Clauses and Phrases: Questions And Answers

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Short Answer Questions

Question 1. What is a clause?

Question 2. What are the two main types of clauses?

Question 3. What is an independent clause?

Question 4. What is a dependent clause?

Question 5. What is a phrase?

Question 6. What is the difference between a clause and a phrase?

Question 7. What are the different types of phrases?

Question 8. What is a noun phrase?

Question 9. What is a verb phrase?

Question 10. What is an adjective phrase?

Question 11. What is an adverb phrase?

Question 12. What is a prepositional phrase?

Question 13. What is a participial phrase?

Question 14. What is an infinitive phrase?

Question 15. What is a gerund phrase?

Question 16. What is an absolute phrase?

Question 17. What is a dependent clause used for?

Question 18. What is an independent clause used for?

Question 19. What is a relative clause?

Question 20. What is a noun clause?

Question 21. What is an adverbial clause?

Question 22. What is an adjectival clause?

Question 23. What is a subordinate clause?

Question 24. What is a coordinating conjunction?

Question 25. What is a subordinating conjunction?

Question 26. What is a correlative conjunction?

Question 27. What is a compound sentence?

Question 28. What is a complex sentence?

Question 29. What is a compound-complex sentence?

Question 30. What is a simple sentence?

Question 31. What is a fragment?

Question 32. What is a run-on sentence?

Question 33. What is a comma splice?

Question 34. What is a subject-verb agreement?

Question 35. What is a parallel structure?

Question 36. What is a dangling modifier?

Question 37. What is a misplaced modifier?

Question 38. What is an appositive phrase?

Question 39. What is a restrictive clause?

Question 40. What is a non-restrictive clause?

Question 41. What is an antecedent?

Question 42. What is a pronoun-antecedent agreement?

Question 43. What is a subject pronoun?

Question 44. What is an object pronoun?

Question 45. What is a possessive pronoun?

Question 46. What is a reflexive pronoun?

Question 47. What is an intensive pronoun?

Question 48. What is a demonstrative pronoun?

Question 49. What is an interrogative pronoun?

Question 50. What is a relative pronoun?

Question 51. What is an indefinite pronoun?

Question 52. What is a coordinating adjective?

Question 53. What is a cumulative adjective?

Question 54. What is a comparative adjective?

Question 55. What is a superlative adjective?

Question 56. What is a positive degree adjective?

Question 57. What is a predicate adjective?

Question 58. What is a prepositional adjective?

Question 59. What is a compound adjective?

Question 60. What is an absolute adjective?

Question 61. What is an attributive adjective?

Question 62. What is a predicative adjective?

Question 63. What is a restrictive adjective?

Question 64. What is a non-restrictive adjective?

Question 65. What is a positive degree adverb?

Question 66. What is a comparative degree adverb?

Question 67. What is a superlative degree adverb?

Question 68. What is a conjunctive adverb?

Question 69. What is a prepositional adverb?

Question 70. What is a correlative adverb?

Question 71. What is an absolute adverb?

Question 72. What is an attributive adverb?

Question 73. What is a predicative adverb?

Question 74. What is a restrictive adverb?

Question 75. What is a non-restrictive adverb?

Question 76. What is a positive degree verb?

Question 77. What is a comparative degree verb?

Question 78. What is a superlative degree verb?

Question 79. What is a transitive verb?

Question 80. What is an intransitive verb?

Medium Answer Questions

Question 1. What is a clause?

Question 2. What are the different types of clauses?

Question 3. What is a phrase?

Question 4. What are the different types of phrases?

Question 5. What is the difference between a clause and a phrase?

Question 6. What is an independent clause?

Question 7. What is a dependent clause?

Question 8. What is a noun clause?

Question 9. What is an adjective clause?

Question 10. What is an adverbial clause?

Question 11. What is a relative clause?

Question 12. What is a subordinate clause?

Question 13. What is a coordinate clause?

Question 14. What is a gerund phrase?

Question 15. What is an infinitive phrase?

Question 16. What is a participial phrase?

Question 17. What is a prepositional phrase?

Question 18. What is an appositive phrase?

Question 19. What is an absolute phrase?

Question 20. What is a noun phrase?

Question 21. What is an adjective phrase?

Question 22. What is an adverbial phrase?

Question 23. What is a verb phrase?

Question 24. What is a prepositional clause?

Question 25. What is a non-finite clause?

Question 26. What is a reduced relative clause?

Question 27. What is a non-restrictive clause?

Question 28. What is a restrictive clause?

Question 29. What is a noun clause used as a subject?

Question 30. What is a noun clause used as an object?

Question 31. What is a noun clause used as a complement?

Question 32. What is a noun clause used as an appositive?

