English 1150 Final Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers

English 1150 Final Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers Active Voice - Ans:-Type of clause or sentence in which a subject performs an action and expresses it through its representative verb. Ex: You ate all the bacon Passive Voice - Ans:-Type of clause or sentence in which an action (through verb), or an object of a sentence, is emphasized rather than its subject. Ex: All the bacon was eaten (by you) Passive Aggressive Voice - Ans:-Those that involve indirectly aggressive rather than directly aggressive. Ex: You ate all the bacon and no one else got any. Don't worry it's fine, clearly you needed that bacon Verb - Ans:-Describes an action, state, or occurrence, forms main part of predicate of sentence Adverb - Ans:-A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, manner, etc. ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/4 Adjective - Ans:-A word or phrase naming an attribute, describing words Noun - Ans:-A person, place, thing, or idea Predicate - Ans:-The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb or stating something about the subject. Clause - Ans:-a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate Hyphenation - Ans:-Refers to splitting a word that would otherwise extend beyond the right margin. Ex: 21-bed unit, 24-hour day, 60-kilometre-an-hour-speed limit Dangling Modifier - Ans:-A misplaced modifier is a phrase, clause, or word that is incorrectly separated from the word it modifies, often causes confusion/twisting the meaning of the word in unintended way. Whereas - Ans:-Use to highlight an important difference between two similar things or facts, acts as a conjunction. Conjunction - Ans:-Word used to connect clauses or sen