Grammar and Vocabulary Concepts Quiz

Questions that ask for descriptive words (adjectives) describing a noun or pronoun.

Questions that ask how, when, where, or to what extent something is done (adverbs).

Words that show relationships between nouns/pronouns and other words in a sentence.

Questions that identify the receiver of the verb's action.

Questions identifying the person or thing that receives the direct object.

A group of words that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.

An idea or statement that makes sense by itself to express a full idea in a sentence.

A group of words that expresses a complete thought and carries a meaningful message.

A sentence can have more than one independent clause, each expressing a complete thought.

A simple sentence on its own, conveying a complete thought

A group of words containing a verb and its subject, used within a sentence.

The person, place, or thing that performs the action in the clause.

The action word in the clause.

A dependent clause (with a subject and verb) that functions like a noun. It can be used as a subject, object, or complement in a sentence.

A noun clause replaces a noun and acts as the subject of the sentence.

A noun clause renames the subject of the sentence and follows a linking verb.

A noun clause receives the action of the verb and answers the question 'What?'

A noun clause follows a preposition and acts as the object of that preposition.

A clause that begins with words like 'when', 'if', 'as', 'who', 'which', or 'that' and depends on another phrase to complete its meaning.

A dependent clause is incomplete and requires a separate independent clause for a complete sentence.

Words like 'when', 'since', 'if', 'as', 'who', which' or 'that' that introduce dependent clauses.

A type of dependent clause that acts like an adjective, modifying a noun or pronoun, providing more information about it.

Adjective clauses modify nouns or pronouns by providing extra information about them, much like an adjective would.

Adjective clauses typically appear immediately after the noun or pronoun they modify in a sentence.

The woman who is in the car. (The clause 'who is in the car' describes the woman, acting like an adjective.)

An adjective clause uses a verb and subject, providing a complete thought with more detail, while an adjective phrase simply uses words to modify a noun.

A dependent clause that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb by describing how, when, where, why, or to what extent something happens.

Adverb clauses provide extra information about verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

A sentence containing an adverb clause that modifies the main verb.

An adverb clause is usually followed by a comma, separating it from the main clause.

Identify clauses starting with subordinating conjunctions (like 'when', 'because', 'if', 'although')

A group of related words that acts as a single part of speech but doesn't contain a subject and its verb.

A group of words starting with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun, often describing location or time.

A noun or pronoun that explains or renames another noun or pronoun.

A word formed from a verb but used as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

A verbal along with its related words, acting as a single element in a sentence.

Words like 'who', 'which', 'whom', 'that', and 'whose' that start dependent clauses and link them to the sentence's main idea.

A dependent clause used as a noun in a sentence.

The first step in analyzing a sentence is to determine whether a clause is independent or dependent.

It can be used as the subject, object, or complement of a sentence.

The word that begins a noun clause, often 'that', 'what', 'who', etc.

It can introduce a noun clause or have a function within the clause itself.

'They told him what he should do.' The noun clause 'what he should do' is the direct object of the verb 'told'.