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Active sentences are about what people (or things) do, while passive sentences are about what happens to people (or things). The passive voice is formed by using a form of the auxiliary verb “be” (be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been) followed by the past participle of the main verb.
Passive Voice
He loves me.
Active Voice
I am loved.
A word that connects a noun to a verb or adjective in a sentence.
Examples: in, with, to, on, about, after, during, by, from, over
A phrase is a group of words that acts as a single part of speech. Phrases can help improve writing out ideas by doing the following:
clarifying relationships between ideas
adding variety
signaling transitions
Use this worksheet about your phrases to help with your writing.
An independent clause is a complete sentence; a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought
To get a sense of what clauses are, look at the following sentence:
Tonya took the exam because she wants to be a doctor.
This sentence has two clauses: "Tonya took the exam" and “because she wants to be a doctor." The first clause can stand as a sentence by itself if you add a period at the end. A clause that can stand as a sentence is called an independent clause.
For more info on clauses and sentence structure, click here.
To get a sense of what clauses are, look at the following sentence:
Tonya took the exam because she wants to be a doctor.
This sentence has two clauses: "Tonya took the exam" and “because she wants to be a doctor." The second clause doesn't form a sentence by itself but instead adds to the information in the first clause. We call this type of clause a dependent clause.
For more info on clauses and sentence structure, click here.