Refers to a group of words that function as a ...

★ Grammar: Syntax

Refers to a group of words that function as a single syntactical unit. For example, in the sentence, ‘The grey cat sat on the mat,’ the ________ ‘The grey cat’ acts as a single unit. ______ are identified by their main head word.

A. phrase

B. clause

C. sentence

D. active voice

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A clause which is made up of a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete concept. For example, ‘We walked home,’ where ‘we’ is the subject and ‘walked home’ is the predicate.

A. main/independent clause

B. subordinate/dependent clause

C. co-ordinating clause

D. imperative

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