A ___ is a related group of words, the words work together as a 'unit', but they do not have a subject and a verb. It is a group of words that functions in a sentence as a single part of speech. A group of words which have a particular meaning when used together.

A group of words that acts as a subject, an object, or a complement and functions as a noun in a sentence with its modifiers or determiner is called a _____.

A word or group of words that describes/qualifies a noun phrase is called a ____.

_____ are used in front of nouns to indicate whether you are referring to something specific or something of a particular type.

Determine the phrase in the sentence. He is wearing a blue shirt.

Determine the phrase in the sentence. A Chinese boy won the match.

It refers to a word that describes a noun.

It refers to words that begin with a preposition but has an object at the end.

Determine the prepositional phrase in the sentence. The man in the room is our father.

A group of words that describes a noun/pronoun in a sentence, indicating 'what kind' and 'which one' the noun/pronoun is. It consists of an adjective plus any modifier.

The smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition. It contains a subject and a verb. There are two kinds: independent and dependent.

A group of words that can stand on its own as a sentence: it has a subject, a verb, and is a complete thought. Examples: They dance under the rain. Where is your sister?

A group of words that contains a subject and a verb, but it is not a complete thought. Because it is not a complete thought, a dependent clause cannot stand on its own as a sentence; it is dependent on being attached to an independent clause to form a sentence. Examples: Because I woke up late this morning... (what happened?) When we arrived in class... (what occurred?) If my neighbor does not pay his rent on time... (what will happen?)

Types of Dependent Clauses. A clause that functions as an adverb. They tell why, where, when, or what happens in a sentence. They are frequently movable within the sentence. Example: When the timer rings, we know the cake is done. We know the cake is done when the timer rings.

Types of Dependent Clauses. It is a dependent clause that works like a noun. You can find it as a subject or object. As a subject: What she wrote is interesting. As an object: I read what she wrote.

Types of Dependent Clauses. A kind of dependent clause with a subject and verb, but it can't stand alone as a sentence. It is sometimes called an 'adjective clause' because it functions like an adjective—it gives more information about a noun. They always start with relative pronouns.

Types of Relative Clauses. Gives information that defines the noun—information that’s necessary for complete identification of the noun. Example: The girl whom you saw yesterday is my sister. A seaman is someone who works on a ship.

Types of Relative Clauses. Gives additional information on something, but does not define it. They are put in commas. Examples: Mary, who is my girlfriend, likes eating fast food. The Ferrari, which is in front of my house, belongs to my dad.

Relative clauses with 'who,' 'which,' or 'that' as the subject pronoun can be replaced with a participle. This makes the sentence shorter and easier to understand. I told you about the woman who lives next door. I told you about the woman living next door. Do you see the cat which is lying on the roof? Do you see the cat lying on the roof?

It refers to the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences.

Syntactic Structure – Structure of Modification. A ________ is one which modifies as its head, the rest of the sentence. It usually occurs at the beginning of the structure and is set apart from the rest of the sentence by a comma. It follows that the cut is made between these parts.

Syntactic Structure – Structure of Modification. A ____ consists of a noun head together with all the modifiers that accompany it, before or after. Modifiers before the head are called prenominal modifiers; those after, postnominal modifiers.

Syntactic Structure – Structure of Modification. A ____ consists of a verb and all the modifiers and complements that cluster around it. Verb modifiers may take the form of a single word or a word group.

Syntactic Structure. A ______ consists of two constituents: subject and predicate. Thus, in a sentence which does not have a sentence modifier, the first cut is made between the subject and the predicate. The subject may take the form of a noun only as in.

Syntactic Structure. A ____ differs from a modifier in that it answers the question 'what' or 'who.' A modifier, on the other hand, answers these questions: 'where,' 'when,' and 'how.'

Syntactic Structure. A ____ contains a coordinator and two or more independent units which are of equal grammatical ranks—words, phrases, or even whole sentences. The coordinators (commonly known as coordinating conjunctions) used to link the independent units are: and, but, nor, not, or, so, yet.

Syntactic Structure. A ______ has a subordinator and a dependent unit as its components. The subordinator may be a subordinating conjunction, a preposition, or an infinitive maker.