Terms
Know your phrase
Subjects and Predicates
Complements
Phrases
100
Part of the sentence that is the action or statement of existence
What is predicate (verb)
100
Verbal phrase that can only act as a noun
What is a gerund
100
To kick off a week of exciting festivities, we are hosting a Halloween party tonight.
What is "we" and "are hosting."
100
Today is "Friday"!
What is predicate nominative
100
Publius Ovidius Naso, "a Roman poet", is one of the three canonic poets of Latin literature, alongside Virgil and Horace.
What is "appositive phrase," "noun," Publius Ovidius Naso
200
A subject complement; a noun or pronoun that redefines the subject through a linking verb
What is predicate nominative
200
Verbal phrase that can act as an adverb, adjective, or noun
What is an infinitive phrase
200
There will be delicious Halloween-themed desserts such as red velvet spider-web cupcakes and pumpkin spice macarons.
What is "desserts" and "will be".
200
The weather should be "beautiful" this weekend.
What is "predicate adjective."
200
His poetry was much imitated "during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages", and greatly influenced Western art and literature.
What is "prepositional phrase," adverb, imitated.
300
A noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb or shows the result of the action; answers the question "what?" or "whom?" after an action verb.
What is the direct object
300
A phrase that can act as an adjective or adverb; contains a noun or pronoun as an object
What is a prepositional phrase
300
The Alley Theatre is performing Bram Stoker's "Dracula," one of my favorite Gothic novels.
What is "Alley Theatre" and "is performing"
300
Go outside and study "chapters 13 and 14".
What is direct object
300
He was the first major Roman poet "to begin his career during the reign of Augustus."
What is "infinitive phrase," adjective, poet
400
A noun or pronoun that requires and receives the direct object; tells "to what/whom" or "for what/whom" the action of the verb is done
What is indirect object
400
A verbal phrase that can only act as an adjective; has two "tenses"
What is the participial phrase
400
Do you have a Halloween costume?
What is "you" and "do have"
400
I have given "you" helpful tips for studying.
What is indirect object
400
In the 16th century, some Jesuit schools of Portugal cut several passages from Ovid's Metamorphoses. While the Jesuits saw his poems as elegant compositions worthy of "being presented to students for educational purposes", they also felt his works as a whole might corrupt students.
What is gerund, noun, object of preposition
500
A subject complement; it is an adjective that redefines the subject through a linking verb
What is a predicate adjective
500
A noun phrase that acts as an adjective, but is still considered a noun
What is appositive phrase
500
Every single four-year-old girl is going to go as the princess from Frozen this year.
What is "girl" and "is going."
500
Next week, we will read Ovid's "Metamorphoses."
What is direct object
500
"Known for his love poetry", Ovid, can still make his readers blush.
What is past participle, adjective, Ovid
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