ACAP Key Academic Terms - Week 5

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What is verb tense?

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A form of a verb that indicates the time of the action or state.

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What does active voice mean in a sentence?

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A sentence where the subject performs the action.

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What is a complex sentence?

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A sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

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What is the indicative mood used for?

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To express statements of fact.

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What is the interrogative mood used for?

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To ask a question.

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What is a simple sentence?

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A sentence that contains only one independent clause.

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What is a compound sentence?

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A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses.

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What is a dependent clause?

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A group of words that has a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a complete thought.

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The part of a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a predicate in a sentence?

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The part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is.