English Test

  1. Capitalization: The use of capital letters to indicate the beginning of a sentence, proper nouns (names of specific people, places, organizations, etc.), and the first word in titles.

  2. Punctuate dialogue: The act of adding punctuation marks (such as commas, periods, question marks, etc.) to written dialogue to indicate speech, attributions, and pauses.

  3. Comma usage: The proper placement of commas in sentences to indicate pauses, separate items in a list, separate clauses, and clarify meaning.

  4. Semicolon: A punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a pause longer than a comma but shorter than a period. It typically separates two independent clauses that are closely related.

  5. Simple & compound sentences:

    • Simple Sentence: A sentence containing only one independent clause and no dependent clauses. It expresses a single complete thought.

    • Compound Sentence: A sentence containing two or more independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunctions (such as "and," "but," "or") or semicolons.

  6. Conjunctions: Words used to connect clauses, phrases, or words. Common conjunctions include "and," "but," "or," "so," "for," and "yet."

  7. Parentheses: Punctuation marks ( ) used to set off additional information within a sentence. The information inside parentheses is often supplementary or explanatory.

  8. Adjective: A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun, providing more information about its characteristics, qualities, or attributes.

  9. Adverb: A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb, typically providing information about how, when, where, or to what extent something happens.

  10. Complete subject: The part of a sentence that includes all the words that describe the subject, including any modifiers or descriptors.

  11. Complete predicate: The part of a sentence that includes all the words that describe the action or state of being of the subject, including any modifiers or objects.

  12. Direct object: A noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb directly and answers the question "what" or "whom."

  13. Indirect object: A noun or pronoun that indicates to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done, typically preceded by a preposition like "to" or "for."

  14. Independent clause: A clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence because it expresses a complete thought and contains a subject and a predicate.

  15. Subordinate clause: A clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence because it does not express a complete thought. It typically depends on an independent clause to form a complete sentence.