AP Grammar

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

• conjunction

• interjection

• preposition

• adverb

• adjective

a form that is derived from a verb but that functions as a noun, in English ending in -ing,

• ellipsis

• gerund

• participial

• conjunction

• parallelism

A clause that can stand by itself, also known as a simple sentence; contains a subject and a predicate; it makes sense by itself.

• subordinate clause

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• inverted clause

• Santa Claus(e)

a word formed from a verb (e.g., going, gone, being, been ) and used as an adjective (e.g., working woman, burned toast ) or a noun (e.g., good breeding ).

• participle

• gerund

• parallel structure

• parenthetical idea

• participial phrase

a noun or group of nouns that renames the subject that follows a linking verb; it is in the predicate of the sentence

• participle

• predicate adjective

• predicate nominative

• subject complement

• participial phrase

a word that characteristically is the grammatical center of a predicate and expresses an act, occurrence, or mode of being

• adjective

• adverb

• noun

• preposition

• verb

Although I am in periods 5/6, Mrs. Nix is the teacher of both sections of AP English 11.

The underline section of this sentence is a(n)

• independent clause

• fragment

• dependent clause

• subordinate clause

• introductory clause

Although I am in periods 5/6, Mrs. Nix is the teacher of both sections of AP English 11.

The underline section of this sentence is a(n)

• independent clause

• fragment

• dependent clause

• subordinate clause

• introductory clause

Although I am in periods 5/6, Mrs. Nix is the teacher of both sections of AP English 11. This sentence is an example of a

• periodic sentence

• loose sentence

• interrogative sentence

• imperative sentence

• compound sentence

A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

• adjective

• adverb

• article

• antecedent

• appositive