direct object
• pronoun and adverb
• subject and predicate

The _____ of a sentence is someone or something that receives the action of the verb.

• adverb
• antecedent
• direct object
• indirect object

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

• adjective
• antecedent
• adverb
• article

A compound sentence how two _____ joined by a conjunction.

• independent clauses
• dependent clauses
• subjects
• predicates

Which of the following describes a clause that gives a complete thought and could stand alone as a separate sentence?

• nonrestrictive clause
• independent clause
• dependent clause
• subordinating clause

A(n) _____ is a type of dependent clause that is essential to the meaning of the sentence.

• nonrestrictive clause
• restrictive clause
• subordinating clause
• independent clause

A(n) _____ is a writing error in which a participle phrase modifies nothing or the wrong person or object.

• preposition
• infinitive
• past participle
• dangling participle

A sentence is written in _____ when the subject performs the action.

• first person
• passive voice
• active voice
• future tense

Pairs of words such as both/and, either/or, and rather/than are known as _______.

• subordinating conjunctions
• coordinating conjunctions
• correlative conjunctions
• participles

An adverb is a word that ______.

• describes a verb, adjective, or clause
• connects or relates its object to the rest of the sentence
• modifies a noun or pronoun
• names a person, place, or thing