MAIN PARTS OF THE SENTENCE
The part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about and usually comes before the verb.
Subject
A secondary part of the sentence that completes the meaning of the verb and answers “what?” or “whom?”.
Object
An object introduced by a preposition such as to, for, with.
Prepositional object
A sentence that has one subject and one predicate.
Simple sentence
A secondary part that answers the question “how often?”
Adverbial modifier of frequency
The part of the sentence that says something about the subject and always contains a verb.
Predicate
A secondary part of the sentence that describes a noun and answers “which one?” or “what kind of?”.
Attributive
An attribute expressed by an adjective placed before a noun.
Attribute
A sentence that has two independent clauses joined by and, but, or or.
Compound sentence
A word or phrase added to a noun to give extra information without changing the main meaning of the sentence.
Attribute
A subject that consists of two or more nouns or pronouns joined by and.
Compound subject
A secondary part of the sentence that shows time, place, manner, or reason of the action.
Adverbial modifier
An attribute expressed by a subordinate clause.
Attributive clause
A sentence that has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
Complex sentence
The usual position of the object in an English sentence.
After the verb
A predicate expressed by one finite verb showing an action or state.
Simple verbal predicate
An object that directly receives the action of the verb without a preposition.
Direct object
An object expressed by an infinitive verb form
Infinitive object
A sentence that includes secondary parts in addition to the main parts.
Extended sentence
A secondary part that shows the reason for an action.
Adverbial modifier of reason
A predicate that consists of a linking verb followed by a noun or adjective describing the subject.
Compound nominal predicate
An object that shows to whom or for whom the action is done.
Indirect object
An adverbial modifier that shows how an action is performed.
Adverbial modifier of manner
The usual word order in English sentences.
Subject + Verb + Object (SVO)
The part of the sentence that can be expanded by objects, attributes, and adverbial modifiers
Predicate