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  • is a word group that contains a verb and its subject and that is used as a sentence or as part of a sentence.
    clause
  • This type of sentence contains two or more independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause
    compound-complex
  • a word that relates an adjective clause to the word or words the clause modifies
    relative pronoun
  • is a noun or a pronoun placed beside another noun or pronoun to identify or describe it
    appositive
  • includes a preposition, an object of the preposition, and any modifiers of that object
    prepositional phrase
  • expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a complete sentence.
    independent clause
  • This type of sentence contains one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause.
    complex
  • This type of sentence contains two or more independent clauses and no subordinate clause
    compound
  • is a verb form that can be used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb
    infinitive
  • is a subordinate clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb.
    adverb clause
  • This type of sentence contains one independent clause and no subordinate clauses.
    simple
  • is a word that is formed from a verb but is used as a noun, adjective, or an adverb
    verbal
  • a word that shows relationship between the adverb clause and the word or words that the clause modifies
    subordinating conjunction
  • is a subordinate clause that is used as a noun; may be used as a subject, as a complement, or as an object of a preposition
    noun clause
  • a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun
    adjective phrase
  • a prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb
    adverb phrase
  • is a verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun
    gerund
  • clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence.
    subordinate clause
  • is a verb form that can be used as an adjective
    participle
  • a group of related words that is used as a single part of speech and that does not contain both a verb and its subject
    phrase
  • is a subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun.
    adjective clause