Parts of Speech & Grammar Review Part 1

Which is NOT one of the 5 elements that a sentence must contain?

• must have more than one word and appeal to the reader
• has a subject
• has a verb
• begins with a capital letter
• concludes with an end mark

What is a clause?

• a group of words that does not contain a subject and verb
• a group of words that does contain a subject and a verb
• always can stand alone as a complete thought
• another word for a sentence

What is a phrase?

• a group of words that does not contain a subject and verb & cannot stand alone

• a group of words that does contain a subject and a verb
• an independent clause
• another word for a sentence
• an example: In English class with Mrs. Beck,

Answer explanation

Prepositional phrases like at school, in the beginning, with my team do NOT have a subject and verb and cannot stand alone.

Which is an incomplete sentence that is missing either a subject, verb, or a complete thought

• Run on
• Fragment
• comma splice

Which is NOT a correct use of a conjunction?

• Obviously, we'll pay better attention after we have snack attack, so let's go to the cafeteria early.
• Math, history, and English are my favorite subjects.
• Jesus became sin, but is now called Savior.

What is the term for an incorrect sentence structure where two or more independent clauses are incorrectly fused together or comma spliced together? Example: We eat, we play.

• No problem - that's what Grammarly is for.
• Fragment
• comma splice

Which is the comma splice?

• He traversed the state to visit Athens, he wants to attend UGA.
• I'd enjoy going but I am over-committed.
• We'll pay attention, because Mrs. Beck is so entertaining.

An interjection

• is a word used to connect words, phrases, or clauses together
• is a word or phrase used as a strong expression of feeling or emotion – not connected grammatically to the sentence grammatically to sentence
• relates a noun or pronoun to another word; always followed by a noun or pronoun which is called the object of the ------.

Verbs

• is a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb.
• Do, does, did, has, have, had, am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been, may, must, might, should, could, would, shall, will, can
• modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb; Ask: How? When? Where? Why? How often? How much? To what extent? Under what conditions?
• very, so, quite, still, rather, yes, no, please

A noun

• names a person, place, thing, activity, or idea.
• replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition
• I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they
• me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them
• this, that, these, those