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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

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

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

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

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I