Question 33. What is a noun clause used as an adjective?

Question 34. What is a noun clause used as an adverb?

Question 35. What is an adjective clause used as a subject?

Question 36. What is an adjective clause used as an object?

Question 37. What is an adjective clause used as a complement?

Question 38. What is an adjective clause used as an appositive?

Question 39. What is an adjective clause used as an adjective?

Question 40. What is an adjective clause used as an adverb?

Question 41. What is an adverbial clause used as a subject?

Question 42. What is an adverbial clause used as an object?

Question 43. What is an adverbial clause used as a complement?

Question 44. What is an adverbial clause used as an appositive?

Question 45. What is an adverbial clause used as an adjective?

Question 46. What is an adverbial clause used as an adverb?

Question 47. What is a relative clause used as a subject?

Question 48. What is a relative clause used as an object?

Question 49. What is a relative clause used as a complement?

Question 50. What is a relative clause used as an appositive?

Question 51. What is a relative clause used as an adjective?

Question 52. What is a relative clause used as an adverb?

Question 53. What is a subordinate clause used as a subject?

Question 54. What is a subordinate clause used as an object?

Question 55. What is a subordinate clause used as a complement?

Question 56. What is a subordinate clause used as an appositive?

Question 57. What is a subordinate clause used as an adjective?

Question 58. What is a subordinate clause used as an adverb?

Question 59. What is a coordinate clause used as a subject?

Question 60. What is a coordinate clause used as an object?

Question 61. What is a coordinate clause used as a complement?

Question 62. What is a coordinate clause used as an appositive?

Question 63. What is a coordinate clause used as an adjective?

Question 64. What is a coordinate clause used as an adverb?

Long Answer Questions

Question 1. What is a clause in grammar? Explain with examples.

Question 2. Differentiate between an independent clause and a dependent clause.

Question 3. What are the different types of clauses? Provide examples for each.

Question 4. Explain the concept of a phrase in grammar. Give examples.

Question 5. Differentiate between a phrase and a clause.

Question 6. What are the different types of phrases? Provide examples for each.

Question 7. What is a noun phrase? How is it structured?

Question 8. Explain the concept of a verb phrase. Give examples.

Question 9. What is an adjective phrase? Provide examples.

Question 10. Describe the structure and function of an adverbial phrase.

Question 11. What is a prepositional phrase? How does it function in a sentence?

Question 12. Explain the concept of an infinitive phrase. Give examples.

Question 13. What is a gerund phrase? How is it used in sentences?

Question 14. Describe the structure and function of a participial phrase.

Question 15. What is a relative clause? Provide examples.

Question 16. Explain the concept of an adverbial clause. Give examples.

Question 17. What is a noun clause? How is it structured?

Question 18. Describe the structure and function of an adjective clause.

Question 19. What is a subordinate clause? Provide examples.

Question 20. Explain the concept of a conditional clause. Give examples.

Question 21. What is a concessive clause? How is it used in sentences?

Question 22. Describe the structure and function of a temporal clause.

Question 23. What is a purpose clause? Provide examples.

Question 24. Explain the concept of a result clause. Give examples.

Question 25. What is a relative pronoun? How is it used in a relative clause?

Question 26. Differentiate between a restrictive and a non-restrictive relative clause.

Question 27. What is a correlative conjunction? Provide examples.

Question 28. Explain the concept of a coordinating conjunction. Give examples.

Question 29. What is a subordinating conjunction? How is it used in a subordinate clause?

Question 30. Differentiate between a coordinating conjunction and a subordinating conjunction.

Question 31. What is a conjunctive adverb? Provide examples.

Question 32. Explain the concept of a transitional phrase. Give examples.

Question 33. What is an absolute phrase? How is it used in sentences?

Question 34. Describe the structure and function of an appositive phrase.

Question 35. What is an elliptical clause? Provide examples.

Question 36. Explain the concept of a parallel structure. Give examples.

Question 37. What is a dangling participle? How does it affect sentence structure?

Question 38. Describe the structure and function of a split infinitive.

Question 39. What is a misplaced modifier? Provide examples.

Question 40. Explain the concept of a run-on sentence. Give examples.

Question 41. What is a fragment sentence? How does it affect the meaning of a sentence?

Question 42. Describe the structure and function of a compound-complex sentence.

Question 43. What is a subject-verb agreement error? Provide examples.

Question 44. Explain the concept of a pronoun-antecedent agreement. Give examples.

Question 45. What is a parallelism error? How does it affect sentence structure?

Question 46. Describe the structure and function of a rhetorical question.

Question 47. What is an oxymoron? Provide examples.

Question 48. Explain the concept of a euphemism. Give examples.

Question 49. What is a hyperbole? How is it used in writing?