Definitions
What is an adverb?
A part of speech that modifies a verb, adverb, or adjective. It answers the questions how? when? or where?
What is a verb?
A part of speech that shows action or a state of being.
What are the 4 kinds of sentences?
Declarative
Interrogative
Imperative
Exclamatory
What is an adjective?
A part of speech that modifies a noun or pronoun. It answers the questions how many? whose? which one? or what kind?
List the be verbs.
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, and been
What are the Principle Elements?
Subject and Predicate
They are what is needed for a sentence to be completed.
What is a direct object?
An objective element that tells what the subject is acting on. It's a noun or pronoun after the transitive verb. It answers the questions what? or whom? after the verb and is labeled do.
What is a transitive verb?
A Predicate Verb that has a direct object.
What are the 11 most common sensory linking verbs?
appear, sound, become, taste, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, and stay
What is an indirect object?
Objective elements receiving what the direct object names. They are nouns or could be pronouns. They answer the questions: to what? to whom? for what? or for whom? After the the verb and before the do and are labeled io.
What are the four classes of verbs?
transitive verbs, linking verbs, intransitive verbs, and helping verbs
What are the 8 parts of speech?
The 8 parts of speech are classes of words with the same kind of meaning and use. They are: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, interjections.
What are the Predicates and their defintions?
PV: predicate verb (always a verb) - shows action
PN: predicate nominative (always a noun or pronoun) - renames the subject
PA: Predicate adjective (always an adjective) - describes the quality of the subject
List the helping verbs.
Am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, has, have, had, do, does, did, may, might, must, should, could, would, shall, will, and can.
What are adverbial elements?
Elements that modify a verb. They answer the questions how? when? where? and why?
The adverbial elements that modify a verb are: infinitives, adverbial nouns, adverbial clauses, adverbs, and prepositional phrases.