Verbs
an adjective that follows a linking verb in a sentence and that describes the quality of the subject
What is a predicate adjective?
Explains that the preposition is the first word in the prepositional phrase
What is preposition?
a part of speech that names a person, place, thing, quality, or idea
What is Noun?
A clause that expresses a complete thought when separated from the rest of the sentence.
What is principal clause?
What is the defintion of a verb?
Both behave as a single part of speech and neither can stand alone as a sentence.
What is the difference between a subordinate clause similar to a phrase?
a part of speech that is a word or short phrase that expressed strong emotion
What is interjection?
a sentence that is composed of two or more principal clauses with no subordinate clauses
What is compound sentence?
a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb in a sentence that renames the subject
What is a predicate nominative?
Explain that the object of the preposition is the last word in the phrase and is a noun or pronoun.
What is object of preposition?
a part of speech that joins words, phrases, or clauses
What is conjunction?
a sentence that is one principal clause with no subordinate clauses
What is simple sentence?
what the sentence tells us about the subject
What is a predicate
Words that can be grouped together to express thought
Sentences, phrases, clauses
a part of speech that modifies a verb, and adjective, or an adverb
Emphasize that a phrase is a group of words that behaves like one of the eight parts of speech
What is a phrase?
a verb that does not take an objective element or join the subject to the predicate
Contains a subject and a predicate but does not express a complete thought when separated from the rest of the sentence.
What is a subordinate clause?
a part of speech used in place of a noun or of more than one noun
What is pronoun?
a sentence that is composed of two or more principal clauses with one or more subordinate clauses
What is a compound-complex sentence?