Transcript Grammar: phrases, clauses

Grammar Notes
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7 Grade Standards
Sentence types
 Declarative: make a statement
The weather is cloudy today.
 Interrogative: asks a questions
Is the weather cloudy today?
 Exclamatory: expresses with strong emotion.
Our game has been cancelled!
 Imperative: gives a command.
Call the team members.
 Participle:
A word that looks like action (a verb), but is
being used as an adjective.
Examples:
I have a burning desire to succeed.
He was a running superstar.
She is a traveling salesperson.
 Appositive
a phrase that restates, or says with different words,
the noun that precedes it. It is set off with commas.
Examples:
Junior, my favorite uncle, is coming to visit.
Our prom king, Homer Simpson, is very popular.
We plan to visit our state’s capital, Sacramento,
during our vacation.
 Infinitive
the word “to” plus a verb.
Examples:
We want to go to the movies.
Sylvia hopes to attend Yale University.
He ran very fast to jump the hurdles.
 Phrase:
A group of words working together as a single part
of speech that do not have both a subject and a
verb.
Examples:
went to the movies. (No subject. Who went?)
The best friend in the world (No verb. What about
the friend?
under the bed (No subject or verb).
 Clause:
A group of words with both a subject and a
verb.
Independent Clause:
Could stand alone as a complete sentence.
Example: He ran fast.
Dependant Clause:
Could not be its own sentence. Not a complete
thought.
Example: until he ran fast.
©Created by Cathy Shope, EWMS 2006