TSA CBT Top Terms Definitions and meaning. 100% coverage, rated A+

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 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, quality, idea, or action must be capitalized Collective noun - identifies a group of people or things that are related or acting as one are single in number-take a singular verb if the individual members of the group are referred