Parts of Speech
A person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
This is typically a noun or pronoun. It's who/what the sentence is about and is the actor of the main verb.
What is the subject?
God is good.
What is S - LV - PA?
A group of words without a subject, predicate, or both.
What is a phrase?
This is the main clause of a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate.
What is an independent clause?
An action or state word that has tense, person, number, voice, and mood.
What is a verb?
This part of speech describes an action, state, or occurrence.
What is a verb?
Jesus wept bitterly after the death of Lazarus.
What is S - InV?
A noun or pronoun that renames or further identifies a preceding noun or pronoun.
What is an appositive/appositive phrase?
A clause that begins with a subordinating conjunction and usually modifies a verb in the main clause.
What is an adverb clause?
These words modify nouns and pronouns, giving more information about them.
What is an adjective?
These two components together form a complete sentence.
What are a subject and a predicate?
Jesus is the Son of God.
What is S - LV - PN?
A verbal (plus any modifiers) that functions as a noun.
This sentence contains one independent clause and may include numerous phrases, modifiers, or compound subjects/predicates.
What is a simple sentence?
This part of speech gives more information about verbs and adjectives.
What is an adverb?
This part of the sentence receives the action of a transitive verb.
What is a direct object?
God shows mercy to those who repent.
What is S - TrV - DO?
This phrase shows a relation between its object and modifies a noun (or another word functioning as a noun).
What is an adjectival prepositional phrase?
This clause may be signaled by a relative pronoun.
What is an adjective clause?
This part of speech relates its object (usually a noun or a pronoun) to another word in the sentence.
What is a preposition?
This part of the sentence includes the verb or verb phrase and all the words that modify or complement it, essentially describing what the subject does or is.
What is the complete predicate?
The LORD gave Moses the 10 Commandments at Mount Sinai.
What is S - TrV - IO - DO?
A verbal (plus any modifiers) that functions as an adjective.
What is a participial phrase?
This sentence contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a compound-complex sentence?