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TSA CBT Top Terms Definitions and meaning. 100% coverage, rated A+ Clauses - ✔✔grammatical units containing a subject and a verb Independent Clause - ✔✔expresses the main thought of the se... ntence 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 particul [Show More]

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