Parts of a Sentence
Nouns
Noun Functions
Pronouns
Types of Sentences
100
A noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that does the predicate verb or is in a state of being.
What is a simple subject?
100
a noun that shows ownership
What is a possessive noun?
100
a noun that receives the action of the verb
What is a direct object?
100
the noun that the pronoun refers to or replaces.
What is an antecedent?
100
A command punctuated with either a period or an exclamation point.
What is an imperative sentence?
200
a group of words that expresses a complete thought and has both a subject and a predicate.
What is an independent clause?
200
a noun that cannot be touched or perceived by the senses
What is an abstract noun?
200
a noun that appears after the verb and renames or further defines the subject.
What is a predicate nominative?
200
a pronoun that helps ask a question.
What is an interrogative pronoun?
200
A question punctuated with a question mark.
What is an interrogative sentence?
300
the portion of the sentence that indicates the either the action or state of being of the subject?
What is the predicate?
300
a noun that is capitalized and refers to a specific person, place, thing or idea.
What is a proper noun?
300
a noun that is the receiver of the direct object
What is an indirect object
300
a word that is both a pronoun and a connecting word that connects a dependent clause to an independent clause.
What is a relative pronoun?
300
another name for an independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
400
a group of words that contains meaning but lacks either a subject, predicate or both.
What is a phrase?
400
a noun that is formed by adding -ing to a verb
What is a gerund?
400
a noun phrase that renames or further identifies the previous noun and is offset by commas.
What is an appositive?
400
a pronoun that refers back to the subject of the sentence
What is a reflexive pronoun?
400
a sentence with both an independent and a dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
500
a group of words that has meaning and contains both a subject and a predicate but does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone.
What is a dependent clause?
500
a noun that is formed by combining "to" and a verb.
What is an infinitive?
500
the name or courtesy title of a person being spoken to
What is a noun of address?
500
a pronoun that does not have a specific antecedent.
What is an indefinite pronoun?
500
a sentence with two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
What is compound-complex sentence?
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