Definitions
Define a SUBJECT:
The subject is what the sentence is about; it must be a noun or pronoun.
Define SIMPLE SENTENCE
A simple sentence is an independent clause, a group of words that has a subject and predicate and expresses a complete thought.
Define an IMPERATIVE SENTENCE
An imperative sentence makes a command or request and is punctuated with either a period or exclamation point.
Define PHRASE
A group of words
Define DIRECT OBJECT
A noun/pronoun that follows an action verb and receives the action of the verb directly.
Define COMPOUND SENTENCE
A compound sentence is one that contains two or more independent clauses joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
Define ANTECEDENT
An antecedent is the word to which a pronoun refers
Define CLAUSE
A group of words that contains a subject and verb
Define INDIRECT OBJECT
A noun/pronoun that follows an action verb and receives the action of the verb indirectly; two rules to remember: 1. There must be a direct object in order to have an indirect object. 2. Indirect objects must come BEFORE the direct object.
Define COMPLEX SENTENCE
A complex sentence contains one more more dependent (subordinate) clauses joined to an independent clause with a subordinating word.
Define VERB TENSE and give three different examples of a tense
A verb tense indicates when that verb is occurring.
Example: past, present, future, etc.
Define PREDICATE NOMINATIVE
A noun/pronoun that follows a linking verb and identifies or renames the SUBJECT
Define PREDICATE
The predicate is what the subject is doing; it contains the verb and any complements (objects if it's an action verb and subject complements if it's a linking verb)
Define COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE
A compound-complex sentence contains one more more dependent (subordinate) clauses joined to two or more independent clauses.
Define a PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and usually ends with a noun or noun equivalent, known as the object of the preposition. Prepositional phrases function as adjectives or adverbs.
Define REGULAR and IRREGULAR VERBS
Regular verbs end in -ed or -d in the past tense and past participle forms. Irregular verbs do not follow that pattern.
Define PREDICATE ADJECTIVE
An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the SUBJECT
Define DECLARATIVE SENTENCE
A declarative sentence makes a statement and is punctuated with a period.
Define ACTIVE VOICE and PASSIVE VOICE
A sentence is in the active voice when the subject performs the action of the verb.
A sentence is in the passive voice when the subject receives the action of the verb.
A participial phrase is a group of words (a type of verbal phrase) that begins with a participle and functions like an adjective