TSA CBT English Introduction.100% Coverage. Verified terms. Rated A

TSA CBT English Introduction.100% Coverage. Verified terms. Rated A Clauses - ✔✔-grammatical units containing a subject and a verb Independent Clause - ✔✔-expresses the main thought of the sentence and can stand alon ...

TSA CBT English Introduction.100% Coverage. Verified terms. Rated A Clauses - ✔✔-grammatical units containing a subject and a verb Independent Clause - ✔✔-expresses the main thought of the sentence and can stand alone Example of an independent clause - ✔✔-She laughed. Dependent clause - ✔✔-expresses an idea that is less important than the idea expressed in the main clause and cannot stand alone Example of a dependent clause - ✔✔-As she was laughing... Restrictive phrase - ✔✔-provides information that is necessary to identify specifically what is being described -not separated from the rest of the sentence by commas Example of a restrictive phrase - ✔✔-The blue house that he built on a hill is quite large Nonrestrictive phrases - ✔✔-provides information that is incidental to the meaning of the sentence -are separated from the rest of the sentence by commas Example of a nonrestrictive phrase - ✔✔-The blue house, which he built on a hill, is quite large Verb - ✔✔-a word or phrase used to assert an action or state of being Verb Voice - ✔✔-shows whether the subject performs an action (active voice) or receives it (passive voice) Active voice example - ✔✔-the consultant wrote a proposal Passive voice example - ✔✔-the proposal was written by the consultant Verb Tense - ✔✔-the tense of a verb shows the time of the action of the verb Present tense - ✔✔-represents action that is taking place now Past tense - ✔✔-represents action that took place in past time Future tense - ✔✔-places action in future time Present perfect tense - ✔✔-represents action completed before the present time Past perfect tense - ✔✔-represents action that occurs before another past action Present tense examples - ✔✔-active voice- she takes; she is taking passive voice- she is taken; she is being taken Past tense examples - ✔✔-active voice- she took; she was taking passive voice- she was taken; she was being taken Future tense examples - ✔✔-active voice- she will take; she will be taking passive voice- she will be taken Present perfect examples - ✔✔-active voice- she has taken; she has been taking passive voice- she has been taken Past perfect examples - ✔✔-active voice- she had taken; she had been taking passive voice- she had been taken Future perfect examples - ✔✔-active voice- she will have taken passive voice- she will have been taken; she will have been taking Verb mood - ✔✔-shows whether an action is fact (indicative mood), something other than fact, such as possibility, wish, or supposition (subjunctive mood), or a command ( imperative mood) Indicative mood example - ✔✔-they are going to the ball game Subjective mood example - ✔✔-I insist that he go to the ball game Imperative mood example - ✔✔-go now! Transitive verbs - ✔✔-require direct objects to complete their meaning Intransitive verbs - ✔✔-do not require direct objects to complete their meaning Linking verbs - ✔✔-express a state of being or existence never take objects, but, instead, connect the subject to a word or idea in the predicate Infinitive - ✔✔-the form of a verb that expresses action or existence without reference to person, number, or tense Gerund - ✔✔-the form of a verb ending in -ing that is used as a noun -verbal noun Participle - ✔✔-a form of the verb used as an adjective simple participle forms end in -ed or -ing Noun - ✔✔-a word that names a person, place, thing, quality, idea, or action Common noun - ✔✔-identifies one or more of a class of persons, places, things, qualities, ideas, or actions that are alike Proper noun - ✔✔-identifies a particular person, place, thing, qualit